This is a false conception.  The BA6 and DA6 combustion chambers, etc.  Are
exactly the same.   The only difference is 2 fuel pumps on the diesel, and
some different relays.  It will work, just trickier to set up than the DA 6
Adam Puzerewski
81 westy
74 beetle

Vanagon Partsmobiles
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tobin Copley" <tobin.copley@UBC.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Questions about Gas Heater from 82 Diesel

> At 11:43 AM -0500 3/6/01, Andrew Fox wrote:
> >Can the aux heater from the diesel run on gas.  The seller thinks so but
i
> >want to make sure before i buy?  If not has anyone ever installed a small
> >diesel tank so they could use one of these heaters in their gas westy?
>
> Uh, I would *NOT* supply a diesel heater with gasoline, unless you
> want to make a claim on your life insurance.  I'm not an expert on
> this issue, but it screams "VERY BAD IDEA" to me.  Diesel and
> gasoline are very different animals.  I'll let the mechanics /
> engineers weigh in on this.
>
> Look: if you really want an aux heater, why not do a swap?  Pull the
> diesel heater.  Sell it to me, fer goshsakes!  Find a gas heater from
> a donor car. (they *are* around, I found a BA-6 gas heater in a dead
> bus ($50) and pulled it for fellow listee Craig Angus--works fine).
> Or get yourself a Carver/propex/whatever propane furnace, mount it
> under the rear seat, and be done with it.  The furnaces are nice with
> electronic thermostatic control--we had a propex in our old '76 westy
> and it was *nice* and no gas heater scariness!
>
> I'd love to have a DA-6 (Diesel heater).  I'm sure lots of diesel
> campers would like one.  You shouldn't have any trouble finding
> someone interested in it.
>
> Just my CDN$0.02.
>
> T.
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> Tobin Copley        Bowen Island, BC, Canada      49deg 23'N-123deg 19'W
>
> '82 Westfalia 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
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