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looking for junk yard heater for 715.....
Post by aaron871 on Oct 19, 2006, 10:42am
Is there an OEM heater I can pull out of a Ford, Chebby, Dodge, ect. That will easily fit in my 715? (read=CHEAP)
I don't have much room left in the engine bay. So I was thinking of setting it on the floor in-between the seats....
Re: looking for junk yard heater for 715.....
Post by brute4c on Oct 19, 2006, 10:51am
The stock heater from a J series Jeep truck or a Wagoneer or Cherokee, the full size types, work in the stock truck. If you have mods under the hood, maybe not but the locations and holes to mount the setup were all there when the trucks were built...
Re: looking for junk yard heater for 715.....
Post by barrman on Oct 19, 2006, 12:05pm
Try and find a FSJ that had the cables instead of vacuum controls. Then get the cables from the donor vehicle too.
Re: looking for junk yard heater for 715.....
Post by aaron871 on Oct 19, 2006, 12:50pm
a little extra info:
M-715 cab and chassis.
Between the Buick 455, all the accessories, and dual red tops under the hood, the engine bay is full. It's obviously converted to 12v.
I want a simple 12v fan driven heating unit that will use the heater hose. There is no room on the engine side of the firewall.
This is a trail only rig on rockewlls...
Hope this info can help you help me.
Thanks.
Re: looking for junk yard heater for 715.....
Post by brute4c on Oct 19, 2006, 12:54pm
This is a cheap setup that you could bolt under dash pretty easy...has the heater core and fan in it...hooking up defrost may be tough though....need a diverter box of some kind...
http://www.armysurpluswarehouse.com/...?productID=486
Re: looking for junk yard heater for 715.....
Post by aaron871 on Oct 19, 2006, 1:10pm
That's what I'm looking for.
Now, can I pull something like that out of the Pick-N-Pull for 5$?????????
Re: looking for junk yard heater for 715.....
Post by brute4c on Oct 19, 2006, 1:13pm
Dont know about that...it came in little Jeeps pr the like...maybe like Mutts?
Re: looking for junk yard heater for 715.....
Post by wrecker on Oct 19, 2006, 4:10pm
Many fullsized vans had a small self enclosed heater in the rear of the cabin. They work almost too good and I think you can find one at the junk yard. I've seen them in the rear of some suburbans too. They are basically just a box with a heater core and a 12v fan. Usually, they're mounted on the floor just behind the sliding side door.
Re: looking for junk yard heater for 715.....
Post by brute4c on Oct 19, 2006, 4:43pm
The old van auxilliary heater...great idea!! Yeah one of them would work well....sometimes they are in the middle of the full size vans, on the side, or they can be in the rear...
Why didnt I think of that...I have used them in vans for years...DOH!!
Re: looking for junk yard heater for 715.....
Post by kwai on Oct 19, 2006, 5:47pm
Koobster, has a couple of those heaters he is trying to sell.
Re: looking for junk yard heater for 715.....
Post by fsjguy on Oct 19, 2006, 8:07pm
Try Harbor Freight or JC Whipme.
Re: looking for junk yard heater for 715.....
Post by saxon on Oct 19, 2006, 11:07pm
I think the IH scout II's had a self contained box also I believe.
Re: looking for junk yard heater for 715.....
Post by barrman on Oct 20, 2006, 8:00am
Koobsters is OD green and already a military product.
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Post by moosejr on Oct 21, 2006, 12:35pm
another possibilility for your heater, and would give you a LOT of heat, . .would be to find a rear heater out of a school bus, .. . mine will nearly blow you out of the truck with the top off!
Re: looking for junk yard heater for 715.....
Post by gregolma715 on Oct 22, 2006, 9:55pm
You can get 24v motors for the old FS jeep heater boxes.
Re: looking for junk yard heater for 715.....
Post by bigwheelbob on Oct 23, 2006, 10:25am
AAron, give me a call, I have excatly what you need, new in the box. We used to use them for add on heaters in the Frito trucks. No charge, I owe you. 910-326-2881
Re: looking for junk yard heater for 715.....
Post by aaron871 on Oct 23, 2006, 8:55pm
Quote: <TABLE class=bordercolor cellSpacing=1 width="90%"><TBODY><TR><TD width="100%"><TABLE class=quote cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD width="100%">AAron, give me a call, I have excatly what you need, new in the box. We used to use them for add on heaters in the Frito trucks. No charge, I owe you. 910-326-2881</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
No kidding?
Thanks!
I'll call you tomorrow........
Re: looking for junk yard heater for 715.....
Post by bigwheelbob on Oct 25, 2006, 8:42am
Just printed your shipping label, should be leaving today.
Re: looking for junk yard heater for 715.....
Post by aaron871 on Oct 25, 2006, 9:22am
Bob, that is unbelievable.... thank you so much, I don't know what to say...