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• Re: replacing Front heater motor
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:42:54 -0800
  It's strange but the last two heater boxes I have done were sealed/welded but also had the clips. I just took it...
• Re: Gas heaters in Splitties
  Historical mailing list - JOHNSON THOMAS H
  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 12:51:37 -0900 (AKST)
  > How is the duct-work for the gas heater hooked up in a splittie? Does it > hook up to the main heater tube (and...
• Heaters for winter camping
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:39:34 -0600
  ...Catalytic heaters produce moisture and the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. Any kind of open flame gas heater has the same problem. The gasoline...
• Re: Heater Cold
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 2 Jan 1995 21:48:39 -0600 (CST)
  ...Any > suggestion before I eviscerate the heater? Any ideas on cost, if it's > the heater - can it be fixed or does it mean...
• Re: Use heater core from different vehicle for front heat?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:20:22 -0700
  Iltis front heater core direct replacement for Vanagon rear. For front, only sub I know is some models of VW Polo. that didn't...
• Re: Heat!
  Historical mailing list - Gary Liess
  Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:40:13 -0500
  Matt I put the heater in the rear cupboard (the cupboard aft of the refrigerator). The cupboard where the rear table mounts is located...
• Rear heater leaks
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Wed, 26 Apr 2000 11:49:15 -0700
  ...use vise grips in the heater hoses and bleed the heater core when done). Thanks Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro Westy Santa Barbara, CA...
• Re: Use heater core from different vehicle for front heat?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:02:06 -0700
  Hi Alistair. >IItis What is that? (not planning on putting rear though....) And heater core from a Polo eh? Hmmmm....... Ain't that some...
• Re: Front Heater Fan Just stopped working last week, Any ideas? Need some parts....
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 15:58:46 -0800
  About that front heater blower motor: It's pretty much a given to remove the dash to get at it, but thankfully that's...
• Re: Front heater core and heater blower replacement
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:45:50 -0800
  ...On 2/11/2008 2:20 PM Mark Drillock wrote: > Heaters?? It is 80 degrees out so I am working on my driveway in...
• Link to Facebook Chinese Diesel Heater site
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 14 Apr 2020 00:04:34 +0000
  ...Chinese Diesel vehicle air heaters - Troubleshooting & Parts sales. | | | Chinese Diesel vehicle air heaters - Tr... |
• heater assist kit
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 08 Dec 1995 01:57:12 -0500
  I was wondering if anyone has tried out one of those inline heater/defroster/defogger assist kits. It is supposed to boost heating up...
• Re: Propane heater question - Portable Buddy Heater
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 23:03:26 -0500
  Great heater. Has an automatic low oxygen shut down which does work well. Heats the Van up nicely during the coldest days. I keep...
• Re: BN4 Heater in '85 Vanagon Westy.-Follow-up!
  Historical mailing list - JCLC Thomasson
  Sun, 23 Aug 1998 20:14:22 -0600
  ...031150 96/06/18 22:36 BN4 Heater in Vanagon - Is it possible? Well I finally got the heater in and it works great...
• Re: Vanagon engine heater
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:56:34 -0700
  Mike, is that an oil sump heater or some sorta external heater? Pax, Tom On Dec 19, 2007, at 3:23 PM, Mike Collum...
• Re: Very little heat from the front heater
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 1 Dec 2011 16:45:55 -0600
  ...You could be low on coolant (common problem, air in the radiator as you mention), a bent wire operating the heater valve, or a...
• Re: Adding a heater
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 21:48:05 -0800
  Here's my answer to the two heater questions presented- A good reliable heater that I have used for 6 years is the Olympian...
• Heater, heaters, heaters....
  Historical mailing list
  09 Feb 95 10:50:00 -0700
  ...There's also a section of plumbing that connects to the existing heater duct plumbing from the heater boxes. There are little flaps in...
• Re: Canadian block heater
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 8 Nov 2007 07:06:15 EST
  ...From my _Vanagon Items Forsale_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/sales.htm) webpage > Block heater, 605-1500, NAPA - $ 74.95 This block heater is...
• Re: Question about front heater core removal... blower motor wires
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:08:08 -0500
  ...You either have to crack the heater box open in the van and undo the wired at the motor, discount the wire at the...
