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JKoverland Newbie
Age: 34 Zodiac: Joined: 17 Jul 2017 Posts: 8 Location: Brighton
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 20:33 Post subject: Rear heater compleate removal |
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wondering if there is a simple way to remove the rear heater and pipes. Does anyone know of a kit to cap off pipes at front? I will be removing the rear of the body to make way for a camper conversion on my MK2 2.8 Shogun. |
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Simon_W *******
Joined: 21 May 2013 Posts: 4881 Location: Watford
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2018 1:43 Post subject: |
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I'd cut the hoses and then seal them both with small bore copper pipe and end caps. Use hose clips to secure in place. Don't just connect the hoses together near the engine bay as it will apparently starve the other heater matrix.
A camper conversion! Interesting project. Please post some photos when you can. |
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JKoverland Newbie
Age: 34 Zodiac: Joined: 17 Jul 2017 Posts: 8 Location: Brighton
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2018 19:27 Post subject: |
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Ok that makes sense, do you happen to know the sizes?
Yes a camper on the back, in planning stages at the moment. I will post photos if can work out how to get them on the forum |
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Simon_W *******
Joined: 21 May 2013 Posts: 4881 Location: Watford
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2018 20:07 Post subject: |
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JKoverland wrote: |
Ok that makes sense, do you happen to know the sizes?
Yes a camper on the back, in planning stages at the moment. I will post photos if can work out how to get them on the forum |
No, I don't know the sizes I'm afraid. I assume the hoses must go over spigots somewhere - maybe you can measure the OD of the spigot to get the ID of the hose?
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JKoverland Newbie
Age: 34 Zodiac: Joined: 17 Jul 2017 Posts: 8 Location: Brighton
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2018 20:18 Post subject: |
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I will have to take a look to see where it will be suitable to remove or cut them. Thank you, i will experiment once i reach 10 |
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peteinchad LifeTime Member
Joined: 07 Jan 2013 Posts: 15079 Location: UK
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2018 20:20 Post subject: |
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The heater hoses from the engine go to the bulkhead for the front heater - before the bulkhead there is a Tee piece in each of the heater pipes.
Just remove the tee piece on each pipe and replace with a straight connector.
The tee pieces are between the engine block and the fuel filter - not easy to see or get to!
I haven't got a clue on the diameter though. |
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Simon_W *******
Joined: 21 May 2013 Posts: 4881 Location: Watford
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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:06 Post subject: |
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peteinchad wrote: |
Just remove the tee piece on each pipe and replace with a straight connector.
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That's probably a neater solution than my suggestion. |
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JKoverland Newbie
Age: 34 Zodiac: Joined: 17 Jul 2017 Posts: 8 Location: Brighton
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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 16:45 Post subject: |
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Well that should be manageable, happy with that. Small area to work in so that will be fun |
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JKoverland Newbie
Age: 34 Zodiac: Joined: 17 Jul 2017 Posts: 8 Location: Brighton
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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 16:48 Post subject: |
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does anyone know the inner diameter of the heater pipes? |
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Craig-SM ***
Age: 53 Zodiac: Joined: 12 Aug 2018 Posts: 207 Location: Leeds
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Craig-SM ***
Age: 53 Zodiac: Joined: 12 Aug 2018 Posts: 207 Location: Leeds
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 22:24 Post subject: |
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Just to confirm I did mine today. I didn’t touch the T joint and instead removed the rubber pipes from the metal that go to the rear, clamping the rubber pipes with mole grips to prevent further coolant loss. I then used a few inches of 15mm with compression end caps fitted to block the rubber pipes. It’s a tight fit and having the compression end cap means you can use a ratchet to twist it into the pipe then secure with the hose clamps. Once you’ve capped the rubber pipes zip tie them out of the way to prevent them banging about underneath.
Access is easy enough. Jack the front end up or put it on ramps. Go in from the drivers side under the door and you can see the rubber pipers, look a bit higher and you see the metal pipes going up and over the fuel tank.
Come the summer I will probably recommission the rear heater with the micro bore pipe. |
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kenthepipe LifeTime Member
Joined: 11 Mar 2005 Posts: 4366 Location: North-East
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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 19:24 Post subject: |
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Craig-SM wrote: |
Just to confirm I did mine today. I didn’t touch the T joint and instead removed the rubber pipes from the metal that go to the rear, clamping the rubber pipes with mole grips to prevent further coolant loss. I then used a few inches of 15mm with compression end caps fitted to block the rubber pipes. It’s a tight fit and having the compression end cap means you can use a ratchet to twist it into the pipe then secure with the hose clamps. Once you’ve capped the rubber pipes zip tie them out of the way to prevent them banging about underneath.
Access is easy enough. Jack the front end up or put it on ramps. Go in from the drivers side under the door and you can see the rubber pipers, look a bit higher and you see the metal pipes going up and over the fuel tank.
Come the summer I will probably recommission the rear heater with the micro bore pipe. |
Good write up, thank's for posting your solution I'm sure it will help others , |
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NJV6 ******
Age: 102 Zodiac: Joined: 20 Feb 2008 Posts: 1355 Location: New Zealand
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2019 8:11 Post subject: |
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I removed mine and joined mine at the firewall and had no trouble with heating. Then I had the engine out one day and joined the T fitting into a straight and tidied it all up as peteinchad wrote. |
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