Heater control housing

[ralph350i]

Evening guys
Well in the process of re-doing my interior and just removed the heater control housing which by the looks of it someone has made?? is this the standard part? and can i get a replacement as it well and truely had it?






Cheers

Ralph

[Jon280]

Unfortunately I think you will find this is the standard part, looks virtually identical to what is on mine. The whole heater system looks rather cobbled together. As for a replacement, not really got any ideas, though you may be hard pressed to make anything worse yourself!

[ralph350i]

Jon280 said:

Unfortunately I think you will find this is the standard part, looks virtually identical to what is on mine. The whole heater system looks rather cobbled together. As for a replacement, not really got any ideas, though you may be hard pressed to make anything worse yourself!

Hi Jon280
Your not wrong there mate, i seen some crap in my time, but this take the biscuit, i,ll take it to a metal fab shop and get another made and chuck that plastic in the bin were it belongs

cheers

Ralph

[mrzigazaga]

Hi Ralph..This is mine..Well rough..

[ralph350i]

mrzigazaga said:

Hi Ralph..This is mine..Well rough..

Hi Zig
Nice NOT, Who ever is reponsable for making these parts, should be shot and pissed on and lucky you posted that as its completely different to mine, if you still would like me to make you one, could you forward measurements please mate

Cheers

Ralph

[mrzigazaga]

Cheers for that mate but i will do it another time as all the wires i have there now need sorting and i dont want to start pulling them all about unless im going to redo it all..Proper bit of engineering though and a lot of thought obviously went into it...

[wooly350i]

Yep Ralf, that is the original made by someone who could well be still living. Still got mine if you fancy it, i decided to cobble my own together but with the emphasis on easy removal of heat exchanger and good air flow,and the result is--------------- it seems to work better than original although it was damned tight getting it to fit but i got there. A months work on and off turned into 6 months. wooly.

[Wedg1e]

You need some of these, you do :

[mrzigazaga]

Dont suppose they would fit mine..Or would they...

[Wedg1e]

mrzigazaga said:

Dont suppose they would fit mine..Or would they...

Sadly not; yours IIRC are from the Mk 1 Escort van!

[ralph350i]

wooly350i said:

Yep Ralf, that is the original made by someone who could well be still living. Still got mine if you fancy it, i decided to cobble my own together but with the emphasis on easy removal of heat exchanger and good air flow,and the result is--------------- it seems to work better than original although it was damned tight getting it to fit but i got there. A months work on and off turned into 6 months. wooly.

Hi Wooly, thanks for the offer, but there's not way in hell am i putting that back in my car, i buy alot of ductwork for my job, so i can get someone to knock a frame thats more suitable for the job, cheers Ralph

[ralph350i]

Wedg1e said:

You need some of these, you do :

Hi Wedg1e
Very nice mate, great to see some proper engineering

[mrzigazaga]

Wedg1e said:

mrzigazaga said:

Dont suppose they would fit mine..Or would they...

Sadly not; yours IIRC are from the Mk 1 Escort van!

......

[mrzigazaga]

Wedg1e said:

You need some of these, you do :

Might need a set of them myself...Not for delilah obviously...

[pasogrande]

I wonder if anybody has come up with a complete housing, with or without new heater controls. Mine (1987 280i US Spec) has pretty much the same cheap junk and this is the right time for me to do it right.

Wilf.

[wooly350i]

Come on Sir wedg1eness,get ya lathe working overtime and Jack ya day job in,us boys need ya products on our wedges.

[Wedg1e]

wooly350i said:

Come on Sir wedg1eness,get ya lathe working overtime and Jack ya day job in,us boys need ya products on our wedges.

Not much left on the mortgage now mate so watch this space...

[tbernd]

Hi,

seems to be the same on all V8 Tasmins. Mine looks like this. If someone has a better solution please post.
Greetings from Germany.

Bernd

[wooly350i]

tbernd said:

Hi,

seems to be the same on all V8 Tasmins. Mine looks like this. If someone has a better solution please post.
Greetings from Germany.

Bernd

ste,that looks worse than a worse thingy!

[jon haines]

inspired by those lovely alloy heater controls i have adapted some out of a chim. what do we think? better than the cheap plastic things that didnt work very well.