On Tue, 12 Dec 1995 18:35:08 -0500 Jack Stafford wrote:

> From: Jack Stafford <stafford@alcor.hac.com>
> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 18:35:08 -0500
> Subject: Re: Gas heaters in Splitties
> To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu>
> 
> On Tue, 12 Dec 1995, JOHNSON THOMAS H <rsthj@aurora.alaska.edu> wrote:
> >The stock  gas heater is mounted in the left side of the engine compartment 
> >w/the ductwork routed along the side of the gas tank then exiting under 
> >the rear seat.
> 
> I was at the local FLAPS reading the Haynes shop manual for
> '68-'79 Transporters.  In the middle of the book is a cutaway
> view showing the drivetrain and location of an auxilary gas
> heater.
> 
> It's underneath, mounted just forward of the transmission, 
> in-line on the ducting that runs from the heater boxes to the 
> steel duct pipe under the cockpit floor.
> 
> Remember this is from a Haynes manual for bay window busses.
> I've never actually seen a gas heater in a bus, so I'm a little 
> curious.  

well i am more familiar with splits rather than bay windows (although i have had both), but thomas 
johnson described very clearly how the gas heater is installed. i have never seen a factory  gas heater 
installed

"underneath, mounted just forward of the transmission"

michael