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Subject:Re: Block heaters for Air Cooled
From:Jon VonOhlsen
Date:Thu, 6 Nov 2014 21:28:06 -0700

So when in Bozeman? I remember my van having issues in the winter of
'79, when there was about 3 weeks of sub-zero weather. About -35 in the
shade at 2PM. West Yellowstone recorded -56F. The bus had 10W-30 and
would not quite start.
Jon

On 11/6/2014 2:33 PM, Jeff Schwaia wrote:
> I used to put a can or Sterno (or something similar) under my bug when I
> lived in Bozeman, MT.  Worked really well, except for the time it hit -45
> degrees...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Jamie Fitterer
> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 12:44 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Block heaters for Air Cooled
>
> Anyone know of a block heater for the air cooled van?  This would be used in
> cold climates for winter starting.
>                                            =

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