Cozy cab heat?
 

I have a cozy cab on a cub 1250. I need heat in it. I wont do electric because they wont keep up, and using propane is not safe. My 2 ideas are wrapping the muffler with 5/8" copper tubing, cover the tubing with sheet metal, running the tubing to just outside the engine cover and running heater hoses to a atv radiator in the cab. From there the fan will blow the heat to the windshield. The other option is running a 3" duct from the front of the engine to a fan that will suck and blow the air into the cab. Any ideas?

I like the duct from the front of the engine to the cab option better.

Eat beans the day before.:biggrin2:
There is a discussion here on the issue of heating a cab.

http://www.onlycubcadets.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=29182

I'm just wondering if the muffler would heat the coolant hot enough to heat the cab.

I don't know how safe it would be to duct air from the front of the engine into the cab. If you have a leaky exhaust or head gasket you might end up piping carbon monoxide into your cab.

Exactly my concern. I think that would be a bad idea.

Do you think the muffler would get hot enough to heat antifreeze in coiled copper run to a heater core?

I think it would. Maybe not HOT, but it wouldn't be COLD.

I'm thinking the muffler gets at least 300 degrees, wrap coiled copper around that and another shield over that, regulate the flow through it and i would think it would absorb plenty of heat.

Take lots of pics! Keep us posted....

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