Diesel Heating

[BruceS]

50psi? Wow! Remember that is 50 pounds per SQUARE inch!
Let's say it's approx 5" by 5" ..... 25 sq inches multiply by 50 ............ 1250 pounds force. 2240 lbs in an old ton....
That's a lot of force out in the centre of the dif housing. Be careful Vik... (each side)

[Vik351]

The maker must know what his stuff does...???

All by the book...

made no difference to the ride BTW, just lifted the arse up to get in me drive

vik...

[Vik351]

50psi? Wow! Remember that is 50 pounds per SQUARE inch!
Let's say it's approx 5" by 5" ..... 25 sq inches multiply by 50 ............ 1250 pounds force. 2240 lbs in an old ton....
That's a lot of force out in the centre of the dif housing. Be careful Vik... (each side)

Air Lift 1000 kits – 35 to 100 lbs. maximum PSI (Varies with application)
Firestone Coil-Rite Kits – 35 to 90 lbs. maximum PSI (Varies with application)
Air Lift Ride Control kits – 100 lbs. maximum PSI
Firestone Sport-Rite kits – 100 lbs. maximum PSI
Air Lift LoadLifter 5000 kits – 100 lbs. maximum PSI
Firestone Ride-Rite Kits – 100 lbs. maximum PSI
Hellwig Air Bag Kits – 100 lbs. maximum PSI

So, now that we have the maximum amount of air that you can put into your air bags out of the way, let’s look at how much you should put into them to get the ride you want. First thing you want to do after installing your air bag kit is to get your vehicle on a level surface, next to an air pump at a gas station will work. Make sure you have the minimum air pressure in your air bags, 5 lbs., before heading out Inflate your air springs so your truck or SUV is level and your headlights are at a correct angle. Also check your truck from the rear and make sure you are level from side-to-side. Inflate or deflate your air bags until you have the height you want. If you are planning on filling the back of your pickup truck with logs, obviously you’ll want to over compensate for the upcoming load.


vik...

[BruceS]

OK, all good.
When are you heading off Vik?
WA first?

[Vik351]

OK, all good.
When are you heading off Vik?
WA first?

Wont be in that... or for a while yet... SWMBO got a job, cant leave her 87 year old old lady with a distance

So it's flog the luxo barge and down size to a Tojo 4x4 ute with bed and crapper in the back , just me and Mitzi Bo Chi...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hz8RuxdAr4



vik...

[Dot]

Cute puppy

[Vik351]

Cute puppy

As big as it gets Dotters...!!!



vik...

[jon_d]

Normally, puppies grow into their feet.

[T1 Terry]

Well, an update on the diesel heater performance ...... brilliant. Used 10 ltr of diesel kero mix in 5 days, but it is the travelling heater as well as the heater when we (or Margaret) was out of bed, so a lot of use. The 8 hrs use on the first night's travelling used about 1/4 tank, roughly 2.5ltrs, gotta be happy with that. It was so warm in the Hino while we were away, Margaret is complaining about how cold it is now we are back home
Still trying to figure out the Chinglish instructions on how to change the control from pump rate to C*, but I probably won't bother now it has been test run for a week. If it gets too hot, slow the pump rate, too cold speed it up for 30 mins. I think that method eliminates the stop start of the heater, but maybe it alters the pump rate automatically to maintain a temperature, more Chinglish to Australian translation required I think.
Very quiet, the inverter fan is noisier than the heater inside and very little noise outside, so very happy with it's performance. Haven't run it at full pump rate yet, the air coming out is so hot at about half flow I can't see a time the full rate would be needed .... well except for Tassie type conditions I guess.

[jon_d]

Excellent. We use our full bore to take the chill off. Then it throttles back automatically to low.