Jeanne,
If the engine is off you won't loose but a few drops of coolant from the
rear heater hoses... so long as you hold them up until you insert the plugs
into the lines.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeanne Maly <traveller57@CABLEONE.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, April 20, 2000 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: Removing the rear heater

>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!
>> --
>> Stuart MacMillan
>> Manager, Case Program
>> 800-909-8244 ext. 8208
>> Fax: 206-269-6360
>>
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>