Before you take out the rear heater consider this. I live in CA with my
bus for 3+ years. I never used rear heater for additional heat, but
instead as an additional radiator on really hot hill climbs, like the one
going into and out of Death Valley, Tioga & Sonora pass, etc etc etc.  You
will gain some room by removing it, but not that much, and for the added
engine cooling ability, i think it is worth it's trouble.
-matthew

Matthew Pollard             http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
Dept. of Chemistry               http://www.chem.uidaho.edu
University of Idaho                   http://www.uidaho.edu

On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Sean Birkner wrote:

> Hey Volks,
>      I live in SoCal, and in the year that I've had the bus, have never used the
> rear heater and want to reclaim that underseet storage space. I just turned it
> on to test and the blower works and sounds fine, but I got a faint whiff of the
> maple syrup smell. Maybe I had a prediction of impending heater doom.
>
>      Anyway, do any of you know off the top of their head what the inner
> diameter of the heater hose is that has the T fitting to go to the rear heater?
> I want to eliminate the T fittings all together and just put straight through
> connections in their place. Also, what's the best pipe material to use? PVC?
> Brass? steel?
>
> Respond to this address or Vgonman@aol.com
>
> Sean B.
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