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| posted on April 23rd, 2004 at 12:37 PM |
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Heater in a Splitty
Can anyone tell me what they did to keep their Splitty warm specially if you have kids?
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| posted on April 23rd, 2004 at 01:07 PM |
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Sleeping bag. Unzip the bottom and drive around like that. Or you could use a blanket on the seat and put it over you as you drive. That's what I
do!
Or there are some propane heater/blower systems I've been looking at, but you're not supposed to use it while driving, and they cost an arm and a
leg. 
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| posted on April 23rd, 2004 at 02:29 PM |
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What do you do with infants/kids?
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| posted on April 23rd, 2004 at 02:47 PM |
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Put them in the engine bay.
Dave
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| posted on April 23rd, 2004 at 02:55 PM |
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I have a BN4 petrol heater I was going use, but it won't fit with my twin carbs unless I do some major cutting.
Wrap the kids up in some sleeping bags, hopefully they'll think it's fun!
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| posted on April 23rd, 2004 at 04:22 PM |
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Dave, I am reporting you to Human Services :thumb:thumb
Daniel, so what r u doing with the BN4?
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| posted on April 24th, 2004 at 03:56 PM |
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My daughter is 19 months old and I think if I dont fit another battery in the split she should just fit on the left hand side ??????
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| posted on April 24th, 2004 at 05:26 PM |
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I wrapped the main feed heater tube from front to back in a carpet insulation material like felt or such.
Never had a problem with it used to drive to the snow and mountains nice and warm.
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| posted on April 24th, 2004 at 07:12 PM |
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Put in a 1916.
Good performance motors produce nice toasty heat.
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| posted on April 24th, 2004 at 08:14 PM |
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Raf
The standard heater boxes on my 65 Splitty keep it nice and toasty. They take about 20 mins to get the interior warmed up. My splitty is based on a
Microbus which had one heat exchanger feeding the front cabin, and one feeding the rear. I am surprised how well it works!
Make sure all your seals are good too!
Steve
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| posted on April 26th, 2004 at 06:47 AM |
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Daniel, so what r u doing with the BN4?
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I'm going to be selling it now, will have to put my heater boxes back on and get them working for now.
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| posted on April 26th, 2004 at 08:37 AM |
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You could check and see if your heater boxes have the alloy finned section inside them. There some out tehre that dont have the origional alloy
section inside them. The alloy part retains the heat better and will add more heat to your cabin.
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