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• Re: Auxiliary Gas Heater Power
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 6 Nov 1998 07:13:19 -0500
  On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, sh@interlog.com wrote: > > If the gas heater can already be used when the engine is off, why do...
• Re: Camping heater for an '86 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Thu, 10 Nov 1994 19:16:22 -0800 (PST)
  My heater is installed in a shallow formica covered cabinet I built. Its about 4 inches deep, 16 inches wide and 34 inches tall...
• Re: rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 15:59:24 -0500
  ...There are a few "heater" cleaning sprays available at your local FLAPS. Never used them myself.... yet. But, in general, turn on rear heater...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 8 May 2007 to 9 May 2007 - Special issue (#2007-478)
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Thu, 10 May 2007 13:59:41 -0700
  Cunegonde came with an Olympus Catalytic Propane Heater. This is an IF heater - functions like heatlamp. It requires an additional fan to permit convection...
• 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: more heating ideas
  Historical mailing list - Trace Choulat
  Mon, 2 Oct 1995 10:15:09 -0400
  On Mon, 2 Oct 1995, Joel Walker wrote: > - private aviation: > what the heck do small two and four-place aircraft do for heat? cause...
• Readable Propex Heater Post!
  Historical mailing list - Christopher P. Gibbs L.B.I.P.P.
  Sat, 29 Jun 1996 11:52:57 +0000
  ...FITTING THE HEATER: As I said the heater is 14 inches long, 6 inches wide and four and a half inches deep. If you...
• Re: Excellent Catalytic Heater at Ebay
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 22:38:51 -0700
  ...The heater model is a 338ODS. I bought it for a small > >greenhouse and never even took the heater out of the box ( we...
• Re: Front heat always!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 14 May 2008 08:56:42 -0700
  Stuck control cable? Improperly adjusted cable? Stuck heat control valve? (have a friend watch the valve while you move the lever) Worn foam on...
• Re: Leaking Rear Heater
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 20:10:39 -0600
  ...Folks up front, dressed in winter clothing, get enough heat from the front heater. mcneely ---- David Milo <dellaone@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Me too, I...
• Re: front cabin heater core question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 22 Dec 2002 23:39:53 -0800
  >Is the heater core the same part # as the rear cabin heater core or are >they a different part? >thanks. Different: 251 265 303...
• Re: rear heater core X reference
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:44:20 -0700
  Why bother? A new rear heater core is only $51.91 Cheers, Jeff www.vanagonparts.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Re: Front heater core and heater blower replacement
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:20:03 -0800
  ...If you need any parts > let me know > > PM and the Vanagon Part 4 > > Part 4 Heaters. > > Of course I am choosing the coldest...
• front cabin heater core question
  Historical mailing list - michael johnson
  Sun, 22 Dec 2002 20:10:56 -0800
  ...Is the heater core the same part # as the rear cabin heater core or are they a different part? thanks. gatorxray@earthlink.net Mike
• Re: HEAT glorious heat!!!
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 10:03:46 -0700
  ...But I swear, once the heat starts its boiling hot. Keep in mind I have new heater boxes on my freshly rebuilt engine. Sean...
• Re: Engine Block Heater (for a syncro)
  Historical mailing list - Javier Saenz
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 14:27:07 PDT
  ...In (brief) summary, it >seems there are 3 approaches: > >1) "Frost Plug" Heater - a heating element inserted in place of one of the >frost...
• Re: Heater under back seat
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sun, 8 Jun 2003 23:01:42 -0400
  ...It's right behind the heater valve with the plastic handle on the left side of the heater. I'm thinking about that unreachable...
• Re: HEAT glorious heat!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Baker
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 11:50:40 -0500
  When Sean says "great heat" is this the Arizona definition of good heat? I imagine the heat coming from an engine in Arizona (what...
• Re: Winters in the van... HYDRONIC HEAT
  Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 14:05:17 -0800
  Except with Radiant heat, you're not just heating the air, you're heating the surfaces of the van, which won't lose their...
• Re: No heat at stoplights.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 7 Jan 2010 16:47:20 -0800
  a stuck open thermostat that prevents the engine from reaching full operating temp sure WILL cause poor heater performance. That's obvious I hope...
