Your series gives me a greater appreciation of big rigs I see on the road. It’s also very entertaining to watch great mechanics like yourself fixing and restoring all sorts of equipment. Keep up the good work Ezra. PS The new steering wheel your gal gave you looks great.
I had a number of trucks with night heaters in back in the U.K. Brilliant in the winter or any cold miserable day or night. Nice installation 👍🏴🇺🇸
I got window screens and a big fan to blow air in the cab. As long as I’m alone somewhere like a freeway off ramp I can sleep even when it’s pretty hot.
love this type of content im in my 20s and i hope to own a old school pete soon in the next few years iv been driving for 3 years im saving up for a truck to become an owner operator 💪🏼
Owner/op is worth it. Just get the right truck from the start or you’ll hate your first year. If you have to wait a little longer to get the right one don’t hesitate. And by the right truck I mean something you don’t spend all your time and money just to keep going.
Great video Ezra! Good job explaining the step by step procedure, as well as giving the little details as to why you did what you did. Might help people in the future to get their heater installed.
agreed, got a d2 in my 88 379, its bout 6 years old still works great, does need maintenance n clean out but is very mechanic friendly! i carry spare screens just in case
You have done such a Awesome Job on this Truck l just can't believe how much it has come from when You started on the Rebuild Once again what a Awesome Job looking forward to seeing the New Interior install that's going to make a Huge Difference Love the Videos
Looks like a great addition to your rig. I've watched all the videos in this series I like how you throughly explain what you are doing and the reasons for your decisions.
heard many folks rave about these heaters. they all have the same opinion of the chap knock offs. i like the connectors not being pinned. much nicer installation that way.
Good job buddy I really injoy the videos I've learned alot on these old trucks. You would make a great teacher may God bless you and keep the wheels turning my friend.
My company has had WEBASTO heaters on all our day cabs for about 3 years now. It is a game changer! Can pre set it to come on at a set time for a set period of time. Prevents cold starts as the block, oil, and coolant are warm. Also nice to fire up when sitting for a load to keep warm. Nice install Ezra!
Good stuff! Got a good story for ya...My oldest brother came out of the military, got a new 1959 Chevy tractor and went on the road. He installed a propane tank behind the cab and heater in the cab. This truck had a gas engine and NO APU back then. He was out on the road during winter and the truck broke down, I believe somewhere in Pennsylvania. Well, not knowing how long he would be broke down, he turned on the propane heater and was able to stay warm, until the problem was fixed. What a SAVE! Good job on the install. Lots of extra wire for the shelf! 🧐 I wouldn’t have thought about the air intake direction versus the exhaust locations as much because I’ve never installed one of these. But after watching your video, I feel that I could do a good job, and I do usually think a step or two ahead when I do my work. I’ve noticed a few trucks with the Espar heaters and I’m not sure that they were professionally nor correctly installed. Some people don’t seem to care if the exhaust is bumping against the fuel tank. “Let’s just get it installed and done...it doesn’t have to look good!” I just DON’T care for that attitude myself! So, another good job and another step closer to having Old Red set up the way you want her. 😎 Hey, are you using her now for anything or is she just sitting around waiting? I’m sure that if something comes up, and she’s just there ready, you take her and get down the road. I know you have the Mack and probably keep it busy, right? That’s probably what motivated you to get another truck, other than the fact that Ol Red was just setting around, rotting down and you just had to save her! 😎 By the way, I’m glad that you did save this fine piece of Pete history! 🥰
Nice clean install Ezra. I can appreciate a clean job from many years of custom audio installs before I started turning wrenches full time. Cant wait to see the interior go in. Super excited for you to hear that the Day Cab company got the panels done and on the way!
great piece of kit ezra,i have been thinking about installing one in my trailer ,they sure were one of the best inventions for truckers,as a young trucker i like many others had to suffer the engine running all night and in very cold conditions we had to cover the grill with fertiliser sacks to let the engine get warm and i carried a 6foot tarp to throw over my blankets to get warm.
