Tenebreaux
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I assume the heating element is a replace rather than repair item?
I think you can repair them by soldering a wire across the break
Don't know how well it lasts. Thing is, do you want to take it out again to fix another break a week or 2 later?
Tenebreaux
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Having just seen that they're about a hundred quid a pop, that would be the option to try first methinks.
Edit. 75 inc vat from Island.
tomcat59alan
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Just to let you know the passenger seat cover also fits the drivers seat if you can get a good second hand one.
tomcat59alan
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Great minds etc.
biketeacherdave
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Yes you can repair them and update the stat at the same time I did a full write up on here. Try a quick search
Tenebreaux
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Two quid from China for two 45C stats.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Thermost...45-C-140-C-NO-NC-KSD301-250V10A-/273823456528
Even better, 16p each from AliExpress.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...earchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_
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Don't forget the shipping!
At 16p will it actually work? Or catch fire
do you know what temp the existing one is and what is a more suitable temp without getting too warm? Thinking 50c?
Hella. The price from my local place was same as Island but they're a known distributor (Island aren't and when I spoke to Hella they wondered where they were from) and the quality was spot on, unlike the Island one that looked like it had been sat on and was rhomboid.
Just to let you know the passenger seat cover also fits the drivers seat if you can get a good second hand one.
That's a good tip. The seat wears where you slide in and out so swapping them over before it goes makes sense.
Fixed a puncture.
On moving the car though there was an almighty thump from the rear. Reversing the rear seats actually moved. Same thump in forward and reverse as soon as I started moving. ****. Asked the missus if she had heard or felt anything when she drove it: no. So just happened. Might be lucky. Put car on stands and got underneath expecting broken UJ or yoke. Nope, it was fine. Handbrake shoes? No, they were fine. Transfer box seemed to turn with no issues. Backlash on diff was a bit looser than new but bot that bad. Checked half-shafts into hubs and they're all fine. Radius arms and all other bushes fine. Shocks and air-springs fine. Gave up, dropped her back to the ground and opened the boot. There was a ****ing large gas cylinder in there, free to roam that full has a fair bit of weight and had been thumping into the boot and rear seats. Took it out and all fixed. FFS.
On moving the car though there was an almighty thump from the rear. Reversing the rear seats actually moved. Same thump in forward and reverse as soon as I started moving. ****. Asked the missus if she had heard or felt anything when she drove it: no. So just happened. Might be lucky. Put car on stands and got underneath expecting broken UJ or yoke. Nope, it was fine. Handbrake shoes? No, they were fine. Transfer box seemed to turn with no issues. Backlash on diff was a bit looser than new but bot that bad. Checked half-shafts into hubs and they're all fine. Radius arms and all other bushes fine. Shocks and air-springs fine. Gave up, dropped her back to the ground and opened the boot. There was a ****ing large gas cylinder in there, free to roam that full has a fair bit of weight and had been thumping into the boot and rear seats. Took it out and all fixed. FFS.
On mine it is passenger side through light-cluster panel door thingy. I put a power point in the boot for compressors and solar panel.
Cheers, i had a quick look but nothing, maybe it's behind the sub
Tenebreaux
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The OEM is 33C I think. @biketeacherdave sez 40c is good.Don't forget the shipping!
At 16p will it actually work? Or catch fire
Doh! Helps if i actually look!! It was right there.
4 pin plug, there's a black and what looks like pink/orange which shows 12v. Solar panel will be plugged in soon!!
