Clayton Cabin Heater on Ebay

[Blueboy]

Remember what you paid (aprox)?

Not really as Blueboy was done in 2000.

It isn't inexpensive, yet, as I said, it works really well.

Keep in mind Blueboy sits on a 110 drivetrain so we (wife and the 2 four-paw drive Lab rovers) use it on long trips and cruise very easily at 65 on the highways.

Having a good heater just makes it more liveable/useable in cold temps.

Unfortunately as we now reside primarily in NY where the DOT uses liquid calcium chloride on the roads for snow/ice removal, the Rover doesn't see as much Winter work as it once did.

Yet, Blueboy is a "keeper" for me and eventually we'll be back in an area where that isn't practiced.

All I can say, it is worth the money if you want hot interior heat and a useable defrost system.

Jaime

[SeriesShorty]

Heck even the guys with 24 volt LR's could probably figure out how to use something like this:

http://www.armysurpluswarehouse.com/product/jeep-heater-3259.cfm

Thanks for the awesome link...I have my finger on the Add to Cart button and it's twitching to click it. I gotta do a bit more research to make sure I have room to fit it since the site doesn't list any dimensions. If I get it, I'll be sure to do a full write up and maybe put my new mini camcorder to good use.

[yorker]

Thanks for the awesome link...I have my finger on the Add to Cart button and it's twitching to click it. I gotta do a bit more research to make sure I have room to fit it since the site doesn't list any dimensions. If I get it, I'll be sure to do a full write up and maybe put my new mini camcorder to good use.

There are a few of them on ebay that might have dimensions or better pictures of that particular heater- also some of the guys on http://g503.com/ might have some personal experience with them.

I am not sure but this may be the same heater kit:

http://www.garbee.net/~cabell/heater.htm

[SeriesShorty]

M37 or M38 fresh air intake required?

Heck even the guys with 24 volt LR's could probably figure out how to use something like this:

http://www.armysurpluswarehouse.com/product/jeep-heater-3259.cfm

I'm getting ready to buy one of these for myself for Christmas and was trying to figure out how I wanted to mount it. I'd rather not have my passenger have to deal with the thing on their side of the footwell so I was considering mounting it in the engine compartment. I have a nice big spot I just cleaned out where the old rusted out jack box used to be.

My main question is regarding fresh air intake. I'll be honest, I don't know a whole lot about how heaters work so be gentle. Does anyone know if this type of old M37 or M38 heater require fresh air intake? Or do you see any problems that I may be overlooking with mounting in the engine compartment like Sven did?

I'll be fabbing up my own distribution system to run to the interior so I think I've got that part sorted out in my head pretty well.

Thanks for any other ideas.

Shorty

[SafeAirOne]

My main question is regarding fresh air intake. I'll be honest, I don't know a whole lot about how heaters work so be gentle. Does anyone know if this type of old M37 or M38 heater require fresh air intake?

It's hard to tell by the picture...On my SIII, fresh air is drawn into the center of the blower wheel, then is shot out of a hole along the circumference of the blower housing then through a heat exchanger (heater core) then to the heat distribution ducts in the cabin.

If I were to guess by looking at the picture, I would say that "fresh" air is sucked through the heater core first, then through the blower fan and then blown out of the round hole along the circumference of the blower housing.

Without seeing the other sides of the heater core shroud, there's no way of telling how the fresh air is introduced to the core, so you may not be able to duct proper fresh air in and may instead have to breathe all that potentially dangerous air that originated in the engine bay.

I'm wondering if this unit was meant to be installed inside the cabin, continuously recirculating and heating the air in the cabin.

You may want to ask how this heater draws fresh air on the following board. I'm sure someone there must have one: http://www.ltmhosting.com/phpbb/