Oh, that's pretty whimpy ;-), I used the same technique to help get me from
LA to Vegas in the '70s but it was 110+ outside, windows open, heater fan on
high, but I was a lot younger then...
Neil Levine
SPL311-06576
>Robert-
>
>Well, you almost got it right... it's engine coolant that circulates
through the heat
>exchanger/mini rad unit. It's already hot (as long as the engine is warmed
up), the fan
>blows air across the heater, picking up heat from the engine coolant and
warming the cab.
>
>Incidentally, the extra engine cooling capacity of a cabin heater spared me
a boil-over
>once in my PL521 ('70 Datsun truck) going over Pacheco Pass, a pretty heavy
climb (in
>Central California, crossing from the Central Valley to the Santa Clara
Valley/South SF
>Bay region). I opened the heater valve full open and turned the fan up to
high speed. Got
>beastly hot in the cab (it was 90+ deg. out), even with the windows open,
but it got me to
>a service station under my own power, instead of on the hook...
>
>Gary McCormick
>San Jose, CA
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