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Old 01-02-2014, 07:20 PM
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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?
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I like the duct from the front of the engine to the cab option better.
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I'm just wondering if the muffler would heat the coolant hot enough to heat the cab.
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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.
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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.
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Do you think the muffler would get hot enough to heat antifreeze in coiled copper run to a heater core?
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I think it would. Maybe not HOT, but it wouldn't be COLD.
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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.
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