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Date:         Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:14:01 -0500
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: rear heater, was 2.1 L Oil filler tube needed
Comments: To: Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2010082820211675@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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Rob, I don't know where "out here" is, but in my neck o' the prairie, it gets down to around 0 F on occasion, and regularly to around 10 F in winter.

I found the rear heater to be more a space hog than a help with interior temperature. Like I said, I dress warmly in winter. DMc

---- Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > I use my rear heater every winter, out here it gets down to the low > 20's on occasion and the rear heater is great! By the time I've gone > 4 miles the rear heater has warmed up the whole van. > The only time I use the front blower is for defrost if I need it done > before I start driving. > > Rob > becida@comcast.net > > At 8/28/2010 03:32 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote: > >---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: > > > > > there are several things in vanagons that some vanagon owners don't know > > > about. > > > the oil filler extension is one. > > > rear heater valve is another. > > > >Well, I know about the rear heater valve in mine -- or more > >accurately, I know that there isn't one -- rear heater that is. I > >took it out, and ran the coolant hoses right past it, though I did > >use barbs so that a future owner, if any, would be set up to refit > >the heater. I guess If I camped in brutal winter conditions, I'd > >want heat back there going and coming, but heat up front is enough > >for me -- I dress warmly in winter, anyway. > > > >DMc

-- David McNeely


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