I know it’s not a semi, but I just finished cleaning up all the excess wiring from my lighting, power steps, programmer, etc, this past summer on my dodge diesel. Ended up with tons of extra wire after cutting and splicing to clean it up. Love your vids ezra! 🍻
Awesome job ..I just put a Wabasto water heater on our excavator about the same except its in the water lines works Awesome...keep up the good work ..wet kit should be interesting to well done..
well hello there sir I am a new subscriber to your channel and I've been following along on your project peterbilt 359 project I think you're doing an outstanding job on that truck can't wait to see it on the road keep up the good work buddy keep the videos coming you're doing a good job
I've said it before a man can learn a lot on this cool stuff been thinking off installing in truck's lot of drivers say this heater saves your butt when truck brakes down in the cold mouths i see it working
Espar and Webasto make great heaters. The knockoffs are ok for occasional use, but no comparison to the real deal. We run a LOT of Webasto coolant heaters which are nice for keeping everything warm for good cold starts, but they're more complicated install (need a coolant pump) and more expensive. The Espar air heaters are great middle ground and keep you warm and with that big cam you can winterfront the entire rad if you had to since it's aftercooled to keep the engine warm.
We used to run almost identical bunk heaters. Worked great but about every year they would start to smoke real bad and need a new glow plug. Other than that they were good. just keep a glow plug on hand
She's such a Beaut there lad! Make sure you put up some long driving vids from the dash cam passenger side when you start hauling with it. You'd get more views with hauling vids with the Mack and such. People like me who're all buggered up physically watch those and get a lot of comfort out of them for some reason [guess it makes us feel like we're traveling or something]. Check out some of the FSC Speed Shop driving vids he puts up. He never intended on doing much in terms of his trucking but his views went up through the roof pretty much because of the hauling vids that insomniacs and people also riddled with arthritis get calm watching [they're cool vids]. :-))
The exhaust on that little heater is a lot hotter than you think! Keep an eye on your plastic fender if you’re running heater for any length of time sitting. I have personally seen what damages they can do. But they will keep you warm 😎
Might look closer on camera but there is more than 2 feet from the end of the exhaust and the closest part of the fender it's closer on my mack with no issue
I needed that and my Carrier APU heater to stay warm in Alaska and the Yukon Territory in the winter. If I would go back to trucking I would probably put two in my truck. I spent a very cold night in Whitehorse when I broke down and couldn't idle the main engine and the APU crapped out on me.
Sounds exactly like my cars Webasto heater. Maybe because it's exactly that but from a different manufacturer and with some more power. There's a Russian company called Binar which makes some absolutely top notch heaters too.
Super great content. Questions: 1. Is there a risk of the exhaust leaking back in to the cab causing risk of toxic fumes or low oxygen while sleeping? 2. Would it be best to run the exhaust out to where you ran it, but then have a stainless elbow and standpipe going up back of can to roof of sleeper? With a turn back at the top to keep water out. This would make sure the exhaust exited out the top and could never be on the level of your body in the sleeper? - thanks for the video!!
May I add my two cents worth? The exhaust flex hose I would run through the hole of the top fuel tank bracket / foundation. It's right below where the hose now, look a little cleaner I think. Definitely be out of the way of the future hydraulic tank
That should be a cozy cab with the soundproofing and new interior panels. Can the espar be used to augment the factory heaters while the truck is in motion?
Mr ezrider have you saved yourself alot of money i have been watching you awhile and I have never seen you get anything done at other shops good work and your pete doesn't have eld a plus and no pollution devices another plus and will you run the mack more or the pete
Great video, thanks. Would it make sense to install a cabin air filter where you are going to put the hardware mesh? Keeping dust out might make things more efficient and extend the time between deep cleanings.
I had one of those heaters in .my truck at Walmart it sucked it would heat up nice shut off then youd freeze your but off youd have to reset it every few hours I had it checked out a bunch it never worked right,they put a APU it was great.
If it's warm enough that the heater is shutting all the way off crack a window so it stays running. The programming won't hold a consistent temp if it's shutting off to avoid excessive cycling. This is the same heater that is installed with a lot of Apu units
@@Ezrider359 it only did it when it was real cold out if it was a little chilly it was fine .I started using a electric space heater with the APU instead
Wheres the boss lady at . Hope you're still behaving yourself ezrider92356 🙋♀️🇬🇧🚛🙏🇺🇸🤣🤣. Known as a night heater over here . Fitted as standard on sleeper cabs here to .