• Re: Was :Damaged cooling pipe( now: rear heater core)
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 20 Mar 2001 09:10:09 -0500
  I've got to believe the failure of these rear heater cores is due to the fact that people valve them off for most...
• Re: [vanagon] more hoses to leak
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Wed, 21 Feb 2001 16:12:05 -0600
  When I replaced the hoses on my 85GL, I replaced the T for the rear heater with a T with all 3 ends the...
• Re: Booster heater question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 19 May 2011 09:42:50 -0700
  Hi Ralph, Finally a question I can answer. � First , if you haven't run this heater before, make sure you are outiside a building...
• Walk through, front heater valve change
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 6 Nov 2025 17:52:48 -0500
  Hi folks, If anyone still out there gets this, and is up for a heater valve discussion, I’d like to prepare for an...
• Re: '85 Westy B2L Eberspacher cabin heater-fire hazard?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sun, 8 Aug 2004 08:43:26 -0400
  ...Saturday, August 07, 2004 11:56 AM Subject: [VANAGON] '85 Westy B2L Eberspacher cabin heater-fire hazard? > Our '85 Westfalia has a B2L Eberspacher...
• Re: Aux. Gas Heater -Eber...
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Wed, 26 Feb 1997 09:00:43 -0800
  ...Are Eberspacher gas heaters the only ones found on Vanagons from the factory? I have come into possession of a complete Gas heater from...
• Re: replacing heater hose
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Wed, 28 May 2003 08:20:30 -0700
  ...I also ditched the rear heater. >Yes, the extra space under the seat is glorious! > >I'm getting ready to do the same, how...
• Heater for a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:16:53 -0700
  Anybody interested in a Eberspacher DA6 Diesel Heater for a vanagon? I recently purchased one for my Syncro, but recently realized it won't...
• Re: snow! Can we talk about heat now?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 08:16:35 -0800
  ...For the rear heater, is it turned on? Remember that there is a valve on the rear heater that must be adjusted to the...
• Re: Eberspacher heaters
  Historical mailing list - william thompson
  Sun, 3 Feb 2008 12:25:48 -0800
  My 83 aircooled has a great body, motor, tranny, tires and an Eberspacher heater under the back seat. $900.00 makes it all yours...
• Re: Again - where should an in-line heater go?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 05:54:33 -0600
  Marshall, In reply to which heater hose to use, the lower hose would be correct. The lower hose is the return line, to the...
• rear heater control valve?
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:15:23 -0400
  Hey All, Do the rear heater control valves go bad as far as leaking? or is it always the seal that goes bad? going...
• Re: Rear heater control
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Sun, 18 Nov 2012 18:24:36 -0500
  ...Old coolant is terribly corrosive. > > Nobody on this list of course... > there are lots of vanagon owners that don't know about the heater...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 5 Mar 2009 20:12:06 -0800
  Subaru heater hoses? 1 meter total? Protected from the elements in the engine compartment. Vanagon heater hoses? 6 meters total? Hanging out in the...
• Re: Ark Mirvis MIA
  Historical mailing list - Victor Montgomery
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 07:32:30 EST
  ...I have one of his rebuilt heaters in one of my VWs and it works WELL. Vic Montgomery On Wed, 4 Nov 1998 09...
• Re: 91 Westy rear heater core smell - no leak!
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 17:27:40 PST
  ...91 Westy rear heater core smell - no > > leak! > > > > > > > Very strong sickly sweet odor of hot coolant. I > > examined the heater box > > > unit, and open...
• Re: Engine running COLD
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:01:57 -0600
  ...The cable that operates the heater valve can be kinked, and the heater valve itself may not close properly whether the cable is kinked...
• Block Heater
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Birk
  Tue, 5 Dec 2000 08:47:24 -0500
  Dear Vanheads, Allow me to clear up the block heater part number confusion. The bolt on the bottom of the case block heater is...
• Heater Motor resistor?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 07:22:44 -0600
  ...with the rear heater For now I'm in pretty good shape, but would like to ressurect the front heater from this tempory "glitch...
• Re: Hot water heater
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 13:25:01 -0400
  Check out this water heater setup --- uses engine coolant routed through the Westy hot water tank. Very cool!! http://www.concentric.net/~Sxs/HotWater...
