Date:         Wed, 28 Jan 2015 18:40:30 -0400
Reply-To:     Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
Subject:      Re: Gas heaters...was Re: Heater
Comments: To: JordanVw@AOL.COM
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Jordan et all:

Where was the BBW46 installed?   Was it under the rear bench on the passenger side?

In the Hyena (our 1988 WBX Westfalia), I have a gas heater which does not work - the fan comes on, but no heat.  It has the green-knobed manual timer in the dash just below the heater controls like that which was present in our old 1972 Westfalia.

However the heater itself appears to contained under the drivers side of the van above/in a large metal shield/encasement which looks like an oversized catalytic converter.

I did not have time to dig into it last summer, but when I take the Hyena out of storage this spring, I'd like to attempt to get it working.

Roy


On 27-Jan-2015, at 20:31, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 1/27/2015 7:24:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> JordanVw@AOL.COM writes:
> 
> well  then its NOT a Eberspacher BA6.   its a Webasto   BBW46.   google it
> and you will see some repair  manuals.
> 
> Eberspacher BA6's were not used on the watercooled  vanagons.
> 
> 
> 
> my comment above is not entirely correct. i meant to say the Eberspacher
> BA6 was not used on WATERBOXER vaagons.    the watercooled diesel  vanagon
> used a Eberspacher gas heater, but it was called the DA6.    You can add a BA6
> to a waterboxer vanagon is you do some custom ducting, but vw  never used
> them on the waterboxers.  the Webasto BBW46 was the gas heater  used on the
> waterboxers..