Yes, I knew it had a Eberspacher BA6 Gas Heater but had no knowledge as to
how to service it before attempting to find out how to operate it (I now
have a copy of the service manual thanks to Robert Keezer). My misgivings
about the BA6 came from reading Jack Reed's disclaimer on his Type2.com
page about the Eberspacher BA6 (please see the quote from the Jack Reed
article below) and that was enough to put me on alert regarding the safety
of the unit and to tell me I needed an experienced service person to work
on it. An informative email from Robert Keezer has dispelled many of my
worries.

peace

be

Below is a quote from Vanagon list member Jack Reed. I copied it from his
Type2 Page at <http://type2.com/bartnik/ba6art.htm>

"Before we proceed I'd like to offer a few words of advice concerning
gasoline heaters. THEY ARE VERY DANGEROUS AND CAN BURN YOUR VAN WITH YOU IN
IT TO THE GROUND IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
DOING, SEEK OUT A MECHANIC OR DEALER THAT DOES. Sorry I had to shout, I
just wanted to make sure that everyone was paying attention."

I paid attention 8-)

At 05:47 AM 5/24/2004, you wrote:
>In a message dated 5/23/04 9:05:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>bobe@WEBTIDE.NET writes:
>
>
>>http://www.lame.ca/mysteryswitch.html
>
>
>thats your eberspacher BA6 Gas Heater safety overheat switch.
>are you unaware your van has a gas heater???
>
>chris

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Anyone who votes for the B.C. Liberals in the upcoming Provincial election
will, in my eyes, be displaying a severe character flaw ... those who are
left to support Gordon Campbell's government are running purely on pride
and ego ... this government has displayed so many flaws that it would be
just too embarrassing at this point for their supporters to admit that they
actually voted for these people.