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smb

Member Since: 15 Jan 2013
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 1232

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Santorini Black

PUMA FOOTWELL HEAT AIRFLOW

Hi,

Does anyone know who makes a modification/pipework to enable the heat from the heater in the footwell to be dispersed around the feet instead of just onto your shin?

There seems to be kits for demisting the windows, but cannot find anything similar for the footwell.

Thanks

17th Apr 2013 12:19pm

spudfan

Member Since: 10 Sep 2007
Location: Co Donegal
Posts: 4507

Would not be too difficult to fabricate a couple of inserts from from some soft metal, like aluminium soffet covering, and fix them to the metaltube where the hot air comes out. You could have the exiting hot air going down instead of straight out, depending on how you angle the inserts. Have thought of doing it myself but never actually got around to doing it. 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
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17th Apr 2013 1:00pm

strang

Member Since: 16 May 2012
Location: Happy Valley
Posts: 1365

2009 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Galway Green

I thought it was a 'retro' design feature, reminiscent of the old round Smiths (shinburner) heater as fitted to Series Land Rovers! Euro-Leafing to infinity and beyond.....

17th Apr 2013 1:25pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 16945

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

I am not aware of any commerically-available gizmo for doing this, although it is a frequesntly-asked question.

I don't know why some enterprising aftermarket gadget supplier hasn't brought one out; it would after all be quite easy to do, although it isn't easy to home-build an aesthetically pleasing one.

Perhaps the reason is that the whole Puma heater system is flawed at such a fundamental level that no-one thinks it's worth bothering with! (I can remember at first being impressed with the Puma heater, after all, it really did emit heat, something that no LR heater had done for 30 years or so. After several years, I have forgotten how wonderful the first impression seemed and now the way it is impossible to have anything remotely like a steady in-between temperature annoys me. It does cold really well, it does supernova really well, but it is really a dead loss in between).

17th Apr 2013 4:09pm

smb

Member Since: 15 Jan 2013
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 1232

Hi Blackwolf,

You learn something new every day.....I didn't know there was an 'in between'

I am very surprised no one has come up with a commercially available one. I am sure if the price was right just about every Puma owner would get one unless of course they've lost the feeling in their shins!!

17th Apr 2013 4:18pm

ClaireWright

Member Since: 12 Oct 2012
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 609

2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 HT Keswick Green

It gets very hot on ya legs..good job I shave mine lol else be singed

17th Apr 2013 5:27pm

WelshGas

Member Since: 01 Oct 2010
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Posts: 935

2010 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Santorini Black

See here http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic6874.html 1/2way down, my post and pictures. Works very well.

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17th Apr 2013 8:25pm

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