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[Ray White]

I have been looking to see if the rad slats on the TC could be made to move. I know some people (probably with time on their hands) have made them thermostatically controlled but that is too sophisticated for me. I wondered if if they could be opened and closed by a driver operated cable.

It just seems like a nice feature to have.

[peter scott]

Ray,

There used to be radiator blinds that could be located between the slats and the radiator. I suspect this would be easier to arrange.

Peter



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[Ray White]

Yes Peter. That looks a whole lot easier.

[Penman]

Hi
This model had a large flap that pivoted horizontally.
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/photos-weston/jensen_541r_19.htm
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[Ray White]

It may not seem much to shout about but I am quite excited about my new compact heater that arrived today. ( Little things please little minds, I suppose! )

My plan is to remove the bottom of the scuttle mounted tool box in the footwell and locate the fan section up inside; leaving just the heater matrix section pointing downwards.. This should enable fresh air to be drawn in and save taking up cabin space at the same time. Isolating the fan like this should also reduce the noise levels which are 63decibels. There are two through holes which I can use to bolt the heater to the side of the adjacent battery box.

The plumbing seems fairly straightforward. I should be able to utilise the bypass pipe for a supply and easily attach a fitting to the blanking plate at the rear of the cylinder head. This is what other TC owners have done.

What I am unsure about is this recurring polarity issue. I am contemplating swapping wires over on the connector to counter positive earth. I don't know if the fan would run backwards otherwise?

Perhaps someone could give me some advice in this regard?

[Longstroke]

You should be able to swap the wires over on the fan, as it shouldn't be polarity specific. However, it might be worth swapping whole car to negative earth which is easy enough to do if you've still got a dynamo. I did this on my Riley years ago, so I could use a modern stereo, and later on an electronic rev counter.

[nokia2010]

Ha. I asked in other place if you can fit heating systems on cars that originaly didn't had and they answered me you can do that. Now I found people that did that stuff.

[Ray White]

[Ray White]