so.... anybody have a wrecked canadian syncro with one of these nifty
coolant heaters?

-wes

On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 gary2a@telusplanet.net wrote:

> Wes,
> I have no idea.  I heard of at least one van being retrofitted, maybe it was
> Ark Mirvis who did it.
> You would have to pull a heater out of a wrecked Canadian syncro.  It would
> be a bunch of work, there are a couple control boxes, fuses and relays
> involved.
>
> It's a unique option, I've only seen them on 1985 - 1987 Canadian syncros.
> The regular gas heater which heats the cabin air will not fit on syncros
> because the driveshaft is in the way.
>
> Gary
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wesley Alden Pegden" <wes@cs.uchicago.edu>
> To: "G. Lee" <gary2a@TELUSPLANET.NET>
> Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 2:10 PM
> Subject: Re: battery powered block heaters? - BBW 46 gas heater on Canadian
> syncros
>
>
> > wow...
> > where can I get one?
> >
> > wes
> >
> > On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, G. Lee wrote:
> >
> > > > I'm getting ready for winter here in chicago.  Anybody know of any
> battery
> > > > options for block heaters that would be reasonable?
> > > >
> > > > wes
> > > > '84 vanagon 1.9l
> > >
> > > Not that this is a viable option to retrofit, but I thought some people
> may
> > > be interested.
> > > VW offered an optional stand-alone coolant heating system on Canadian
> > > Syncros.  The Webasto BBW 46 gas heater will operate while the van is
> > > running or not.
> > > A timer will turn the heater on in advance at a preset time.  You can
> warm
> > > up the engine anywhere, you don't need to plug into 120 volt AC.
> > >
> > > I put up some pictures, description and repair manual on my web site.
> > > Also the factory heated drivers seat.
> > >
> > > <http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/bbw46/BBW46.htm>
> > >
> > > Gary Lee
> > > http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/vanagonrack.htm
> > >
> >
> >
>
>