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• Re: Converting Coleman Catalytic Heater to LP tank?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 15:07:48 -0500
  ...the > stove pipe feed from a previous propane heater that was in the van when > I bought it. I removed that heater though as...
• for campers: Propane Safety
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Nov 94 23:11:11 EST
  ...apparently, the pipe that extends between the heat exchangers and the exhaust(?) (the 3-4 inch pipe, the one that the optional heater gets...
• Re: Coolant hose needed urgently!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 21:13:12 -0600
  ...source? > > I need the hose from the rear heater core to the drivers side pipe. > It goes over the rear axle. > This is for...
• reinstalling gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sat, 3 Feb 2007 17:24:19 -0800
  Hi all, just dropped the gas tank and put the reseal kit in, and while there, exchanged the long radiator and heater lines. put...
• Re: heating start-up
  Historical mailing list - Mark Perkins
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 20:29:39 EST
  ...Waterboxers -Put closed cell pipe insulation around all visible heater hoses on the underside. -When the temperature averages less than 40 degrees I cover...
• Re: replacing hose with minimal coolant loss
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 9 Dec 2014 09:50:22 -0800
  ...Use Permatex "Right Stuff" to seal the pipe flanges. If you are lucky and dexterous, you might be able to cut the old one...
• Re: No heat at stoplights.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 7 Jan 2010 14:37:59 -0800
  ...Insulating the heater hoses under the van helps heater performance. Make sure the rear heater is off, if desiring more front heater performance. A...
• Re: muffler possibilities
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Mar 1997 08:08:51
  >Has anyone, or does anyone know if the early, federal, late '70's muffler >will fit '80 heater boxes? I acknowledge that removing the...
• Re: plugging heater hoses
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 2 Sep 2009 10:23:01 -0400
  ...hoses branch from the main heater hoses. >>> Took out the T-connectors and put in a straight pipe >>> connector in their place. �No plugs...
• 1985 Vanagon GL's FOR SALE
  Historical mailing list - Chad G
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 22:56:28 -0400
  ...it (I have a new replacement pipe but haven't installed it) front heater works, rear heater is not installed interior is in great...
• Re: Cooling hoses and what else?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 29 Mar 2004 11:17:55 EST
  ...What else should I replace while I am at it? > I would also recommend the plastic Ts that go to the rear heater if...
• Re: Coolant leak. Rear heater control valve?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 07:58:16 -0700
  ...shaped bypass out of > copper pipe (double clamp it), You will not get much flow to the front heater core if you do this...
• Re: Is this coolant pipe position correct? (Pic included)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:25:43 -0800
  ...Is this coolant pipe position correct? (Pic included) > > > > Hey guys. > > > > Pic looking at front end of coolant pipes roughed in for my engine > > conversion...
• RE: Nervous about heads
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Jan 97 13:17:22 EST
  ...I have metal pipes under the bus. Newer models have plastic i believe. Note that the pipes (at least on my bus) are several...
• Re: Vanagon Stereo Upgrade Question
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 4 May 1996 10:49:08 -0400
  In a message dated 96-05-03 09:12:46 EDT, tforhan@usa.pipeline.com (Tom Forhan) writes: > >Following Ajax' hints from a few...
• Re: Heat won't turn off
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 4 Jun 2006 15:52:12 -0700
  ...the floor from the coolant > pipes on the underside of the van. My problem is that my heater is now on > all the time...
• Re: trip out west
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 15:54:20 -0500
  ...Lots of wires, pipes, and presumably cables running through > >> there, > >> along with heater hoses. Good access point, thanks for the tip. Now, I > >> can...
• Re: no heat ! .. the saga continues
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 28 Nov 2002 07:59:04 -0800
  The orifice in the heater control valve is pretty small and easily blocked. In the early water-cooled models the long coolant pipes are...
• Re: How I filled 1.9 with coolant, was; Roadside BREAKDOWN...Water Pump Belt
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:28:14 -0800
  ...H pipe, that goes to that pipe >> that >> is running across the engine down to the right. Those are actually for >> the >> heaters. So...
• Carver P4 - Thoughts on installation
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Thu, 23 Jul 1998 12:21:31 EDT
  I've been staring at my camper's interior a lot lately, wondering how to install the Carver P4 heater. Here are a few...
