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  • Re: Propex heater installation
    Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
    Tue, 14 Oct 1997 07:21:49 +0300
    >I'm installing my Propex heater (finally) under the rear seat and have some >questions about where to route the combustion inlet pipe. I...
  • Gas heater (Vanagon 85)
    Historical mailing list - Normand Gagnon & Sylvie Brunet
    Wed, 16 Apr 97 22:39:52 -0400
    Hi, I know that the tail pipe of the gas heater of my Westfalia 85 is broken. I never use this heater, it seems...
  • Re: Aux. heater questions.
    Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
    Thu, 13 Oct 1994 18:37:21 EST
    I keep meaning to replace my gas heater exhaust pipe, just using the appro- priate L of exhaust pipe from the FLAPS. I don...
  • Re: Rear heater control
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 24 Feb 2000 20:22:03 -0500
    ...heat is obtained by going *forward.* Or pretend the heater is a horizontal pipe -- handle along the pipe is on, across the pipe is...
  • Re: help!:bypassing rear heater
    Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
    Sun, 16 Jan 2000 06:28:09 EST
    ...When you go to the junkyard, take your heater core with you so you can be sure that the inlet and outlet pipes are...
  • rad hose/pipe fixed
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 29 Sep 1996 04:20:12 -0300 (ADT)
    ...Used 3" of OEM pipe at rad end, cut off and cleaned up. With effort it can be wedged into the heater hose, and...
  • Report: Stainless Coolant Pipes
    Historical mailing list - John Meeks
    Mon, 7 Aug 2006 13:58:39 -0400
    ...No modifications were needed to fit them through the hole in the cross-member as you would if using the plastic pipes or heater...
  • Re: Aux. heater questions.
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 13 Oct 94 17:05:03 MDT
    > I keep meaning to replace my gas heater exhaust pipe, just using the appro- > priate L of exhaust pipe from the FLAPS. I don...
  • Re: Heater Exhaust Pipe: a recall
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 20 Oct 94 10:19:49 MDT
    ...Heating; Heater Exhaust Pipe > Vehicle Description: Vans equipped with auxiliary heaters > Description of Defect: The auxiliary heater's exhaust pipe is > mounted in a...
  • 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...
  • '56 kombi heater engineering
    Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
    Wed, 1 Feb 1995 22:31:25 -0800 (PST)
    ...of the pipe slightly. The part I reamed out fits over the tube on the body, and the tube from the heater box fits...
  • Heater Ideas
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 8 Nov 1995 20:15:51 -0800 (PST)
    yes! A real Bus-Related POST! Anyway, I did some beefing up of my heater system tonight. I put some of that foam pipe...
  • Re: Suburban Type Furnace Install;
    Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
    Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:17:00 -0400
    ...I also have >a question about which pipe is the exhaust on the bottom of the heater. Is >it the painted or the silver...
  • "rebuilding" heater boxes and custom exhausts
    Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
    Wed, 13 Jun 2001 22:21:05 -0400
    Hey folks, My understanding of the heater boxes is that they consist of basically an exhaust pipe with the appropriate fittings that runs through...
  • Heater/coolant hoses
    Historical mailing list - Dave M
    Mon, 7 May 2001 13:27:00 +0100
    ...heater core with either copper or plastic pipe. Does anyone know how to access the hoses where they connect to the front heater core...
  • Re: back heat removal, comparative experiences among my vans
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Mon, 12 Apr 2004 10:41:05 -0700
    ...The heater hose "T" connectors have a smaller feed pipe inside diameter on the legs that go to the rear heater than they do...
  • Re: Installed Long Coolant Pipes Wrong? (Pic)
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Tue, 4 Jan 2011 18:18:29 -0800
    ...http://tinyurl.com/34dtuyf The heater hoses are cable strapped to the pipes until ~ midship where they go through the middle hole. The shift...
  • Re: Installed Long Coolant Pipes Wrong? (Pic)
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Tue, 4 Jan 2011 21:02:20 -0500
    I just looked at that picture, and those pipes are not on properly. The two pipes should touch. One "mount" for both. The heater...
  • Re: Propex heater install part two
    Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
    Wed, 29 Jun 2016 17:59:00 -0400
    ...wrote: >Right Karl, the bottom pipes on the 2000 would make an under the floor mount pretty deep, heater profile hang low. But if...
  • Re: Such a splendid waste of time
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:31:56 -0500
    ...mcneely He only wishes he had a heater core to pipe coolant through, and coolant to pipe through it. That came a year and...
  • Re: Aux. heater questions.
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 13 Oct 94 9:47:55 PDT
    > > Ya see, when I turn on the auxiliary heater-- which is of the gasoline powered > variety, mounted in line with the heater pipes from...
