Van cab heating help please, I’m flipping freezing about to get on mway!

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  1. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    dear all,

    I’ve stopped in the A46 nr Cov for a cuppa as I’m a bit chilly. I can’t remember how my heating levers go to stop cold air coming in and instead warm me with mildly petroly warmth from the engine.

    I’ve got 3 levers and I’m a lhd

    Please help. I’m en route Sheffield and May have perished by Nottingham!

    Ta x
     
    Merlin Cat, Sep 17, 2019
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  2. F_Pantos

    F_Pantos

    Try blue up, red down :thumbsup:
     
    F_Pantos, Sep 17, 2019
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  3. Ozziedog

    Ozziedog Supporter

    Hey MC, get yourself some clear polythenes of some description and make a cab divider behind the cab seats. Stick it up with gaffer tape and run it till the summer comes back. A lot lot easier to heat or warm a small area and halving the droughts helps too. Pop your front grill off and cling film it to marmitey and back then pop your grill back on. Any mahoosive droughts can usually be sorted with blue tack :)

    Ozziedog,,,,,,,Oh,, and fix your heating, it actually works well.:)
     
    Ozziedog, Sep 17, 2019
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  4. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    I’ve got two red and one blue I think . Thanks
     
    Merlin Cat, Sep 17, 2019
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  5. Gooders

    Gooders

    Blue up shuts fresh air flaps. Middle red, up for floor down for screen. End red fully down for max heat (what there is of it) :thumbsup:
     
    Gooders, Sep 17, 2019
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  6. F_Pantos

    F_Pantos

    The number of levers shouldn't matter, assuming I can think my way thru what's normally automatic, muscle memory, activity; it's the colour that's the key.
     
    F_Pantos, Sep 17, 2019
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  7. Pony

    Pony

    Go cold, you won't feel the benifit when you get there if you don't.
    :D
     
    Pony, Sep 17, 2019
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  8. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    Ta :)Think I may need a how to sticker on my dash! I may have blue down :oops:

    I’ve put my joggers and cardigan on so that should help :).

    Having a toasty too for warmth and energy.

    M69 M1 here I come!!
     
    Merlin Cat, Sep 17, 2019
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  9. F_Pantos

    F_Pantos

    Blue down and you'll freeze, be noisy too, well mine is.
     
    F_Pantos, Sep 17, 2019
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  10. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    Right, I’m off. Cheers folks for your advice. I may put my balaclava on too for good measure :)

     
    Merlin Cat, Sep 17, 2019
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  11. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    At Tibshelf Svc and pleasantly warm :). As the van has been driving so well and doing quite a bit of over taking I thought it deserved a breather.

    I’ve been channeling Sabine Schmidt!
     
    Merlin Cat, Sep 17, 2019
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  12. Barry Haynes

    Barry Haynes I dance in leopard skin mankini’s

    @snotty will be along soon he likes saying FLAPS:p
     
    Barry Haynes, Sep 17, 2019
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  13. Barneyrubble

    Barneyrubble

    Get @Ermintrude to run you up a curtain to section off your cab with a hole for looking thru with rear view mirror then geta springy pole to fit , cabin then get warm enough to wear bikini in winter whilst driving between cake n coffee stops :D:thumbsup:
     
    Barneyrubble, Sep 17, 2019
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  14. Rez

    Rez

    Pop off the round vents either corner of the dash (they just pull straight out) and shove rags/socks/whatever you have in there.
    This next thing wont help you right now but i recently took off the front outside vent and sealed up the 2 flaps behind it with double sided foam tape. They always allowed some air in even when cold. Its RARE that it gets so warm that you need extra fresh air and if it does, just open a window.
     
    Rez, Sep 17, 2019
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  15. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    Actually I’ve got curtains that separate the cab but on the mway I prefer full mirrors vision just in case!
     
    Merlin Cat, Sep 17, 2019
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  16. snotty

    snotty

    That’s really...pervy :eek:
     
    snotty, Sep 17, 2019
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  17. Barneyrubble

    Barneyrubble

    This is why you want Velcro hole to remove when driving for eyeing up people up your backside :D
     
    Barneyrubble, Sep 17, 2019
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  18. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    Home, safe, sound and a bit warm tbh! :)
     
    Merlin Cat, Sep 17, 2019
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  19. paulcalf

    paulcalf

    I'm not surprised, it's still the summer
     
    paulcalf, Sep 17, 2019
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  20. Pudelwagen

    Pudelwagen Supporter

    I thought you'd been living in Yorkshire long enough to be used to mild weather.
     
    Pudelwagen, Sep 18, 2019
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