Its getting mighty chilly here in wv

Hahaha! Mick! That's just all the farther I can choke the ole Ashley down! If the stoves light it's 80+ in my house!!

I just put a full windshield on today and ordered a rear.  I am thinking I may go to the autoparts store and pick up a car heater core and just mount it under my dash and put it inline with my radiator and just let it radiate heat out, no fans on it.  I think it will help.

That should work, maybe box around it would help it work even better.

My rear window and a half windshield give enough heat for -20 just from the engine cover.

thekevin wrote:

I just put a full windshield on today and ordered a rear.  I am thinking I may go to the autoparts store and pick up a car heater core and just mount it under my dash and put it inline with my radiator and just let it radiate heat out, no fans on it.  I think it will help.

Here is a link showing how I mounted a Summit Racing heater. It really works and doesnt cost alot!

https://hotrodrhinoforums.forumotion.com/t955-under-my-hood

thekevin wrote:

I just put a full windshield on today and ordered a rear.  I am thinking I may go to the autoparts store and pick up a car heater core and just mount it under my dash and put it inline with my radiator and just let it radiate heat out, no fans on it.  I think it will help.

the ones from summit work great, mines mounted under the drivers seat , just makes servicing your clutch a little harder , no problem really, like the location of onebuilders, but that's where my aux battery is

CamoRhino660 wrote:

Do those ride on dust covers help at all?

I think if you have a heater it will help hold the heat in and the cold out.  No heater and I think it may be a little cooler inside with the cover because it keeps some of the heat from the engine off of you.

Just go on ebay and look up heater cores.  then either build a box or just buy an old 30 or 50 cal ammo can and drop the heater core into it.  Throw a couple (or 3 depending on your box) computer fans on the cold air side and boom...all done.  I have all my parts together to do this but im out of town right now so i cant play with the rhino.  May want to put a couple shut off valves on it for summer so it doesnt put a little heat off then also.  with all my stuff bought i got like $40 bucks in it

Chuddly has a good and cheap solution.

Chuddly   sounds like the way to go ...... cheap  now that's my way    

chuddly wrote:

Just go on ebay and look up heater cores.  then either build a box or just buy an old 30 or 50 cal ammo can and drop the heater core into it.  Throw a couple (or 3 depending on your box) computer fans on the cold air side and boom...all done.  I have all my parts together to do this but im out of town right now so i cant play with the rhino.  May want to put a couple shut off valves on it for summer so it doesnt put a little heat off then also.  with all my stuff bought i got like $40 bucks in it

I suggest using the Summit kit. but you have a creative idea, post some pics when you get it built. I love seeing what guys come up with! If I  may offer one suggestion though, dont add valves. The extra coolant capacity and flow was nice to have. the stock system only holds a half a gallon. My new system hold one gallon now. in addition to the added capacity, when making long climbs and you see the temps climbing, reach over and switch the heater on and watch the temps drop 15-20 degrees.

onebuilder wrote:

chuddly wrote:

Just go on ebay and look up heater cores.  then either build a box or just buy an old 30 or 50 cal ammo can and drop the heater core into it.  Throw a couple (or 3 depending on your box) computer fans on the cold air side and boom...all done.  I have all my parts together to do this but im out of town right now so i cant play with the rhino.  May want to put a couple shut off valves on it for summer so it doesnt put a little heat off then also.  with all my stuff bought i got like $40 bucks in it

I suggest using the Summit kit. but you have a creative idea, post some pics when you get it built. I love seeing what guys come up with! If I  may offer one suggestion though, dont add valves. The extra coolant capacity and flow was nice to have. the stock system only holds a half a gallon. My new system hold one gallon now. in addition to the added capacity, when making long climbs and you see the temps climbing, reach over and switch the heater on and watch the temps drop 15-20 degrees.

i know what your saying...but i was talking about something like one of these - http://www.ebay.com/itm/WD-EXPRESS-653-54001-500-Heater-Control-Valve-Meyle-HVAC-Heater-Control-Valve-/140999340932?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item20d4373384&vxp=mtr

Put a little rod to it and you can choke down the flow of coolant or shut if off ...its like a thermostat and you can do it from the drivers seat.  then in the summer shut it all the way down unless you need the extra cooling for a long hill climb and then open it up and flip on fans to get an extra small radiator.  It will make you hot but it will keep the motor from burning up.

very good  idea Steve , sounds like back in the old day's did the same thing in old 4x4 truck to cool it down

Thinking I should get a custom top made so I don't get cold in the Winter and it should look something like this.

YEH! Bring the whole gang for warm ride.

Yes sir, should be able to fit all the neighbor kids in that thing lol

Love the short bus!!

great idea that i did was go buy some seat heaters from you local auto store, i got mine for 10 bux, plug em in and warm buns. makes a huge difference. i have half doors  and a lil heater n stuff but those heated seats are great, and dosnt pop the fuse at all

We had low single digits this morning here, tonight and tomorrow night are predicted to get below 0 already. unfortunately not much for winter riding here, it's illegal to ride atv's/utv's on snowmobile trails in winter, so that just leaves the lakes basically.

It's only in the high 20's here but last night we had wind gusts up to 95 MPH, the last big wind storm we had blew my Damn roof off my house lol
But on the good side, I did have a nice car cover blow into my yard last year and it fits right on the Rhino!!

1 degree here this morning with 4" of snow cover. Tried to work in the garage on the Rhino last night, radiant heater sent me back to the house, to cold to mess with iron and plastic.