Thread: Heater

Car looks solid ... Mine had a hardtop but it was like being on the inside of a can of marbles being shaken

thanks again.


The car is in remarkably good nick and drives beautifully*, engine is sweet.


Chassis sound , no major rust anywhere. Usual bits and pieces missing, all electrics work.


Will be saving up to get it on the road once the series 3 is finished.


*no brakes as the rear brake line is like swiss cheese!!


cheers,
D

Here is a photo copy out of a S2 , 2A parts book of a round heater. I have a round Smiths heater , not sure whah Rover it came out of . I will be in Tasmania next week but it is a bit big to fit in my luggage. I also have a sample lower pipe but it is full of pin holes. I will post some photo's later when I get them off my camera.

The first 3 photo's are the heater & lower pipe I have & the last 2 are the heater in my 80"

One photo didn't work

Originally Posted by mfc

Smiths are the original , Clayton I beleave.are the new ones
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Sorry for coming to this thread so late. Clayton-Dewandre were the original heaters fitted to Land Rover 80" in the UK and are the type listed in the original Rover Co Ltd workshop manual. However they were rarely imported into Australia because of the Australian content rules where The Smiths Industries type were fitted as the optional accessory because they were manufactured in Australia.

There are a number of similar appearing round smiths heaters but be careful, many were designed to fit into Holden cars (FJ, FB, FC, EK) they have a thicker core and protrude further out the back than the ones for Land Rover. If fited to a series 1 or 2 they stick out too far from the firewall and will burn the passenger's legs.

You will sometimes find Bosch "beehive" shaped heaters fitted to Series 1 and Series 2 Landies, but these seem to have been fitted as accessories in the 1960s.

Originally Posted by 1950landy

Here is a photo copy out of a S2 , 2A parts book of a round heater. I have a round Smiths heater , not sure whah Rover it came out of . I will be in Tasmania next week but it is a bit big to fit in my luggage. I also have a sample lower pipe but it is full of pin holes. I will post some photo's later when I get them off my camera.

My series1 parts book shows this same photo in it

Originally Posted by 1950landy

The first 3 photo's are the heater & lower pipe I have & the last 2 are the heater in my 80"

Thanks for this Mate especially the pics - the 4th one in particular as if I ever manage to track down a pipe It gives me the options of how to connect the hoses if no other connection is viable. I hadn't thought of it.
cheers,
D