A guy came by my shop in the dead of winter..
with GF and baby ..
in an  82 Diesel Westy .
I opened the siding door ..
it was at least 75 degrees in there !

yup ..rear heater and most of the rear windows covered in insulation.
Nice n' toasty warm for sure.

Normally I take 'em out too,  to get the storage room.  But I don't throw
them away.
I just sold one to a guy ..
he's building a ( he 'should' do a vanagon of course ! ) 74 Bug pan/chassis,
fiberglass Ferrari kit car body, subaru engine ..
and he's using a vanagon rear heater for his front heater/defroster system.
That'll work.
Nice compact little unit too.

scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: Leaking Rear Heater

I did the same thing in my daughter's Vanagon-fixed it! Right now, since I
am waiting to get my hands on a new motor, it's all the heat she has. Made
the repair time worth it for sure. It's a good backup.

Jim

On Dec 5, 2011, at 8:06 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:

> Casey, I don't think anyone would fault you for fixing your heater.  Some
> of us simply don't need it, and the space is useful.  mcneely
>
> ---- Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> *I circumvented "list wisdom" a few years ago and simply replaced the
>> rear
>> heater core, and thus probably upset* *the Feng Shui within the universe
>> of
>> potential outcomes.  My deepest apologies to all*
>> --
>> Casey
>
> --
> David McNeely