I only use my rear heater since my front does not warm up anymore.  As long as
that area in the middle interior of the van is clear, the van will heat up
nicely.  I have not had to bother with the front.

It does, however, take a little longer to warm up.  But when it
does..........!

Nate El Great
85 GL, 180k mi, nice and warm in upstate NY and the Berkshires.

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        From:  Eric Brown[SMTP:ebrown@ADOBE.COM]
        Sent:  Wednesday, April 22, 1998 8:11 PM
        To:  Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
        Subject:  Removing rear heater (Putting copper in coolant line)

        The previous owner of my 87 Van found that the rear heater had a
coolant
        leak. So he removed it and didn't do a very good job gerry rigging the
two
        coolant hose connections together. So, I undid his gerry rigging and
got a
        standard piece of 3/4" copper hot water tubing and bent it into a U
and
        connected to two coolant hoses under the bench seat. (Before, the
tubes were
        connected straight on and were crimping thus allowing very little
coolant to
        flow.)

        Does anybody know if this copper is going to react in a very bad way
with
        the coolant or if there is a better way to solve my problem. I was
told the
        rear heater never puts out much heat in vanagons anyway.

        Thanks,
        Eric