http://www.classicvw.org/eberspacher/manuals Eberspacher Heater Manuals If this is a freebie heater the easy parts in and behind the dash are well worth saving. Timer, Thermostat, Safety Switch, dash wire loom..... Thats about $100.00 worth of used parts if they are still good. Go for it, well worth the 1/2 hour labor to get them. Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westy On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 21:15:04 -0500 The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM> writes: > > I have an rusty, almost totally stripped early 80's Westy. It is > about > > to go to the scrap heap. About the only thing remaining of any > value is > the > > Eberspacher heater. I think it is a BA6. If someone wants to > come pull > it > > out this weekend, it can be saved from the crusher. > > > This is an excellent gas heater and well worth saving; fits any > '72-up Bus > or Vanagon. But be careful - there are many neccessary parts that > are > external to the heater. There are relays and circuit breakers > somewhere > behind the dash (right side as I recall), a separate fuel pump, and > a temp > sensor in the heater conduit near the front of the Vanagon. Omit > them and > you have nothing but a useless furnace body, or a parts donor, as > they are > either unavailable or horribly expensive new. Somewhere on > type2.com there > is (or was) a copy of my original BA6 factory service manual, which > Darrell > Boehler was nice enough to scan some years ago for the archives. > Assuming > it's still there, it pictures all of the individual parts, and also > provides > info for assembling/testing/repairing the unit. > > - Ron Salmon > The Bus Depot, Inc. > (215) 234-VWVW > www.busdepot.com > > _____________________________________________ > Toll-Free for Orders by Part # 1-866-BUS-DEPOT > |
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