Another jeep, Dad's Tuxedo Park

Glad to hear it works well! That's the one I bought for the CJ-6. I was going to use it stand alone, but am now thinking of using it along with the factory heater. Does it get pretty crowded under the dash with both units? Then again, your Tux is an earlier model, so not an apples to apples comparison with an Intermediate, correct?

 

I think the install came out great! I purchased the same vents and was planning on mounting them exactly as you did.

The intermediate heater takes up the space behind the glovebox, much like the later CJs do, with one of the exceptions being the intermediate blower mower is on the cab side rather than the engine compartment side, therefore no ready made "blazer motor upgrade" mod for intermediates.

My thought was that the Heatercraft should put out enough heat for the Jeep on its own. But.....I was still going to mount the cowl side plenum from the factory heater (the factory heater is split up into the two components, the heater assembly behind the glovebox, and the plenum attached to the underside of the cowl). The reason I still wanted to mount the cowl side is so that I wouldn't have a huge hole in my cowl to dump rain and crud into the cab. This would allow me to both drain the elements through the drain hose as per factory, and it would allow me to open the flap and get outside air. Now that I think about it.....if I could find the room, I may be better off using both heaters.

Does mounting both heaters split the engine heat between them, resulting in two heaters not getting as hot as they would be operating alone (assuming both heaters were running at the same time)?

BTW - I've seen the ducting your dad did for the defrost....genius! I am guessing that Jeep has the most effective defroster ever seen in an early CJ!

 

Good work, both of my Jeeps run two heaters and unless it gets really cold out I just need to run the one that is for the defrost after you get the inside to a decent temp. I know you don't like hardtops but I would never go back to a soft top on either. I suppose, the Commando has never had a soft top on it as I have never taken the hard top off of it.

 

Thank you Patrick for the info! That Jeep has always been one of my favorites, and it's just getting better!

 

Once again....same boat here. My CJ-6 had the split bench, and it wasn't very comfortable. I will be going aftermarket seats most likely, as I want something that's pretty comfortable. I do hate minimizing access to the underseat toolbox though. On my CJ-2A, I wanted to stick with a low back, as I like the look better on a flatfender, and I don't imagine going for super long rides in that one. That being said, I can't seem to get the CJ-6 on the road, much less get going on the CJ-2A.

 

Excellent! I look forward to it...thank you!

 

That makes a lot of sense to reverse it. My tub is coated with Raptor liner inside and underneath, including inside the tool box. I fear that I hosed myself, and am too lazy to grind off the Raptor......Ugggh!

Side note, my factory fold and tumble would give me full access to the tool box, as it did fold all the forward into the footwell. What I didn't like about the bench was two things.....the "60" portion was very uncomfortable.....just padding on top of a piece of wood. At least the fold and tumble passenger seat had springs in it. The second thing is that I simply prefer the bucket seat look, and I am planning on running a Tuffy console with the stereo mounting.

 

I'm using the same heater but as a stand alone unit.
If you guys are looking for heater outlets that are a bit lower profile, I used this: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/vta-63016-vul
You use 3" tubing and just compress it to oval shape.

Just If you notch the wheel houses and mount the seats on slider tracks, you can make the seats tilt backwards. If I want to access the tool box: I slide the seat forward, lift the front and tilt it backwards. Norcal69's common sense build. | Page 2 | EarlyCJ5.com
Just a couple ideas.

 

Thanks for the link on the outlets! Does your Jeep have the cowl opening behind the hood? I can't remember what year the cutoff was on that. If so...how did you contend with that? Also, is it an issue not getting outside air to the system? (I don't imagine it would be, but just asking)

 

Defrosters work much better using outside air as it is less humid. Sort of like another thread about why newer vehicles run the AC to dry the air.

 

I'm pulling air from inside the jeep. I was out last night in the cold rain. The window was fogged up pretty good when we got in but the summit heater cleared it right up. With Summit heater I have one port going to the defrost and the other goes to a Y and then to the two ducts. The heater will cook you out of the jeep with the top on.