Ecomodding and stuff: VAZ-2111 " the UnArmored Personnel Carrier

[iikhod]

How about sleepin' in the wagon?

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by iikhod

How about sleepin' in the wagon?

I never tried to sleep in a wagon, but I'm sure a van would be more comfortable on that matter. Well, even though I usually like wagons more than sedans, nobody can deny that vans are by far the most practical type of vehicle.

[Fingie]

oh no, War wagon is good to sleep in, even if i have to bend my legs.

But a trailer that could be equipped with a bed and a heater would be more comfy IMO

[Fingie]

Hmm, i wonder if i could wrap a copper pipe around the exhaust pipe in War wagon, and run two small hoses to the trailer and install a small radiator in it, while having a small pump. maybe have the spiral go through a water reservoir for drinking water?

so when i park i would have a warm trailer and water

a crude paint thingy

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Not sure if that exhaust-heated setup would be so easy to implement, and to keep the hoses safe from punctures due to debris on the road.

[Fingie]

haha, true.

[gumby79]

I considered a similer thing(trailer heat) with my 5th wheel .
I thought simpler and easier than exhaust , engine coolent. Less chance of stoping to find my cats and dog CO2ed after 12+hrs on the road.
Add .5"return and .75"feed pipe (isolated) to the rear bumper use hydraulic quick disconnect(QD), they seal both male and female unlike air QD, and a slinky hose to a set of QD on the trailer , heater core from a 15 passenger van.with a 12v fan blowing into the floor duct for the stock heater. Before someone says ,Why not just use the heater that came with the ducting? This was a transit problem can't use the furnace @55mph ,keeping the water lines and tanks(60ga fresh, 2x20gray, 40 black) from freezing during winter travel over Donner Pass and others below 0f at times. But life changed and I didn't get that far with the idea.
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For exhaust a 2"+ umbilical cord would be needed,and high mounted to give enough slack /flexibility for turning. Do you have a catalytic converter? If so that would be my sorce of heat. 600-800°f a cat starts to work .by the time you got to the trailer it should have cooled sufficiently. Passive or forced air?

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

A heat-exchanging setup based on coolant fluid recirculating between a trailer-mounted heater core and the exhaust muffler might not really become a danger for carbon monoxide poisoning, but anyway, it would still require thermostatic control to not become excessively hot. Similar setups have been adapted into trucks repowered with air-cooled Deutz engines.

[Fingie]

CV joint on the left sh*t itself, started to make noise.

removed the rubber boot, but didn't get the joint off.

finally put it together and drove 25 miles to my friend's workshop with a dry, beaten cv joint. Was funnily quiet the whole trip

also found out a brake pad was stuck, and completely worn out.

bought new pads.

the whole ordeal cost me 60 bucks to fix though not so expensive, thankfully

[Fingie]

changed the oil to the same brand i have used now, but now it has "fuel saving" tech. We'll see lol if it makes a difference