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Looks a good base for anyone with the skills, facilities, and time to diy.

As Reg said, you should feel a nice satisfying kick with some torque.

That grease does look strangely... granular!     

If you go for an ebay one just message in advance asking for confirmation that it will fit and that they would accept return if not. 
With that confifmed you can be sure you only risk wasting time not money.

Being a van forum I doubt we have anyone with actual experience on an RCZ. 
Nice looking car though.

But being a general heater problem, I suppose we can all have a go. 

When you say "one of the hoses going to the cabin radiator is hot, while the other is cold", do you mean realy cold or just not as hot as the other? 

Have you confirmed flow at the "cold" hose?

Any thermostat control for cab temp or aircon fitted?

The fact that it works fine then fails suggests all major components are basicaly ok.  If you are getting good temps, circulation and pressure I would be thinking electronics and/or sensors.  But not being very familiar with modern electronics wouldn't know where to look.

Is there anything consistant when it fails, like after certain time or at certain temp?

I am sure that there is enough variation between different vehicles fuel supplies and different diesel heaters to warrant caution. 

However the majority of the chinese heaters I have seen or read about in the past few years have taken fuel directly from various places along the fuel supply and return lines.    Some took aditional precautions of one way valves and/or isolators but many have just plumbed straight in.  The most recomended location was from the engine return fuel line which seems to make sense for a few reasons.  All seemed to have been operating ok although a few mentioned having to bleed the system after fitting or when disturbing the supply at the heater end.

I am also far from 100% on this and as I absolutely loathe diesel heaters, have never fitted one myself.  But I recon the majority of the thousands fitted since the vanlife craze took off are plumbed directly into existing fuel lines and working as well as can be expected.  As were many of the far better engineered though more expensive heaters available in the decades before cheap Chinese shite took over.

Do they suggest/recomend suppliers for required parts? 
If they are confident re costs they should be able to.

Ken keeping it all to himself I see/

Very interesting.  I would need to see one done before I would fork out for instructions.

I would also be more concerned about those spindly supports that the swivels myself.  The space is nice but I would want some cross bracing.
The swivel should surely be locked and have the weight of seat and potentialy two people mechanicaly supported by more than just the swivel when in use.  (Although the single swivels in my expert are not.  It appears that apart from a bolt to prevent accidental rotation, the only solid conection twixt seat and base is whatever the spindle is made from. 

Personaly I would pay whatever it cost for swivel front seats.
The increase in usable van space and comfortable seating is a revelation, imo.  You practicaly gain almost a 1/3rd extension!  And this is of even more value in such a small van.  Depending on how you use your van of course.

I am currently looking at a mid engine van which until now I had dissmised for it not being feasable to have swivels.  But I have found that there are swivel seats available but due to complexity, are £300ish each fitted!  That has virtualy made my mind up to at least check it out though.  I value the space enough to at least get one done even at that price, and I am as tight as anyone.

It's a Bongo/Freda btw, please don't ban me. 

I haven't a clue but would be very interested to know.

Mileage, advisories, etc?

About 6 for me I think.

Still off the road here.  My subframe woes have turned into a nightmare.

On top of that health and family issues have stopped me from getting on with it.
Considered buying something else to keep mobile while I sorted it but nothing apeals for the money I have.
I recon for every 200 "normal" sized vans out there, there are only two or three "our" size.

Did you test it with an external battery?  Even if working it might not be being triggered by the loom?

Been very quiet round here lately but someone should be along.  Electronics after 2000 are beyond me.