• Heat won't turn off
  Historical mailing list - Mark Pry
  Sun, 4 Jun 2006 13:18:59 -0700
  Help -- I'm in Arizona and I can't turn the heat off. No matter what I do with the controls, heat comes out...
• Heater Core hoses NLA?
  Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
  Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:30:12 -0800
  ...Sooo, my 2 year old heater hose has a tear in it right where it connects to the heater core. (I was pulling the...
• Front Heater Core in Dash
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:45:35 -0700
  So I am about to waste a weekend on R&R the dash to fix the heater blower motor & looks like the heaterCore is...
• Venting With Propane Heater
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Mon, 9 Jan 2006 22:27:47 -0500
  Westy campers, Does anyone have a preferred venting method while using a propane heater? Side widows? Vent windows? Skylight? Combo? How do I know...
• Re: Asbestos Resurrected
  Historical mailing list - Ian Cameron
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:44:38 -0800
  At 10:13 PM 2/15/00 -0800, David Greenland wrote: >Same Here, > >I had good non-rusty heater boxes replaced (on my '75...
• Re: Speaking of Heaters, who's got a QUIET plug in they like?
  Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
  Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:15:59 -0800
  Here's a pic of 4 heaters of various sizes. http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm34/populuxe59/Vanagon%20MV/104_0598.jpg � The one...
• Re: Rear heater core during summer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 10 Jun 2005 06:27:28 -0400
  If you turn on the heater fans, you do remove additional heat from the engine. Both due to increased cooling capacity and the fact...
• 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...
• RE: Heater motor gone?
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 21 Nov 1995 13:54:00 -0800 (PST)
  >Aunt Augusta, our 1987 Syncros, is making a horrible screeching >noise when the heat is turned on. > >I don't know all the details...
• Re: Condensation, rust and Catalytic heaters,was: Excellent Catalytic Heater at Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 12 Oct 1999 15:06:16 -0400
  Smart...gald to know it!!! I thought all catalytic heaters were non-vented. I'll buy a book and sit in the corner for...
• Copy of: QUIT BLASTING THE GAS HEATERS!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  30 Oct 96 04:29:22 EST
  ...QUIT BLASTING THE GAS HEATERS!!!! I have 2 Eberspacher BA6 gas heaters with ALL the components (no swap area mystery heaters that are missing...
• Re: rear heater must be on?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 4 Aug 2007 09:01:51 -0400
  I got my '84 7 passenger in Hawaii in '91 and I know the PO had it for 4 years with the rear heater...
• Heating with electricity
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Nov 1995 13:09:23 -0800
  Been following the thread about winter camping, propane heaters and all. I once put one of those Coleman gasoline catalytic heaters in my bus...
• '85 Westy B2L Eberspacher cabin heater-fire hazard?
  Historical mailing list - James Rasmussen
  Sat, 7 Aug 2004 08:56:35 -0700
  Our '85 Westfalia has a B2L Eberspacher gasoline heater that heats the cabin/living area. It was installed at the factory/dealer in Germany...
• Re: Favorite Mods
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 18:36:10 -0500
  <<My favorite mod would have to be removing the rear heater and using its feed hoses for the auto tranny cooler, thus saving 300...
• Eberspacher BA6 gas heater for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Mar 1999 21:39:45 EST
  i have a complete Eberspacher BA6 gas heater for sale. fits all aircooled buses and vanagons, (same heater) tho this one was from a...
• Re: rear heater smells like syrup
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 18:31:00 -0500
  My site is partially up, there is a section on the rear heater core. Here it is: http://www3.sympatico.ca/huotx/rear_heater...
• Re: Winters in the van...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:12:12 -0800
  Whatcha gonna heat the water with? Jim Eric Spletzer wrote: > What if there was a submersible water heater/pump that would heat your water...
• Re: Turning off rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:39:42 -0700
  ...Turning off rear heater > At 7/29/2010 03:52 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >>I often take out rear heaters because they are...
• Re: Looking for dash removal procedure
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 8 Jul 2009 21:02:57 -0500
  ...Anybody have a >> link to to a good one? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jim > > Disconnect battery > Remove instrument cluster > Remove heater levers > Remove heater switch knob > Remove...