Ah good stuff. Great quality part and a super clean install too. It’s said EBB-uh-SPE-chuh where the ch sounds like “loch” in Scottish ie in the back of the throat. Do you need to insulate the pump and feed lines in -30 to stop waxing in that fine bore pipe?
So that just runs off battery power overnight? Do you have any plans for cooling in the summer? Once buy my own I definitely want to be able to shut it down overnight although idling drowns out all the other noise and helps me sleep
G'day good and well thought out instalment, that cab will be very cosy on a very cold night. Are you fitting a A/C unit or does it already have one, and just one more thing I did watch the video of the Chinese and the heater you put in and your right the Chinese one is crap compared to spar one. Good to see you again take care John
Truck has factory ac. It's not functioning at the moment but just haven't gotten to it yet. As far as ac with the truck off like a Apu not really needed for me and the area's I run I always cools way off at night mabye idle the truck 3-4 nights a year because it's to hot to sleep
I appreciate all of your videos. Awesome parking heater and I Like your approach to each job. Do you have any info on A/C work for Ol' Red? I have an R12 system. There seems to be no info on upgrades for whole system A/C with bunk 134a. Maybe 379 parts?
you can convert to 134a basically just by flushing the system and changing the fittings. mine was previously converted to 134a including the expansion valves. witch i think you could probably get threw dirks. i still need to do some work on my ac system will probably be a video on the ac before it gets hot out.
You are doing a very good job on this truck. I'm very glad to see these old trucks being restored and brought back to life.
Can't wait to see that new interior when it arrives!!!!!!!!!
Ezra you make me smile with youre content, love it 😁😁
Winter is coming. I needed this thanks
Thanks for the video..best instructional by far for a peterbilt
Your series gives me a greater appreciation of big rigs I see on the road.
It’s also very entertaining to watch great mechanics like yourself fixing and restoring all sorts of equipment.
Keep up the good work Ezra.
PS The new steering wheel your gal gave you looks great.
Good morning you an ole red take care keep warm an safe buddy
nice job again buddy,,keep you warm at cold nigts ...
I had a number of trucks with night heaters in back in the U.K. Brilliant in the winter or any cold miserable day or night. Nice installation 👍🏴🇺🇸
Love my bunk heater when on quiet nights and no engines running , but I also have an APU when needed
I got window screens and a big fan to blow air in the cab. As long as I’m alone somewhere like a freeway off ramp I can sleep even when it’s pretty hot.
love this type of content im in my 20s and i hope to own a old school pete soon in the next few years iv been driving for 3 years im saving up for a truck to become an owner operator 💪🏼
Owner/op is worth it. Just get the right truck from the start or you’ll hate your first year. If you have to wait a little longer to get the right one don’t hesitate. And by the right truck I mean something you don’t spend all your time and money just to keep going.
@@thewhich15 thanks for the info i dont want to rush into a truck and regret it so i think waiting longer will be worth it in the long run thanks 💪🏼
Make a RUclips channel of your progress becoming an O/O. I’ll watch.
Great video Ezra! Good job explaining the step by step procedure, as well as giving the little details as to why you did what you did. Might help people in the future to get their heater installed.
Glad it was helpful!
Nicely done EZ. Another part of your built that I really like. Cheers!!
agreed, got a d2 in my 88 379, its bout 6 years old still works great, does need maintenance n clean out but is very mechanic friendly! i carry spare screens just in case
As always Ezra, great video my friend and its great to see Ol' Red one step closer to getting on the road!
Thanks 👍
You have done such a Awesome Job on this Truck l just can't believe how much it has come from when You started on the Rebuild Once again what a Awesome Job looking forward to seeing the New Interior install that's going to make a Huge Difference Love the Videos
Pretty neat set up.
Good install Ez.
Thanks for sharing!
Cheers from Sydney Australia.
