Thread: Discovery Heater core

Oh well for anybody else.
http://www.autoheat.com.au/
Never dealt with them , but stumbled across this a long time ago.
regards Philip A

Originally posted by PhilipA
Oh well for anybody else.
http://www.autoheat.com.au/
Never dealt with them , but stumbled across this a long time ago.
regards Philip A

Thanks for the message PhilipA. I looped the firewall hose in my '84 Meteor about 10 years ago because it leaked all over the floor and Ford wanted $500 to fix it. Wish I knew the site then as the couple of cool mornings a year in Brisbane would have been more pleasant :roll:.

I guess the dash out process would take a bit of effort and patience, especially in a Rover .

I did it once on my 77.
The old brass heater core could be resoldered so it only cost $60, back then.
The biggest PITA was getting the heater box back together and those xxy#$@% spring clips on the shafts.
It looks that the 92 heater box is worse, so I keep nice clean coolant in it.

Mazdas are usually **** easy to work on. I would be surprised if it takes more than acouple of hours.
Regards philip A

Originally posted by PhilipA
I did it once on my 77.
The old brass heater core could be resoldered so it only cost $60, back then.
The biggest PITA was getting the heater box back together and those xxy#$@% spring clips on the shafts.
It looks that the 92 heater box is worse, so I keep nice clean coolant in it.

Mazdas are usually **** easy to work on. I would be surprised if it takes more than acouple of hours.
Regards philip A

I might try it sometime, main trouble is that we have missed out on winter here in Bris for a few years .

Mine expired years ago and I bypassed it. Seems as tho nearly everyone here has run into this fault. a bit like the dreaded 'loctite bolt saga'.

no more heater, ta ta......

Cheers, GQ

mines still going.... touch wood

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Oh well for anybody else.
http://www.autoheat.com.au/
Never dealt with them , but stumbled across this a long time ago.
regards Philip A

I note that on their page http://www.autoheat.com.au/index.html - they spell Autoheat as Auotheat.

Ron (Looking for an easy way to replace the D1 heater)

davidn: unless you really need a heater, bypass it, total mongrel of a job.

research this site and you'll find many a chat about this subject.

bypassed my failed unit some years ago, piece of cake... but if you must have a heater, the guys mentioned some fixes....

i have an electric heat blower, which does the job well enough, 300 watts and plugs into the cig socket. hot air for short bursts and Saturday Night Fever hair styles

GQ