--- Nathaniel Poole <npoole@TELUS.NET> wrote:

> Tracing down the funky heater smell problem I see
> what a previous poster
> meant about numerous places where oil can get inside
> these things (and hot
> air can get out). I also see that they are lined
> internally with fiberglass
> cloth, which presumably wicks up said offending oil.
> Some bright chap had
> cut one of the boxes open, removed the glass, and
> welded it back together.
> I'm thinking of doing the same with the other one,
> but reassembling it with
> bolts and hi-temp silicone so that if it ever gets
> dirty again I can take it
> apart and clean it . The boxes are in too good a
> shape and too expensive to
> replace to just throw away. Has anyone ever done
> this? Are there many folks
> on this list with the old aircooled vans?

I run an air cooled.

I took my stock heater out of commission. Control
flaps and cables were rusty. I have a 12V heater up
front. I stuffed newspaper in fresh air intake and
duct tapped little grille helped to cut down on cold
air coming into cab. (this is a temporary solution
done while camping) That coupled with a soon to be
made curtain to seperate cab from rest of van while
driving, should help the little heater do its job.

Not that you asked..... ;^)

Cheers,

Neil Nicholson.
1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.

http://web.mac.com/tubaneil

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