• Re: LP gas question--does this happen to you?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:05:23 -0800
  ...What about those 'heater' cords made for wrapping water pipes? Don't know how much they draw or how hot they get. Or how...
• 74 Westy for sale.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 27 Sep 1994 15:44:38 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Major problems are missing (rotted out?) heater carrier pipes. The heat exchangers themselves appear to be nearly new. There's some rust behind the...
• Re: Problem with 1991 Vanagon cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 8 Sep 2011 19:03:30 -0700
  ...chunk > out of the rear heater valve housing, and blown the big bottom hose off its > plastic pipe. There have always been other explanations...
• 1.9l unstable idle -- two causes
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 19:10:38 -0500
  ...2) Contact with the ground apparently pushed on a heater hose enough to pop the coolant-pipe mounting stud out of the ?#1? induction...
• Re: Front heater won't give heat, workin on it.
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Thu, 23 Aug 2018 21:02:49 -0700
  ...Front heater won't give heat > > You don't need to do anything with the hose coming out of the heater core. > It won...
• Re: vented platinum cat heater
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 21:30:08 EDT
  ...I've used both the Propex and Platinum Cat heaters and frankly, both are excellent heaters for a vanagon. Now that Propex can Carver...
• Re: Coolant hose leak between long pipe & bottom of T Stack
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:47:55 -0700
  ...to > a heater hose. It goes about 8 inches or so and then connects to one of > the > long metal pipes going forward to...
• Alert on 1.9l Coolant hoses becoming NLA
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:49:54 -0400
  ...http://www.vanagain.com/19l2chc.htm While these hoses were used on 85 Vanagon with plastic coolant pipes they can also be used on...
• Re: Random Compatibility Questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:18:45 -0800
  ...Slightly different on the heater box and controls possiby , but adaptable. just about every part on the whole van fits or is fairly adaptable...
• Re: Heater hose ball valve behind glove compartment?
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sat, 1 Jul 2023 08:36:04 -0700
  ...the van are the 2 long heater hoses running right next to the 2 > long > > main coolant pipes. > > Figure out which of the 2...
• 84 Wesfalia for Sale
  Historical mailing list - Monk Bill
  Sat, 29 Aug 1998 19:37:49 EDT
  ...I mean every hose,metal pipe, clamp, radiator, heater core, and even the two long metal coolant pipes that go under the gas tank...
• Re: Is this coolant pipe position correct? (Pic included)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:30:46 -0800
  ...Is this coolant pipe position correct? (Pic included) > > > > > > Hey guys. > > > > > > Pic looking at front end of coolant pipes roughed in for my engine > > > conversion...
• Re: Winters in the van...
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 13:33:03 -0700
  ...The same people who make the pipe make 2 foot clip on > plates that you can attach to plywood for those people who don...
• Industrial motors (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 6 May 96 22:31:59 EDT
  ...no ports for the heater tubes and neat "Volkswagen Industrial Engines" > sticker) and the exhaust (two two-into-one pipes that exited straight up...
• Re: trip out west
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:33:51 -0700
  ...Lots of wires, pipes, and presumably cables running through >> >> there, >> >> along with heater hoses. Good access point, thanks for the tip. Now, >> >> I >> >> can...
• Plat Cat Noise Levels and installation questions
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 21:29:44 -0700
  I just fired up my 3P12 Platimum Cat heater for the first time today. It is a refirbished unit from Warmerwagon. The installation is...
• Re: looking for water-cooled Vanagon with sunroof
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 07:04:45 EST
  ...Needs heat shields, complete exhaust system (new muffler, new front header pipe, used front header pipe included as loose parts), most hoses and water...
• Re: Wrap exhaust pipes with fiberglass?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:10:08 -0500
  ...The exhaust pipes hanging in the breeze act as radiate heaters and transfer the heat to the passing air when moving. At idle, there...
• Re: stove=heater=safe?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Nov 94 10:12:19 MST
  ...The chimney would allow air flow between the pipe and the fiberglass top to keep things cool. I think they're called "stove jacks...
• Satellite TV dish
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:38:01 +0100
  ...The tripod with a vertical pipe about 3 -4 feet just rests on the ground. The owners , I've seen, did use some kind...
• Re: Front heater won't give heat, workin on it.