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Love the videos thanks slot for sharing some much great information. I picked up a 78 357 last week going to start on it soon 👍👍
Awesome, warmth is important for sure, great stuff.
You do really tidy work well done again Ezra 👍Alan Northern Ireland.
Outstanding. Your abilities are amazing. No task too difficult for you. Old Red is coming along beautifully. 🤙🏻🤙🏻
I have had one of those for ten years. One to heat engine. And one to heat can. Love them work great. Love your videos
Looks like a great addition to your rig. I've watched all the videos in this series I like how you throughly explain what you are doing and the reasons for your decisions.
As usual, another great video. Old Red has come a long way and is looking good. Can’t wait to see the final product.
heard many folks rave about these heaters. they all have the same opinion of the chap knock offs. i like the connectors not being pinned. much nicer installation that way.
A little more work but we'll worth it in the end
Nice one fella another master class in mechanical work. Stay safe bro. Regards from south London England 🏴
Nice install that will be nice to run that while you install the interior! Stay warm!
Good job buddy I really injoy the videos I've learned alot on these old trucks. You would make a great teacher may God bless you and keep the wheels turning my friend.
Great guidance and suggestions to make the installation easier!!! Thank you!!!
My company has had WEBASTO heaters on all our day cabs for about 3 years now. It is a game changer! Can pre set it to come on at a set time for a set period of time. Prevents cold starts as the block, oil, and coolant are warm. Also nice to fire up when sitting for a load to keep warm. Nice install Ezra!
How does it do that?
Good stuff! Got a good story for ya...My oldest brother came out of the military, got a new 1959 Chevy tractor and went on the road. He installed a propane tank behind the cab and heater in the cab. This truck had a gas engine and NO APU back then. He was out on the road during winter and the truck broke down, I believe somewhere in Pennsylvania. Well, not knowing how long he would be broke down, he turned on the propane heater and was able to stay warm, until the problem was fixed. What a SAVE! Good job on the install. Lots of extra wire for the shelf! 🧐 I wouldn’t have thought about the air intake direction versus the exhaust locations as much because I’ve never installed one of these. But after watching your video, I feel that I could do a good job, and I do usually think a step or two ahead when I do my work. I’ve noticed a few trucks with the Espar heaters and I’m not sure that they were professionally nor correctly installed. Some people don’t seem to care if the exhaust is bumping against the fuel tank. “Let’s just get it installed and done...it doesn’t have to look good!” I just DON’T care for that attitude myself! So, another good job and another step closer to having Old Red set up the way you want her. 😎 Hey, are you using her now for anything or is she just sitting around waiting? I’m sure that if something comes up, and she’s just there ready, you take her and get down the road. I know you have the Mack and probably keep it busy, right? That’s probably what motivated you to get another truck, other than the fact that Ol Red was just setting around, rotting down and you just had to save her! 😎 By the way, I’m glad that you did save this fine piece of Pete history! 🥰
Ahh I could feel the warm air through the video...nice job
Been away on leave over chrissy. A couple of weeks out of the truck and Sydney traffic does the soul good. Always love the show mate.
Very nice install Ezra , I want a truck again ! 🤔🤔🇪🇸
Those heaters are super nice have one in the upper of our 50 ton Crane on a KW T800
Always a great video, been watching since day one, hard work. But great results. Keep up the good work!👍👌😁
Nice clean install Ezra. I can appreciate a clean job from many years of custom audio installs before I started turning wrenches full time. Cant wait to see the interior go in. Super excited for you to hear that the Day Cab company got the panels done and on the way!
Thanks 👍
great piece of kit ezra,i have been thinking about installing one in my trailer ,they sure were one of the best inventions for truckers,as a young trucker i like many others had to suffer the engine running all night and in very cold conditions we had to cover the grill with fertiliser sacks to let the engine get warm and i carried a 6foot tarp to throw over my blankets to get warm.
I know it’s not a semi, but I just finished cleaning up all the excess wiring from my lighting, power steps, programmer, etc, this past summer on my dodge diesel. Ended up with tons of extra wire after cutting and splicing to clean it up. Love your vids ezra! 🍻
Nice install good job 👍🏼
Good luck 👍
Nice 👍 that’s so cool . It’s like my house furnace in a truck
Nice job love the detail
I'm glad you like it
Awesome job ..I just put a Wabasto water heater on our excavator about the same except its in the water lines works Awesome...keep up the good work ..wet kit should be interesting to well done..
