I just knew there was a mouse in there!!!!!!!!!
Robert 1982 Westfalia
--- On Sat, 8/9/08, J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net> wrote: > From: J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net> > Subject: Gas Heater & Thanks Robert Keezer!! > To: warmerwagen@yahoo.com > Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com > Date: Saturday, August 9, 2008, 12:49 PM > It may sound strange getting excited about getting a gas > heater working in August, but I am! I have tried half > heartedly to get this thing working for about a year, not > really a priority, since being a former air cooled bus > owner, I've found the heat in the Vanagon to be more > than adequate. But since the thing is there, I wanted it to > work. Anyway, looking through the archives, Bentley, etc. I > had seen mention of two fuses, a 16 and 30 amp. I saw two > separate fuses just to the right of the main fuse block and > thought those were the ones, neither one was blown so I > assumed that wasn't it. Today, however, with Robert > Keezers help, I found two MORE fuses, but located under the > steering column cover. Neither one of those was blown > either, but the 30 amp was LOADED with corrosion. Took it > out and tried to clean it off, but it disintegrated. Cleaned > the fuse block connections and popped in a new fuse and it > the heater came on-or so I thought. The fan kicked on, but > it was just blowing co > ol air, so I turned it off. Let it sit for a while, then > turned it on again, same thing except this time after about > a minute, I heard the furnace kick on, sounded kind of like > a gas furnace in a house kicking on. Saw a puff of smoke > come out from underneath the van and dropped down to have a > look-and was eye to eye with a small brown mouse!!! I'm > guessing he had been making a home in the exhaust pipe of > the heater, and the puff of smoke was his nest burning up. > The mouse took off, and the heater continued to run, cycling > on and off (it is in the mid 80's today) So now I have a > functioning gas heater. I guess I misunderstood its > function, though. I was thought it could be used while > camping, but according to the owners manual, that's not > the case. I know years ago I was at a winter camp out and a > guy was parked next to me with an air cooled Westy with the > gas heater, and it ran all night. I know because there were > no hook ups, and I was freezing my a** off all night while > listening > to the hum of that heater. Oh well, at least its nice to > have it working again. Jeff |
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