Radiator Muff

[Firemanshort]

Nice bit of kit that Big "G's" toast!

[Winemark]

Just ordered one from our hosts, we all owe them something for this forum after all

[englandseries]

bobby,
You have a rovers north muff in the gear for the truck also a fume curtian it worked great here in maine, almost to good got really hot in the cab!
Any questions just holler.
Greg

[stomper]

Shoot! I forgot that you had that fume curtain! I would have pilfered that before you sold it I guess you better go through the stuff you got NCRover!

[Burlsube]

Fume Curtain?

bobby,
You have a rovers north muff in the gear for the truck also a fume curtian it worked great here in maine, almost to good got really hot in the cab!
Any questions just holler.
Greg

Can the fume curtain be installed with a hard top? Or do you need the soft top hoop set?

[Ncrover725]

Muff

Greg,
I have the muff and curtain out and ready to go. As far as the curtain and hard top I'm not sure yet. We have mild winters here compared to those in Maine. I initially fielded the question on the muff to see if I even needed it here. Our winters range from 15-50 degrees. I wanted to let you also know I rolled her on her side last Friday in a water hole I underestimated. The winch was a life saver. She took on a bit of water inside the cab but all is good. She is still my daily driver!

[SafeAirOne]

... I rolled her on her side last Friday in a water hole I underestimated.

THAT didn't take long!

I guess this explains the inquiry about replacement roof rack clamps in your other post...

[Ncrover725]

On it's side

I did actually get out to access the large water hole. The pine branch measured it at around 12". What I did not take into account was the 36" deep trench running up the middle of it. As the right side of the rover went into the trench I did a slow soft roll onto her side. I am not sure if I lost a clamp there or on one of my other not so smart adventures. The only damage it truly did was to my wallet when it cost like $15 at the carwash to clean it out.

[msggunny]

On the EFi vehicles, did you find that when a cardboard muff was used that the A/C fans kicked on, nullyfing the use of the cardboard?

Les,

I never noticed the A/C fan kick on. I put the cardboard on the drivers side 1/4 of the radiator. Had no issues.

[ybt502r]

Back on topic, as I'm late to respond. I had a muff from our hosts when I lived in Calgary - kept it full closed for most of the winter (-20F stuff) and the truck ran - ah - warm. Never hot, but I don't think the temp gauge would have even moved off the peg without the muff. There's still too many avenues for air to get in around the engine to generate much warmth. I only have the stock heater, so I had my toque and gloves on inside as well as outside. Thank goodness for synthetics.

[LR Max]

So this morning it was ~40F outside. My 109, with new 4 core radiator from RN + oil cooler, no radiator muff and running for 45 minutes on the highway didn't get up to temperature.

Radiator muff time it is! Probably will install it here in the parking lot at work. That won't look odd at all.

[luckyjoe]

Max,

T-stat stuck open? I drive basically the same thing and my temp gauge sits on 88C even when it snowing...

[Max(SD)]

This came with my Rover, did not need it in San Diego, but now in Bend, OR, could come in handy. How does it attach to the grill. Am I missing some hardware? Or should I just zip-tie it on?

[NC_Mule]

This came with my Rover, did not need it in San Diego, but now in Bend, OR, could come in handy. How does it attach to the grill. Am I missing some hardware? Or should I just zip-tie it on?

This is the hardware that came with my muff. Pretty sure I've seen the same thing at Lowes/Home Depot.
It's been in the upper 20's the past 2 mornings so I mounted my muff, the engine does warm up faster but the thing I like most is it stops a lot of drafts coming thru the firewall.

So I took a pic of the hardware to show you but for the life of me I can't find the "images/gallery" in my CP. I've posted pics before. Anyway, think the hardware is called a toggle bolt. It has 2 jaws that spring open, I push them thru the grill then tighten the front side so the jaw presses against the inside of the grill. I've also used the same hardware to mount shelving on a concrete block wall. The toggle bolts go thru the open eyelets on your muff. Sorry for the lack of a pic.
pb

[Rat Patrol]

I kept mine ( arboard version) in during the winter months in Montana. It got down to -40*f one day but was typically -20 to -30. Last winter, FayetteNam (Bragg) I didn't really bother. Now that I'm back up in the frontier I'm seriously considering the RN version.