Date:         Thu, 21 Feb 2002 20:34:36 -0600
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Eberspacher BA6 ? heater from old van available
Comments: To: vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM
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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
>
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