Nice install Ezra! Looks clean and professional. Another thing to check off (X) the "do" list. Good day Sir!
well hello there sir I am a new subscriber to your channel and I've been following along on your project peterbilt 359 project I think you're doing an outstanding job on that truck can't wait to see it on the road keep up the good work buddy keep the videos coming you're doing a good job
Cool, thanks
Great video. Brilliant Job.
I've said it before a man can learn a lot on this cool stuff been thinking off installing in truck's lot of drivers say this heater saves your butt when truck brakes down in the cold mouths i see it working
Excellent video very informative thanks y'all be safe out there bud
Thanks 👍
Outstanding job as aways.
Really came in handy...............
Ordered one.... will be installing Tuesday....
Thxs a million..................................
Good timing
Yes.............. exactly
appreciate you
Really nice installation!
Good job and a good idea to save fuel
Good job buddy
Keep warm.
Nice install 👍
Nice install EZ.👍🏻
The heaters in our work Van's have times and also a remote app control.Nice when you can pre warm the van in the winter.
Espar and Webasto make great heaters. The knockoffs are ok for occasional use, but no comparison to the real deal. We run a LOT of Webasto coolant heaters which are nice for keeping everything warm for good cold starts, but they're more complicated install (need a coolant pump) and more expensive. The Espar air heaters are great middle ground and keep you warm and with that big cam you can winterfront the entire rad if you had to since it's aftercooled to keep the engine warm.
That’s so cool I like this video.
We used to run almost identical bunk heaters. Worked great but about every year they would start to smoke real bad and need a new glow plug. Other than that they were good. just keep a glow plug on hand
Nice man 👍
Thanks ✌
Loved it 👌👌👌
you are the master
Another great video
She's such a Beaut there lad! Make sure you put up some long driving
vids from the dash cam passenger side when you start hauling with it.
You'd get more views with hauling vids with the Mack and such. People
like me who're all buggered up physically watch those and get a lot of
comfort out of them for some reason [guess it makes us feel like we're
traveling or something]. Check out some of the FSC Speed Shop driving
vids he puts up. He never intended on doing much in terms of his
trucking but his views went up through the roof pretty much because of
the hauling vids that insomniacs and people also riddled with arthritis
get calm watching [they're cool vids]. :-))
Another cool video! Once again,thanks for the good content! You could be on tv
i don't yell and scream enough for tv....lol
The exhaust on that little heater is a lot hotter than you think! Keep an eye on your plastic fender if you’re running heater for any length of time sitting. I have personally seen what damages they can do. But they will keep you warm 😎
Might look closer on camera but there is more than 2 feet from the end of the exhaust and the closest part of the fender it's closer on my mack with no issue
I needed that and my Carrier APU heater to stay warm in Alaska and the Yukon Territory in the winter. If I would go back to trucking I would probably put two in my truck. I spent a very cold night in Whitehorse when I broke down and couldn't idle the main engine and the APU crapped out on me.
The Espar heaters work nice, but when they need repair there’s usually a crazy wait for certain parts 2-3 months we ve been quoted
Sounds exactly like my cars Webasto heater. Maybe because it's exactly that but from a different manufacturer and with some more power. There's a Russian company called Binar which makes some absolutely top notch heaters too.
Nice job
Thank you! Cheers!
Mmmm Toasty, between that and the sorted engine heater Old Red will be a nice place to be 😊
Get the a/c done and I'll have all my bases covered for tempature comfort
@@Ezrider359 I'll be watching for that, my truck doesn't have a/c but I'd like to retro fit at some time
Good morning Ezra.
Morning!
Super great content. Questions: 1. Is there a risk of the exhaust leaking back in to the cab causing risk of toxic fumes or low oxygen while sleeping? 2. Would it be best to run the exhaust out to where you ran it, but then have a stainless elbow and standpipe going up back of can to roof of sleeper? With a turn back at the top to keep water out. This would make sure the exhaust exited out the top and could never be on the level of your body in the sleeper? - thanks for the video!!
