

| Subject: | Re: Rear heater leaking |
| From: | Joel Shortlidge |
| Date: | Wed, 5 May 1999 22:51:12 -0500 |
JC Whitney has a VERY large assortment of coolant heated rear aux. heaters! Brent Christensen wrote: > For many years, Toyota Landcruisers have had rear heaters as an option. > (even the old Jeep-like FJ-40 models). As I recall from my old '72, it was > a very simple unit, drum shaped, with a sheet metal cage all around it to > protect it. I had to replace it one time with one from a scrap yard, and I > think it was about $10 (That was c1982 or so). > > Aux. heaters are a common accessory for Jeeps and other off-road machines. > I have seen dozens of "universal" units designed to replace or augment the > factory units in old Jeeps, Landcruisers, etc. Most have very simple > connections and have a built-in fan, valve, and switch. > > I would check the usual sources for Jeep and RV accessories to find one. > The trick for us would be that you want to be able to direct the heat out > through the vents under the back seat. Most of the universal units I have > seen project heat in a number of directions. > > Brent Christensen > '89 Syncro Westy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: M.R. Nimmo <mrnimmo@YAHOO.COM> > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 8:14 PM > Subject: Re: Rear heater leaking > > > Has anyone tried switching the vanagon rear heater > > core for a different model??? > > > > --- Joel Walker <jwalker@uronramp.net> wrote: > > > >I like the plug it up idea. I tried turning the > > > >on-off valve, but that did not cure the leak. But > > > >I'll probably just get the new heat valve. Is the > > > >core also prone to leakage? > > > > > > > > > some on the list have had leaking cores, but almost > > > all of us have had > > > the leaking bleeder screw thingie. so much so that > > > vw used to have a > > > replacement bleeder screw of a different design ... > > > but the dealers > > > claim it's not available anymore. :( i'm considering > > > replacing the > > > rear heater core with some other core, like a rabbit > > > or something that > > > there are plenty of out there. might be more work > > > than i want, though. > > > :( plus i'd have to jury-rig the fan somehow. sigh. > > > one of these days > > > ... ;) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >
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