Engine bay cable route through bulkhead/firewall to cabin
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I am having heating installed in my SWB T6 next week and due to the 2nd battery being under the front seat, the twin passenger seat being on a swival and the location for the storing the table being the front seat it's proposed the heating vent (swival and angled) will sit on the floor behind the seats around the line of the handbreak.
Can anyone confirm there are no cables running the length of the van which could make this option a no no?
Looking at a photo on a LWB T6 on the forum yesterday (attached) I saw new van which had been stripped ready for a conversion the front shows two looms which if they go to the back of the van is not good for my needs. not sure what these looms are for?
Thanks for any info given
Can anyone confirm there are no cables running the length of the van which could make this option a no no?
Looking at a photo on a LWB T6 on the forum yesterday (attached) I saw new van which had been stripped ready for a conversion the front shows two looms which if they go to the back of the van is not good for my needs. not sure what these looms are for?
Thanks for any info given
Those looms go left and right to under the front seats, just out of shot.
That's great then as shey shouldn't interfear with heating duct
Why not consider fitting the intake and vent using oem factory parts. Air intake in the drivers step and the heater vents in the drivers side B pillar. Have a read through this thread. Fitting the OEM Auxillary Heating Ductwork
That's great then as shey shouldn't interfear with heating duct
Dale, is that camper furniture in your avatar?
If so, an OEM heater duct fit-out might not be worth it if your furniture will block the airflow.
The step intake will still work - there’s the option of using that as your heater outlet, but then the back of the van won’t warm up as quickly.
If it is furniture you have, what have Propex said about routing the heater outlet up through the floor a bit further back, so it exits via the kick-boards beneath your cabinets?
Yes, I have full furniture and Propex will be using the side step for the 'intake' (agreed the rear of the van wouldn't heat well if this were used for the outlet plus the outlet gets really hot - so I'm told).
I will look again at the rib/seat kickplate though I think there're other reasons why that won't work hence the proposed outlet coming through the floor as mentioned.
For sure it'd have been so much better if heating had ben installed at the time of the conversion or at least provision for it
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And there’s definitely no room to bring it up beside the aux battery under your drivers’ seat?Yes, I have full furniture and Propex will be using the side step for the 'intake' (agreed the rear of the van wouldn't heat well if this were used for the outlet plus the outlet gets really hoy - so I'm told).
I will look again at the rib kickplate though I think there're other reasons why that won't work hence the proposed outlet coming through the floor as mentioned.
For sure it'd have been so much better if heating had ben installed at the time of the conversion or at least provision for it
Hi, no, the space under the seat is taken up with the 2nd battery and the back plate is fitted with a marine battery isolataion switch as well so under the seat is just not possible
Just to confirm , a 110 AGM battery will not fit under passenger twin seat ? . That was my plan but will have to be fitted to rear is this correct .thanks
No, the 110AGM is too long.
Which AGM battery would you recommend as a direct replacement for the factory fitted (front double seat)
Grommet behind the battery. Poke the cable through from bonnet side, easier to remove glovebox and stereo surround/vents to get hold of the end and route it to behind stereo.
Easy then to route the other end of the cable around under the slam panel and down into the grille. I set my camera into the badge.
"How I done it" (© @Dellmassive
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Like it.....
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I’ll be looking for that tomorrow !
I’m not sure using your camera or another one in the front grill (like Touareg)
I found many ads on eBay for front VW logo camera, like yours,... Is there many sizes or, better, may you have a link on eBay for your model ?
Thanks
I’ll be looking for that tomorrow !
I’m not sure using your camera or another one in the front grill (like Touareg)
I found many ads on eBay for front VW logo camera, like yours,... Is there many sizes or, better, may you have a link on eBay for your model ?
Thanks
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It depends what you want from the camera. For my purposes I needed it as high as possible for the 360 view, but also it’s easier to place the front bumper in very tight spaces if you’re looking down on it. The Touareg one in the picture is too low and too much of the ground would be obscured by the bumper. If you’re going to do the 360 setup I did then the cameras come with it, but they’re nothing special and any little wide angle camera such as sold for reversing would be fine as the image can be flipped if necessary. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend the one I got, it’s a bit crap for the money but they’re all the same. I just drilled a hole in my badge and epoxied the camera into place once I’d found the right angle.
This looks like the one I got, though it looks like it’s been tidied up slightly and the price has come down a fair bit. 360° 4 Camera Cam Bird View Panoramic System Car DVR Recording Parking Rear View 6247818121976 | eBay
Note that as it says in the small print, the calibration cloths are not included and it does take a lot longer to set it up without them. That caught me out.
