Interesting that this came up today.  I was wondering, if I want to remove
the rear heater to put in a loop for hot water (per Dave Garth's hot water
setup), how would I do that without sloshing coolant everywhere?

Jeanne

----- Original Message -----
From: Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: Removing the rear heater

> The best way is to take out the two tees in your heater lines that go to
> and from the rear heater and replace them with straight couplers.  3/4"
> copper pipe will work, or 3/4" EMT if you prefer to keep copper out of
> the system (if you're used old fashioned coolant!).  You will need to do
> this from beneath the car, and if you pinch off the hoses you won't lose
> enough coolant to bother with bleeding the system.
>
> These will last longer than the plastic tees the factory put in.
>
> Save all the bits just in case you ever sell it to some poor guy in a
> cold climate!
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