Ser II ??'s What heater is this and axle brace

[I Leak Oil]

The brace isn't rare, it's unneeded on an 88", and will do nothing for the average rover except collect dirt and moisture like the the rear axle. If you have one either take it off or weld up all the seams and drain holes so none of the bad stuff can get in.

[feildpickedrover]

By parts rover has a MK4, and i was considering using it instead of my current Mk3, but the parts rover has the wing vent, is it not supposed to if the vent runs under the batt box?

[cgalpin]

I forgot to take pictures before putting the fender back on, but the hose runs down from the heater, along the frame, under the battery box, and connects to the hole in the breakfast.

[Jim-ME]

My first Rover had that heater setup. There was a hose which ran from the blower to the front of the truck along the frame rail under the battery box and had a screened intake that was attached to the breakfast filling the opening on the passenger's side of the breakfast on the lower left hand side of the truck as you face it.
Jim

[cgalpin]

Yup that's it. I'll take some pictures this afternoon of my shiny new aluminum foil intake hose from Lowes.

[Boddington]

That's the same heater I had in mine. It is indeed installed correctly and the PO (who had owned it for 30-plus years) used the same type of hose that you would find for a dryer exhaust to connect from the firewall to the spot underneath the battery tray. It was kind of a pain in the ass to put that hose up to the grille when it fell off.

Two pictures from when I restored my '67 (hopefully they come out, since they're hosted on Facebook):

Notice the gray tape on the firewall? That's because the PO put in a second heater to help the first! Sadly it was gone by the time I bought it. It was the round one, whose name escapes me.



In this one, you can see where the tube would snake down underneath the battery and connect underneath the left headlight.

[zayante]

I once had a Bugeye (Sprite, not LR) and found a poly duct hose to replace the paper-wire stock item. Indestructible. It can be found at McMaster-Carr: http://www.mcmaster.com/#duct-hose/=8q9vex

[cgalpin]

I didn't think to check McMaster! Oh well, if/when the cheap dryer duct gives in, I will.

Here are some pictures of mine.

[cgalpin]

A couple more (I hit the 3 attachment limit)