  • Propex installation question
    Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
    Mon, 13 Oct 1997 09:28:24 -0700
    I'm installing my Propex heater (finally) under the rear seat and have some questions about where to route the combustion inlet pipe. I...
  • Re: Vanagon Crossover Pipe
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 18 Apr 1996 20:27:00 -0400
    ...If so, the pipe is not interchangeable with the 79. The right side heater box flange is also different. If you repalce the pipe...
  • Re: Aux. heater questions.
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 13 Oct 94 09:07:55 MDT
    > ?? 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: [T2] Exhausts that delete the heaterboxes completely on aircooled Type IV engines?
    Historical mailing list - Mike S
    Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:18:15 -0500
    ...What harm do the heater boxes do just sitting there? Actually, used that way, they may give a slight performance increase vs. plain pipes...
  • Re: Heating
    Historical mailing list - SMILE... IT'S STILL FREE
    Mon, 05 Sep 1994 13:36:01 EST
    ...In buses without gas heaters on their undersides, there is simply a thin walled pipe with insulation wrapped around it to carry the heat...
  • Re: copper coolant hoses?
    Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
    Tue, 27 Apr 1999 22:04:02 -0700
    ...I used 1.25'' heater hose to replace the pipes, with a piece of copper tubing to connect to the engine outlet hose. This...
  • BA6 Exhaust Pipe
    Historical mailing list - Justin M. Mayrand
    Thu, 5 Jun 2008 21:45:46 -0400
    Hey All, The little right angle exhaust pipe for the BA6 aux heater fell off. Anyone know wher I can get one? 1980 Westy...
  • Re: Heater hose help
    Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
    Tue, 21 Sep 1999 16:49:23 EDT
    ...Get a one inch hose barb with standard one inch pipe threads on the other end. Buy a reducing coupling to reduce the pipe...
  • FS Heater Parts Air Cooled Pictutre posted
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 6 Dec 2002 10:33:59 -0600
    ...4 Federal and Cal heater boxes passenger side. 1 Cal only heater box driver side. 2 Cal only crossover pipes. Stan ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for...
  • Heater Hose lengths
    Historical mailing list - T Collins
    Mon, 17 Apr 2017 10:27:45 -0400
    ...of hose to get for replacing the heater hoses that run along with the larger coolant pipes? I have a 85 2wd manual vanagon...
  • Re: Damaged cooling pipe/2 "T" connectors present (long)....
    Historical mailing list - Scott D Foss
    Mon, 19 Mar 2001 19:33:27 -0800
    ...pipe, although i did not try heating it with a heat gun, which might have helped or ruined the whole pipe ! re rear heater...
  • Re: I hate you Meeses to pieces
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 19 Sep 1994 19:43:58 -0400 (EDT)
    ...Although the heater pipes were all intact, I was getting a trickle of heat into the lower heater vents. After about half an hour...
  • Re: Coolant pipes replacement
    Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
    Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:09:05 -0500
    ...aft heater hoses has a > positive effect on the heater output, though. > > Mike > > > mark drillock wrote: > > The first 5 years had metal pipes, the...
  • Re: Auxillary heater part needed
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 30 Jan 2001 13:55:11 EST
    ...a pipe attached at the midpoint that > connects to the air blower for the auxiliary heater. > > when i sold my gas heater stuff to...
  • Re: 1985 Westfalia heaters
    Historical mailing list - Chris P. Gibbs Photography
    Sun, 01 Sep 1996 18:55:52 +0000
    ...The heater comes with a length of (2.75inch) black plastic heater pipe and two black plastic circular rotating grills that you can mount...
  • Re: Installed Long Coolant Pipes Wrong? (Pic)
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 4 Jan 2011 20:24:31 -0500
    The pipes are on the correct (passenger) side of the vehicle but the one with the kick goes to the outside. The heater hoses...
  • Re: Coolant pipes replacement
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:55:06 -0400
    ...aft heater hoses has a positive effect on the heater output, though. Mike mark drillock wrote: > The first 5 years had metal pipes, the...
  • Damaged cooling pipe/2 "T" connectors present (long)....
    Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
    Sat, 17 Mar 2001 22:46:03 -0800
    ...a) Hose that goes from the driver's side metal pipe, across the transmission and into the heater, PN 251 265 058. This hose...
  • Re: Heater pipe
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:40:26 -0400
    ...Heater pipe Hi all: My 91 non gl passed Northern Virginia emissions inspections and the state safety inspection with flying colors. It was somewhat...
  • aux heaters...
