Heater hoses (1 Viewer)

[Rockiemosley]

On my 1985 FJ60, I am in the process of replacing all the radiator and heater hoses. My question is... Although it is nice to have a rear heater, I live in North Carolina where it rarely gets very cold....wouldnt it be sufficent to just have the heater under the dashboard, and bypass the rear heater, thus making the heater hose routing much simpler? Its not like Alaska where I live. And I guess a follow up question is... Is that oil cooler thing even necessary? It seems like more of an oil heater to me.

 

[OSS]

I got rid of my rear heater a long time ago. I never used it either. It takes up a lot of prime storage space under the passenger seat too.

 

[ff347]

I still have my rear heater and I am even further south, it is going to go one if these days. I want the room under the seat & I don't really see the advantage even if you lived way up north. More rear defrost capability would be appreciated though.

 

[MarkBC]

If you live in a climate where you might want it, you will have salt on the roads which rusts out those coolant pipes running underneath to the heater...

 

[Rockiemosley]

Well If anybody is still reading, say if I wanted to get rid of my rear heater, and my oil cooler/heater, and the T in my lower radiator hose.....I guess I could hook the outlet of my Dash heater to the water pump nipple? Dang this should not be so complicated.

 

[ToyotaMatt]

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if every FJ60 2F 's use this particular 2 Port Hose Bib Union , then the options and the sky are the Limit , ..


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[John Staton]

I like your option to bypass but keep in place but I am in TX and would never need the additional heat. I deleted mine about 2 years ago and took it out before I put in new carpet. Less places for a leak and gained a space under my passenger seat. Here is the thread.

FJ60 rear heater delete

So in the middle of my new carpet install and had looked at taking the heater our to make it easier. Ordered new hoses, etc... and then I ran across some threads that mentioned deleting the rear heater altogether. I am in Texas and in the winter we drop down into the 60s for a couple weeks so I...

forum.ih8mud.com

 

[DFXR]

I bypassed mine recently because one of the hard lines had rotted thru. Those are not easily replaced.

Pretty simple bypass with a couple of parts needed. Search "rear heater" and there are a couple of informative threads (including the one from John Stanton above).

That being said, if yours is all intact and functional, and you don't need to colonize the under seat space with something else, I would just leave it in place. What's the harm?