• Re: Rear heater - sweet smell
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:22:38 -0400
  ...Rear heater - sweet smell I've had a "sweet smell" from my rear heater for years... and likely it is a small coolant leak...
• Aux. heater questions.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Oct 94 23:18:52 CDT
  ?? Does anybody know where the exhaust pipe of the heater is supposed to go to? My pipe was missing when I bought the Bus...
• Re: 91 Westy rear heater core smell - no leak!
  Historical mailing list - Graham Challis
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 16:21:45 -0800
  When you go to take the heater box off, if you're not averse to a bit of non-visible mutilation, then after you...
• Re: 1980 Camper for sale, not mine
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 12 Jun 2005 21:17:29 -0600
  Only problem with the heater is it has to go if you want to convert to subie power. You need the same path the...
• Re: Aircooled Heater control box question
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 08:05:20 -0700
  ...Aircooled Heater control box question > > > I figured out part of why my heater did not heat very well. In one of > the heater control...
• Re: SMOKE! After I turn off my BA6 Gas Heater
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 20 May 2002 12:04:39 -0400
  ...Why would it start exactly when I turned the heater off? And stop when I pulled those two fuses? I am too chicken to...
• Re: Removing rear heater (Putting copper in coolant line)
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 23 Apr 1998 09:45:35 -0500
  ...A note on the rear heater if you use a pipe to connect the hoses together your front heater will loose most of its...
• Re: Hot Water Heater Caution/Another concern
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 Nov 1997 09:02:29 -0500
  Home water heaters are sealed from the atmosphere. Also, the incoming water is usually chlorinated. Most health departments recommend that hot water from the...
• Re: Block Heater / $0.02
  Historical mailing list - Beth & Jere Hawn
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 20:42:49 -0800
  ...I have one of those bolt onto the bottom type block heaters that VW has. It has bee the best engine heater I've...
• Started a propex install
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 26 Jun 2016 21:36:55 -0700
  I'm finishing up installing propex heater in the van. Got the first part of the install posted on the blog. https://shufti.wordpress...
• Re: Asbestos in VWs -- VWOA Denies it's a Covert Recall
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 24 Jul 1997 18:55:36 -0400
  Just got our new heater stuff today on our '76 bus, courtesy VW. Wierd, they had to cover the heater core replacement in my...
• Re: Removing rear heater (Putting copper in coolant line)
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 03:06:11 EDT
  In a message dated 98-04-24 02:49:20 EDT, SBate82659@AOL.COM writes: << Eric Brown wrote: <I was told the rear heater...
• Re: rear heater hose diameter
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 01:23:35 PDT
  My bleed valve just popped on my rear heater so I had it taken out... I wouldn't mind having a heater in the...
• Re: Heater knee bar cross beam
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:52:31 -0400
  At 10:08 PM 6/14/2010, John Reynolds wrote: >I'm deep into heater box re-hab (86 non AC van) and I...
• Re: Gas heaters in Splitties
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Dec 95 15:33:25 PST
  On Tue, 12 Dec 1995, JOHNSON THOMAS H <rsthj@aurora.alaska.edu> wrote: >The stock gas heater is mounted in the left side of...
• Re: Warmer Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:41:02 -0800
  ...I have one DA-6 Diesel Vanagon heater, and several complete BA-6 Bus and Vanagon heaters. Two BN-4 heaters, with all the...
• Re: Propane heater question - Portable Buddy Heater
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:08:08 -0600
  ...period!!!, that vents exhaust into the space where the > heater is located ...... at least for the purposes of use while sleeping. > > There are all...
• Re: German eBay (Was Re: WTB: Diesel Auxillary Heater (DA6))
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 07:29:27 -0800
  ...WTB: �Diesel Auxillary Heater (DA6) >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> >> John, >> >> To find one of these heaters you will have to look on the...
• Re: 5/8" heater hose questions (searched archive)
  Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
  Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:03:24 -0500
  FWIW, There are generally two grades of 5/8 inch straight run heater hose. The thicker wall is usually red with a black stripe...
• 2 weeks in my VW ski chalet (Heat while parked.)
  Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
  Tue, 2 Jan 1996 18:52:03 -0500
  After installing a vented propane heater in my '77 Camper, Idecided to put it to the test: 2 weeks of snowboarding and backcountry skiing...