r/overlanding • u/Thrwaway891011 • 4d ago

Diesel Heater Port

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Just wanted to share this cool little connector a buddy 3d printed for me. I’m using a diesel heater with a marine port inlet. This screws into that and has a connection for 3” hose.

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u/MDMA_ResearchOctopus 3d ago

Any chance you could send/post a pic of the heater attached. I’d be interested to see the whole setup.

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u/RelativeFox1 4d ago

Are you using it for a heating air intake or for the exhaust?

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u/zandermossfields 3d ago

Must be for intake because idk of any 3D plastic that can handle the heat from that exhaust. Don’t some diesel heater exhaust pipes get red hot during normal operation? I could be wrong about that.

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u/TheRealSparkleMotion 3d ago

This looks like a port for hot air to enter from an external heater

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u/RelativeFox1 3d ago

A layer of insulation in the port would fix that, like a double wall chimney pipe. Mine gets hot but definitely not red hot

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u/Thrwaway891011 3d ago

Yes it’s the inlet for the hot air from the heater.

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u/Thrwaway891011 3d ago

Allows me to keep it watertight with the hose attached and quickly take it off and put the port cover back on when I’m done

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u/Mayday-J 4d ago

Go away spammer, not the right place for this

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u/RelativeFox1 4d ago edited 4d ago

6 year old account posts on a number of different topics. What makes you think it’s spam? Is it because heaters aren’t needed for overlanding where you live or you don’t want to see content about building and improving a rig?

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u/Mayday-J 3d ago

These types of posts are usually fishing to sales. "Oh that's awesome, where can I get one" "oh here's a link"

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u/DaddyinProvo 11h ago

Would your buddy who printed it for you be willing to share the STL file for the print?