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Thank you David for putting that link up, I followed the instructions and it worked a treat. I, also, did what you suggested when turning the heater off; cannot believe the heat and how quiet the heater is........inside..........outside is a different matter, cannot hear the inlet but can hear...

Thank you very much for that information. I have a syringe that should do the job. Rae

Hello David, What I intend to do is connect the pump to a battery and prime it with the end removed at the heater; I don't believe you can prime it any other way. I thought about pressurising the tank or using a syringe and pulling the diesel through but I think the pump will not allow any fuel...

No, I'm afraid I didn't. When I was putting this together I was going to cross over the tie wraps so I made a figure eight, which I may still do just to see if it makes any difference. If still no good I will disconnect the ties and screw the rubber to the block and then choose which is the best...

Over the last few days I've been slowly working away at getting this heater fitted. After routing the fuel pipe and the electric cable for the pump my next job was to fit the pump. I have heard you can eliminate the clicking noise by suspending the pump off cable ties, it seems feasible and here...

I seem to remember 26 inches was the tuned length of down pipe before you could join the 2 pipes together on a 500 Triumph and the old hot rod boys would paint their header pipe and where the paint was not burnt that was where they would cut the pipe and join them together. Rae

Remedial work started today. First job, make top hats for all the holes that are in the floor; including the one that I made myself. Two of the holes were where a water tank had been removed and the others were gas pipe and vents. Re-routed the inlet pipe; now inside, tucked nicely away...

Decided it was time to reroute the air intake but where to put it? I decided it was best to clean up and see where was available. I have to confess I did like the door well but this would have meant removing my chassis number, or certainly a large part of it, so I've opted for the area behind...

Still plodding on despite the odd setback, this afternoon was all about getting the intake on the exhaust; put together if only as a dry run. My first job, make up a decent bracket that would hold the two silencers. I think that should do the job. All that's needed is bolts cut to the correct...

Thank you lads for your feedback, it has been taken onboard; fortunately the block of wood has not been thrown away so it's just a matter of me sticking it back in place. I shall continue fitting the heater and then I'll go back and do the remedial work. Rae

Explanation above. Rae

First part of the question: no I can't be 100% sure but as one pipe is going one way and the other pipe is going the other way and there's roughly a six foot gap between the two pipes, the intake is under the van floor inside the skirt and the exhaust is coming out in front of the back wheel but...

Are drawing air in from the outside? yes

I needed some way to connect the inlet pipe to the diesel heater. I achieved this by cutting the grid off the intake coupling and cutting the ring off the air ducting cap, gluing the two together and then slipping an elbow over the top. Here we have the finished job. Hole cut in the floor...

Drilled the hole this morning then I realised the metal seat frame was going to foul the seating of the heater. Not a problem; out with my new hole cutter and my jig saw and the problem was sorted. Here we have the heater in situ. I removed all the carpet around the heater as it will be a...

Yes I should have had two tanks fitted on the Tuesday but on the Monday lockdown hit us. Eventually I hope to be having two 90 litre tanks fitted, I already have a 60 litre but one of the new tanks will be a top and bottom feeder so I will be able to run my appliances and the vehicle off the...

Hole cutter turned up this morning so that's a good excuse to stop whatever I was supposed to do and get back to working on the van. First job: make sure I got the right size. Removed the old heater. By doing this I should gain a lot more cupboard space. To my surprise, when I removed...

T nuts arrive today, after a long wait, I could now get on with fixing the tank for the Chinese diesel heater. Here we have it in situ., four holes drilled through the floor, ready for the tank to go on. I left a little gap all the way round so there should be no vibration from the tank...

Tank arrived this morning, bit of a worrying time as I had no idea the measurements as it was only advertised as a Honda lawnmower tank; by my reckoning it should fit quite comfortably and, low and behold, it sits in there a treat: I can still manage to get the gas bottle in and out with the...

Had a little measure up today and mine seems to be a little larger (oo er missus) so I have forwarded the measurements on and, hopefully, my friend can oblige. Rae