Buy a part from EBay or scrapyard.
Find somebody who will work at reasonable hourly fee. Be it 10 or 30$ per hour.
Half day job if you know what you do.
Something of a shortage in the US of auto mechanics who know what they are doing AND will work for $10/hour. Usually, you can find one or the other.arnis wrote:Find somebody who will work at reasonable hourly fee. Be it 10 or 30$ per hour.
arnis wrote:Buy a part from EBay or scrapyard.
Find somebody who will work at reasonable hourly fee. Be it 10 or 30$ per hour.
Half day job if you know what you do.
brycenesbitt wrote:arnis wrote:Buy a part from EBay or scrapyard.
Find somebody who will work at reasonable hourly fee. Be it 10 or 30$ per hour.
Half day job if you know what you do.
Update: purchased new used PTC core. Swapped it. No heat.
edatoakrun wrote:
...The Webatso concept of connecting to the heatant loop is a good one, IMO, which I hadn't considered last Winter.
It occurs to me that their is ample room under the LEAFs hood, for this installation, as well as for a small fuel tank.
Putting the heater there would allow it to vent safely, outside the passenger compartment.
For the US, I'd say propane is the obvious fuel choice. Widely available, cheap, and none of the problems that liquid fuels have with degrading over time.
This would likely be the lowest cost “range extender” for cold climates, but not worth the trouble unless you have months of sub-freezing temps in your area.