• Re: Elect heat
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 09:13:41 -0700
  ...If done >properly electric heat should have less hazards then propane or gasoline. It >should also be cheaper. > >One heater I have found: > >120...
• rear heater smell
  Historical mailing list - V I Urban
  Wed, 30 Dec 1998 12:47:30 -0600
  Hello all, I'm writing about the rear heater under the rear seat. Whenever it's turned on it gives off a smell of...
• Re: Questions about Gas Heater from 82 Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:42:44 EST
  ...Some of the later DA-6 heaters don't have a spark plug, just a glow. This won't work on gas. The heater...
• Re: Questions about Gas Heater from 82 Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:42:44 EST
  ...Some of the later DA-6 heaters don't have a spark plug, just a glow. This won't work on gas. The heater...
• Vanagon Diesel Aux Heater Questions
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Tue, 17 Jul 2001 13:11:06 -0400
  ...I looked at an '82 Vanagon Diesel today with the Diesel Auxiliary heater. The heater ran, but I have a few questions about its...
• Re: engine heater blower question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 22:27:40 -0600
  ...If you run the van with out the airflow through the heat exchangers the aluminum heat sinks inside the exchangers melt off and ruin...
• Re: '86 Vanagon Syncro Engine ForSale
  Historical mailing list - Hair Club President
  Sat, 22 Oct 94 16:15 EDT
  The heat issue is quite simple (I didn't think of it though). All he is going to do is weld up a "Y...
• diesel powered heaters-is there such a thing (dieselspacher)?
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Fri, 19 Jun 1998 23:04:52 EDT
  We all know about the VW type II gas-fueled heater and the various propane heaters, but has anyone ever heard of a diesel...
• Re: Auxiliary Gas Heater Power
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Nov 1998 08:13:50 EST
  In a message dated 98-11-06 05:15:12 EST, sh@interlog.com writes: << If the gas heater can already be used when...
• turning air-cooled Heater Off
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 17:23:13 -0400
  Frank, Since you are already familiar with the flapper valves, you are aware of the source of the heat. Cool air passes through the...
• Re: Unusual Achilles heel discovered...
  Historical mailing list - walt spak
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 19:32:03 -0500
  ...The present rear heater hose is 1/2 on > > the T end and 5/8 at the heater core end. There are usually good...
• Re: Solar Panel Mount -Flexible Panels?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Chapman
  Mon, 3 May 2010 12:59:58 -0400
  ...Heat > For heat where you have shore power have you tried one of the small cube > heaters? I've carried one around for about...
• Re: Eberspacher BA6 gas heaters on canadian waterboxer vanagons...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 9 Feb 2015 07:54:38 -0800
  ...is there any canadian lister with the BA6 on > their waterboxer van that can take pics of the ducting setup? where does > the heated...
• Re: simple heat for stove top, e-bay
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:48:30 -0800
  ...And great grandma live into her '90s heating with a kerosene heater. Maybe a little more caution in the confined (but well ventilated with...
• Re: Heaters for winter camping
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:52:20 -0500
  John, google tent propane heaters. They should be cheap to make with air coming in through the sliding window via a custom block-off...
• Fwd: Fw: THE ULTIMATE WAY TO HEAT YOUR BUS
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 May 1997 20:20:19 -0400 (EDT)
  Any of you air cooled chaps out there would do very well to heed the words of Mr.Ark Mirvis (Automotive Heating Technologies). This...
• Heat in an air-cooled Syncro (long, boring, self-involved)
  Historical mailing list - ed
  Tue, 16 May 2000 21:50:14 -0400
  ...One could electrically heat the water til the oil comes up to temp, but seems klugey and in any case retaining water heat requires...
• Re: vent'd catalytic ?'s
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Wed, 4 Nov 1998 12:33:55 -0800
  I received some pmails asking me where one could buy the Platinum Cat heater. Originally I saw that heater in a marine heating supply...
• Re: hot water? 500W worth?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:49:38 -0500
  ...I was wondering on how 110vt heating elemetns would perform on 12vts? would likely require jumpercables to handle the power/heat the heater I...