    Historical mailing list - Dr. D.W. Carment
    Wed, 20 Jul 1994 21:36:11 -0400 (EDT)
    ...a) gas heaters; b) propane heaters or c) electric heaters? I have heard of a fan that fits in the main pipe to give...
  • Auxillary heater part needed
    Historical mailing list - Tarheel
    Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:53:47 -0500
    ...that there is a pipe attached at the midpoint that connects to the air blower for the auxiliary heater. It is part number 251...
  • Re: Replacing coolant pipes - Drop gas tank?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Fri, 7 Mar 2003 06:49:27 -0500
    ...Replacing coolant pipes - Drop gas tank? I want to replace the long coolant pipes going to/from the radiator, as the flanges have corroded...
  • My thoughts on heat.
    Historical mailing list
    15 Nov 94 14:51
    ...I figure you would have to get hold of stainless-steel J-pipes to replace the old heater boxes. Then get some larger diameter...
  • Re: My thoughts on heat.
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 15 Nov 94 18:59:41 gmt
    ...I figure you would have to get hold of stainless-steel > J-pipes to replace the old heater boxes. Then get some larger diameter...
  • Re: Such a splendid waste of time
    Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
    Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:21:28 -0800
    ...mcneely > > He only wishes he had a heater core to pipe coolant through, and > coolant to pipe through it. That came a year and...
  • Heaters for VW's!
    Historical mailing list - Christopher P. Gibbs L.B.I.P.P.
    Sat, 29 Jun 1996 11:05:02 +0000
    ...The heater comes with a length of (2.75�) black plastic heater pipe and two black plastic circular �rotating� grills that you can mount...
  • Cheap 1970s heater boxes
    Historical mailing list
    5 Sep 94 16:14
    ...One (the genuine one) has a finned aluminium cast heat sink around the exhaust pipe inside. The casting fits the heater box tine very...
  • Readable Propex Heater Post!
    Historical mailing list - Christopher P. Gibbs L.B.I.P.P.
    Sat, 29 Jun 1996 11:52:57 +0000
    ...The heater comes with a length of (2.75inch) black plastic heater pipe and two black plastic circular rotating grills that you can mount...
  • '78 heater box ducting to rear bumper
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 8 Jul 96 11:10:57 PDT
    The heater boxes on my '78 engine are supposed to have flexible ducting to 2" metal pipes that end just beneath the rear bumper...
  • Re: Broken alternator bracket studs
    Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
    Wed, 8 Feb 2006 10:51:53 -0500
    ...the pipe below it, and use a short section of rubber hose to reconnect it when finished. A short section of 1" heater hose...
  • Re: Vanagon Diesel Aux Heater Questions
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Tue, 17 Jul 2001 13:55:28 EDT
    Exhaust pipe: The stock DA-BA-6 heater exhaust pipe is a short elbow that exhausts under the vehicle on the Vanagon version. The...
  • heater hose
    Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
    Tue, 12 Jan 1999 21:35:47 EST
    ...These are all available in galvanized pipe which should resist corrosion, allow the use of standard heater hose (which reduces the price of future...
  • Re: Intro and New Engine Question
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Sun, 1 Jan 2006 11:29:21 -0800
    > Is there anything else that that I > have forgotten. > That flanged elbow coolant pipe (025 121 171) that bolts to the right side head...
  • Re: Propex heater
    Historical mailing list - Chris Gibbs
    Sun, 5 Oct 1997 11:28:00 +0000
    > With regards to the Propex heater, can it be operated while the vehicle > is in motion? My origional instructions advised against it (1992). BUT...
  • Air cooled heater idea/questions
    Historical mailing list - neil
    Sun, 4 Feb 2007 18:22:36 -0800
    ...Open up heater boxes, wind 3/8" or 1/2" soft copper pipe around each exhaust pipe, assemble/install boxes, (plug hot air outlets...
  • Aircooled Heater exchanger??
    Historical mailing list - Kevin Carrubba
    Mon, 10 Mar 2003 22:46:12 EST
    ...heater box is bad but not sure on the other one so I have a question. Is the box that surrounds the pipes supposed...
  • Re: coolant pipes
    Historical mailing list - John Meeks
    Mon, 7 May 2007 11:04:55 -0400
    ...Bob, I installed these pipes on an 85 1.9 with the tank down but both pipes and the heater hose go through the...
  • Re: [VWVANFULLTIMERS] Propex heaters : group purchase offer
    Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
    Mon, 8 Dec 2008 09:13:20 -0500
    ...pipes for the burner, or the heat ducting? The stainless flex pipes for the burner can make some fairly tight bends, however the heater...
  • Hoses
    Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
    Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:41:22 -0700
    ...Be sure to check the plastic coolant pipe ends and replace all your heater and radiator hose as well. If you have the original...