Your awsome
You are my friend 🤗
May I add my two cents worth? The exhaust flex hose I would run through the hole of the top fuel tank bracket / foundation. It's right below where the hose now, look a little cleaner I think.
Definitely be out of the way of the future hydraulic tank
That should be a cozy cab with the soundproofing and new interior panels. Can the espar be used to augment the factory heaters while the truck is in motion?
The gears and bearings in the transmission are turning and spinning at idle. Not much of a load on them, but if they are moving, wear is happening.
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luvin it,,,,,,when and what are your plans for red
Mr ezrider have you saved yourself alot of money i have been watching you awhile and I have never seen you get anything done at other shops good work and your pete doesn't have eld a plus and no pollution devices another plus and will you run the mack more or the pete
Great video, thanks.
Would it make sense to install a cabin air filter where you are going to put the hardware mesh? Keeping dust out might make things more efficient and extend the time between deep cleanings.
Certainly not a bad idea 👍
Nice! 🚛🚛🚛💥💥🇺🇸
Great Video . The driver will be warm if he's stopping for the night. Since you have very cold weather, what is the temp. in the sleeper
I had one of those heaters in .my truck at Walmart it sucked it would heat up nice shut off then youd freeze your but off youd have to reset it every few hours I had it checked out a bunch it never worked right,they put a APU it was great.
If it's warm enough that the heater is shutting all the way off crack a window so it stays running. The programming won't hold a consistent temp if it's shutting off to avoid excessive cycling. This is the same heater that is installed with a lot of Apu units
@@Ezrider359 it only did it when it was real cold out if it was a little chilly it was fine .I started using a electric space heater with the APU instead
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Wheres the boss lady at . Hope you're still behaving yourself ezrider92356 🙋♀️🇬🇧🚛🙏🇺🇸🤣🤣. Known as a night heater over here . Fitted as standard on sleeper cabs here to .
Truck Demon
Amazing job installing and explaining as always. Thank you. And it's amazing that 3 monkeys disliked this video.
Ah good stuff. Great quality part and a super clean install too.
It’s said EBB-uh-SPE-chuh where the ch sounds like “loch” in Scottish ie in the back of the throat.
Do you need to insulate the pump and feed lines in -30 to stop waxing in that fine bore pipe?
haven't really had any issues with that on my other one but when its that cold i run #1 fuel
@@Ezrider359 Ah just wondering. Never gets that cold in the UK, even up North!!
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Would it be possible to put the inlet up top of the cabin ?
The outlet could still be going underneath inside the rails or something like that.
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So that just runs off battery power overnight? Do you have any plans for cooling in the summer? Once buy my own I definitely want to be able to shut it down overnight although idling drowns out all the other noise and helps me sleep
G'day good and well thought out instalment, that cab will be very cosy on a very cold night. Are you fitting a A/C unit or does it already have one, and just one more thing I did watch the video of the Chinese and the heater you put in and your right the Chinese one is crap compared to spar one. Good to see you again take care John
Truck has factory ac. It's not functioning at the moment but just haven't gotten to it yet. As far as ac with the truck off like a Apu not really needed for me and the area's I run I always cools way off at night mabye idle the truck 3-4 nights a year because it's to hot to sleep
I'm a little surprised that you didn't install a diesel fired engine heater considering where you live.
One small step at a time
I have one. Awesome...
I appreciate all of your videos. Awesome parking heater and I Like your approach to each job. Do you have any info on A/C work for Ol' Red? I have an R12 system. There seems to be no info on upgrades for whole system A/C with bunk 134a. Maybe 379 parts?
you can convert to 134a basically just by flushing the system and changing the fittings. mine was previously converted to 134a including the expansion valves. witch i think you could probably get threw dirks. i still need to do some work on my ac system will probably be a video on the ac before it gets hot out.
You guys should look at goneboondocking youtube channel. He did a pretty cool thing with a minisplit.
i think you should have run the exhaust up front to the engine bay to help keep the engine warm during long shutdowns