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Fri, 24 Aug 2018 07:44:46 -0500
  That certainly points to a heater valve. Do you have a short piece of hose connector that would allow you to remove the valve...
• Re: Is this coolant connector and where should it connect?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 8 Dec 2008 18:39:30 -0500
  ...I do get heat from the front and rear heater so I'm a > bit confused as to how this connection could be open...
• Re: Suburban Type Furnace Install;
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:54:17 -0400
  ...The heater cycled twice then fired right up with that low murrr noise it makes out of the exhaust pipe. Sweet sound when its...
• Re: Looking for a project?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 9 Mar 2016 10:51:34 -0800
  ...grille, hoses, cooling pipes (SS, and need to drop the fuel tank to remove the heat duct), rear heater, front heater box, temp gauge...
• Substituting 1.9 with 2.1 would that end my bad luck streak???
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 24 Apr 2017 15:09:49 -0400
  ...Recently, one of the big coolant plastic pipes let go and I replaced these with the SS types. Looks like I nicked a heater...
• Radiator out/observations...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 21:11:41 -0700
  ...I replaced the heater valve at this time. Regarding this and my last post about the coolant pipes, please p-mail me as I...
• Re: WOOO HOOO!! Bus BRRR is Two Weeks Away! (Buses By the Beach Event)
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:38:50 -0500
  ...good friends. Heater boxes are for sissies when it > comes to this adventurous winter campout. Those Bus Pilots sporting �J� > pipes, a snowmobile suit...
• oil temp; new tires; pipe to heat exchanger
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jul 1995 22:29:23 -0700
  ...while I was routing the wiring to the temp sender I discovered that the pipe connecting my left heat exchanger to the fan shroud...
• Please remove
  Historical mailing list - Timmy Evens
  Sat, 13 Feb 2016 13:55:00 +0000
  ...Two days ago I replaced the big coolant pipe that runs along the LH side of the engine (from pump to thermostat area) since...
• Re: Idle stabilizer control unit repair?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:43:59 -0800
  ...The two wires zip-tied to the hose are usually for the electric heater on the oil breather pipe from the crank-case breather...
• Re: trip out west
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 14:22:50 -0700
  ...Lots of wires, pipes, and presumably cables running through > > >> there, > > >> along with heater hoses. Good access point, thanks for the tip. Now, > I > > >> can...
• Re: Rear Heater
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:45:28 -0400
  ...where the pipes enter the end manifold and there is nothing that can be done about it. I have had that heater in and...
• Re: why does #3 pist/cyl always go bad first?
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 25 Aug 1998 08:03:28 -0400
  ...The fact that all Fuel Injected type IV engines have asymetrical (un-equal path lengths from exhaust valves to tail pipe) exhaust systems can...
• SS Headers
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 10 Nov 2001 10:45:36 -0600
  ...They moved the tail pipe from the passenger side to the drivers side. I don't particularly like this but it could keep me...
• Re: Coolant hose leak between long pipe & bottom of T Stack
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:20:57 -0700
  ...to >> a heater hose. It goes about 8 inches or so and then connects to one of >> the >> long metal pipes going forward to...
• 85 Vanagon GL for sale
  Historical mailing list - Judith Barr / Leo Girard
  Fri, 17 Oct 1997 23:31:49 -0400
  ...top new OEM water pump-1996 coolant pipes replaced by rubber 1997 new OEM front heater blower 1997 new battery 1997 new OS 1997...
• Re: Bypass coolant pipes under van for rear heater
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Fri, 6 Jun 2008 20:27:55 +0000
  ...I was on the fence whether to remove my rear heater after it leaked, but I want the room, don't use the van...
• Trip Report, K&N filters and coolant hoses
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 20:35:24 -0800
  ...This hose connects the passenger-side cylinder head to the heater pipes running under the van. It looks to me like 3/4" on...
• Re: diesel cooling woes revisited
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Sat, 18 Jan 1997 20:08:06 -0500
  ...When most cars get low on coolant the heater core is the first to suffer, I'd rather have the little bit of coolant...
• Dash removal in a 2.1...who's got the good procedure?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Herman
  Mon, 23 May 2005 16:06:52 -0700
  ...the actual heater unit out be aware that some coolant may drip. I put a couple of corks in the pipes to keep them...