I nearly spat my tea all over my keyboard - expecting a Perentie heater to work!
The heaters aren't designed for Australian winters, either. On my 110 County. the heater worked in summer.
You might need one of these:
pot-belly-stove.jpg
Hello all. I'm happy to say that I bought a 1989 Perentie 110 FFR this past summer. I love it.
I'm unhappy to say that winter just arrived in Canada, and the stock heater was likely not designed with Canadian winters in mind.
I would appreciate any thoughts on how to make it bearable in the cab. The heater wasn't working when I purchased the truck, and I just spent $1300 to get it operational. I must say, I was disappointed at the amount of heat that a supposedly functioning heating system output. It feels like just one more draft in the cab.
Are there upgrades to the stock heating system?
Would a it be better to purchase a 12v / 25amp heater and wire it into the fuse box? Has anyone done this?
Like I said, any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you.
I nearly spat my tea all over my keyboard - expecting a Perentie heater to work!
The heaters aren't designed for Australian winters, either. On my 110 County. the heater worked in summer.
You might need one of these:
pot-belly-stove.jpg
Ron B.
VK2OTC
2003 L322 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA
RIP Bucko - Riding on Forever
The 4bd1 in the Perentie runs cold in winter and thus the heater is inefficient
A radiator muff will improve this by increasing temps so that the water is hot
Phil B
Custodian of:
1974 S3 swb wagon (sold)
1978 S3 swb canvas
48 749 '88 4x4 Perentie
1985 County with 4BD1T
I'm with you, Phil. I reckon a heater element would be the way to go.
I wonder if you could install heated seats?
Oh, and this may help:
Defender Wolf RAD HAZ / Thermal Insulation kit??
Thank you, guys. The radiator muffler and the thermal insulation kit are great ideas. I'm also going to be looking into making use of the power distribution box and those extra batteries. If it's all working properly, I will be able to convert that power and plug a heater into it. I just haven't figured out how I'm going to do that yet.
Mick - I do have the roll-down blind between the cab and radio area. And you're right, it does help quite a bit. Thanks.
Phil.
doh! that was Simon who mentioned the roll-down blind. Thanks, Simon.
Run a caravan diesel powered heater mounted say in the seat box??
Chris
2014 D4 TDV6
1954 86"
1963 2A Forward Control (getting the full treatment, Isuzu 4JH1, MYY5T, LT230, Toyota Axles, extended cab ++)
1980 Stage 1 v8 (gone)
A couple of ideas, some I have been toying with..
- Change the engine fan to viscous or electric so the engine actually gets warm in winter.
- Put a turbo on too, that will warm the engine up quicker
- Also as others have said rad muff, insulation, make the drivers compartment smaller.
- I believe the heater ducting could probably be improved
- Aaand lastly, uprated heater core from Allisport.
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