THE HEATER IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE HEATER!!!

Post by **queenofcats** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:25 am

Thanks for all your tips, took Annie to nice man who says I have to get lots of parts and he may be able to fix it or may not. I now have a list from the nice man - including heater water valve and heater motor - any good ideas where I can get these?

I live in Lancashire bytheway, so the nearer the better.

queenofcats

Post by **Kevin** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:37 am

The heater valves are available from any of the specialists and if you need a heater motor its probably just as cheap to buy a whole second hand unit from somewhere like ebay.
http://www.morrisminorspares.co.uk/

Post by **Cam** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:41 am

For parts & spares you could try:
Leadbetters of Lancashire, Nr Chorley 01257 275314

Post by **Multiphonikks** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 7:41 pm

...and of course you can always watch Kate's great video on the subject

Post by **Pyoor_Kate** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 7:49 pm

Or indeed, Nikkis...

Post by **Multiphonikks** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 8:05 pm

Oh yes... we both have videos... Heheh>>. i forgot that

Silly me

*grins*

Post by **Peetee** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 10:35 pm

If your car is later than 1963 then Owen may have a heater you could have. He was the guy who had to scrap his convertible See 'psuedo bids for owens wings' in the general section.

Post by **jonathon** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:11 pm

What would the reaction be if a three speed( proper speeds)not the asthmatic 2 speeders , 6KW heater was made available. Not to the same design as the Minor one but nevertheless discreet and extreamly effective. The heaters feature screen demist vents and rotary vents for the car heating

Post by **Chris Morley** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 2:16 am

I'm sure that at the right price the reaction would be very favourable. If it could be placed behind the facade of the old heater (to keep the original look) and be easily fitted then I'm sure you would be onto a winner. In my opinion THE worst aspect of driving the Minor in Winter is it's inability to demist anything until the engine has been running for ages.

Post by **Multiphonikks** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 8:21 am

I agree with Chris, Jonathon.

A more effecient 3 speed heater would be great, especially if it could be housed in the original casing, or perhaps a sympathetically designed new one.

it would also be great if there could be a way of designing a new heater vent just by each door post angled towards the side windows. Just a thought.. .

Post by **Peetee** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 9:07 am

it would also be great if there could be a way of designing a new heater vent just by each door post angled towards the side windows.

This shouldn't be too difficult. It could sit under the glove box in a plate similar to the strengthening panels found on convertibles.

Post by **wanderinstar** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:38 am

Queenofcats, I have a heater out of my 1098 that you can have if its any good to you. Live near Colne.

Post by **Kevin** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:40 am

Sounds good to me Johnathon is there some sort of ball park figure.

Post by **jonathon** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 11:03 am

If the heater is required to look similar to the original we will need to redesign the unit. I can give a costing on what is available now, on monday.
I can imagine that the lookalike heaters will need to be on an exchange basis. Will keep you posted

Post by **Multiphonikks** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 6:42 pm

I don't think most people would be bothered by originality looking persay, but would probably find it easier to fit a heater which fitted in the original casing. I'm not particulary bothered anyway since you know what sort of plans I have in mind ;)

Out of interest, who did the heater adaptation on the Hobbis' traveler? I know that had air conditioning, but it looked pretty nicely done to me

Nikki.

Post by **bigginger** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 6:50 pm

Multiphonikks wrote:since you know what sort of plans I have in mind ;)

...but we don't!
I'd have one of the heaters too BTW - at the right price.

Post by **jonathon** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:53 pm

We built Richard's traveller, the air con was farmed out to a so called specialist who performed a pretty shoddy job, and the system was never fully functional. The vent system was a bespoke design. I think the idea of two additional side vents, can be done sympathetically. I'm sure that we can adapt the original heater casing to accomodate the uprated matrix and blower. Depends on cost, as to whether this will be a sound move commercially. I'll do some work on both systems tommorow and hopefully come up with some ball park figures

Post by **bigginger** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:45 pm

I guess I'd better add that I, for one, don't give a hoot about it appearing original.

Post by **Cam** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:25 am

I don't think most people would be bothered by originality looking persay

Very true. The people who are after originality will stick with the original heater.

Post by **Chris Morley** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:26 pm

Well I can't personally see much point buying & fitting a new component like a heater unless it retains the original look and does a better job than the original. For those of you who want a modern heater/demister and aren't bothered about how it looks then you might as well go to a scrap yard and get one for almost nothing from any basic modern car.

As for price, well I admit baulking at the £150+ already being asked for a mini's two speed heater! I would much prefer to see cheaper components being made which allow you to uprate the existing heater (i.e a faster motor, or a method of closing off the fresh air to allow recirculation of the air in the cabin). And for those of us relying on a dynamo, it may well be that the power drawn by any modern heater will be too high for the system to cope with.