Auxiliary heater

The second thing i bought for the van was an ebespacher heater. It was cheap (<£200) I've spent many weekends trying to make it work and had to admit defeat last sunday evening. With only 5 days before out only possible campervan weekend this winter, I bid and won a nearly new, bigger, more recent heater, within driving distance. I picked it up during the week, fitted it and tested it before the weekend. Here are the pictures:

I used a tool to fit threaded inserts to fit the exhaust and air intake. Here's the silencer:



The intake has a silencer of some kind. Not sure if it makes much of a difference...



I placed the silencer and exhaust where an electric loom used to be. This was relocated on the crossmember:



Here's a picture of the D1 underside (the non-working heater). It is mounted on an aluminium plate fitted on a piece of plywood, the overall thickness of these is the same as the plywood floor plus floor insulation (= 2cm). This means that the heater is flush with the floating floor. On the underside, there is a 2cm recess. It's grey on the picture, as i've sealed it with underfloor sealant to protect the ply.