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[Shackeng]

I guess I was lucky, I never had to resort to tights, even on Shacks, where the heaters were about as reliable as Omega hbv's, out of Kinloss in mid-winter. Long johns and a flask of hot soup helped.

[TD]

At the end of the day Chris, it doesn't matter what you put the system unless the crap you manage to break up is flushed out 

For the record, Fernox works a treat if left in there for a day or two 
If / when you get around to doing the job, pour the fernox in and go for a slow drive to get it hot.
When dumping the fernox, sieve it slowly threw a pair of those old tights you used to wear under your flying suit to remove some of the silt then stick it back in the system for another go 
2 or 3 cycles should make a difference 

Until then, its hot water bottle and blanket time 

Thanks for that, no tights left, so SWMBO's will do .

Its okay Chris, you and Nige's secret is safe with me 

No secret here .. at -15C and 02:30 on a dark and windy night, pair of tights + long johns + flying suit was the order of the day ... RAF, in its wisdom, gave you a lovely cold weather parka that was toasty as hell ... from mid-thigh up ..... the lower extremities seemed to be ignored .. so it was a case of ... "needs must" .. then once airborne and the heating sorted, pop down the back and remove a layer or two ... 14 hours later, in the descent to destination it "might" be a requirement to pop down the back again and put it all back on .. depending on the forecast at said destination !!   

Didn't you pop outside and start it up and let it idle for an hour or two to warm up while you drank coffee inside in the warm 

[tigers_gonads]

I guess I was lucky, I never had to resort to tights, even on Shacks, where the heaters were about as reliable as Omega hbv's, out of Kinloss in mid-winter. Long johns and a flask of hot soup helped.

Not enough room for the pie oven like the Nimrod then 

[tigers_gonads]

At the end of the day Chris, it doesn't matter what you put the system unless the crap you manage to break up is flushed out 

For the record, Fernox works a treat if left in there for a day or two 
If / when you get around to doing the job, pour the fernox in and go for a slow drive to get it hot.
When dumping the fernox, sieve it slowly threw a pair of those old tights you used to wear under your flying suit to remove some of the silt then stick it back in the system for another go 
2 or 3 cycles should make a difference 

Until then, its hot water bottle and blanket time 

Thanks for that, no tights left, so SWMBO's will do .

Its okay Chris, you and Nige's secret is safe with me 

No secret here .. at -15C and 02:30 on a dark and windy night, pair of tights + long johns + flying suit was the order of the day ... RAF, in its wisdom, gave you a lovely cold weather parka that was toasty as hell ... from mid-thigh up ..... the lower extremities seemed to be ignored .. so it was a case of ... "needs must" .. then once airborne and the heating sorted, pop down the back and remove a layer or two ... 14 hours later, in the descent to destination it "might" be a requirement to pop down the back again and put it all back on .. depending on the forecast at said destination !!   

I know what you mean about those parkers 
I had a DP jacket made / issued in 1958 
One of the quilted ones which I used on the line in winter.
It was faded and falling apart but i'd have killed anybody who tried to nick it 

[Shackeng]

I guess I was lucky, I never had to resort to tights, even on Shacks, where the heaters were about as reliable as Omega hbv's, out of Kinloss in mid-winter. Long johns and a flask of hot soup helped.

Not enough room for the pie oven like the Nimrod then 

The Shack had quite a good galley. If lucky as on my first Squadron, one of the Siggy's was a dedicated cook, and we protected him from any technical work due to the superb food he dished up. When the Cat board (Command Categorisation Unit, affectionately(not ) known as Trappers) arrived for its annual visit, he was hidden so that he didn't get trapped.

[spanish_lad]

is this what i need to do to ours? theres little to no heat at all coming out of any vent, the pipes that go towards the bulkhead are both hot, but i can hold them, the blower works fine.. worth a try ?

[Doctor Gollum]

Might also be that the control arms have popped off... In the Maintenance guides