Hi all,

I am landy newbie. I have 1991 disco 200tdi, with frilly chassis option.
It also has chilly interior option, so I pulled the dash out and had a look. The fan is toast and the whole heater unit was full of leaves (probably what toasted the fan in the first place).
I am pretty handy and have got as far as having the whole unit out and on the bench with only minimal swearing and less than 2 square inches of knuckle skin. Can't get it to split though. I have taken off all the clips and unscrewed what appears to be un-screwable and it still hangs on somewhere in the middle. Haven't tried an axe yet. I have trawled the internet and e-bay for manuals, but everything is post '95. The only thing I have found is people selling haynes, but I am on a bit of a time frame and the delay of waiting for one will 'displease' my wife......
Does anyone have a diagram or procedure for splitting the unit? I believe once I do it, I can fit a VW motor and fan which is supposedly better, any corroboration on this would be great too.

Sorry to begin my input with a request. I am ussualy pretty active forum bod and will be here a lot.

all the best

Tom

They are a pain. I ended up cutting 1 of the flaps but cant remember which one.
I screwd a flat metal plate to both sides when I put it back together which worked ok.

Hi tom,

Welcome, you seem to know your way around forum lingo/banter so fair play

i got my heater box out and ended up giving up, fitted a second hand unit.

I think next time i will simply remove my heater matrix, fit a fan to it and duct it to the screen. no need for the rubbish heater box with its dodgy weak fan.

that way also i can seal up the heater ducts which always let water in when wading!