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Date:         Thu, 29 Jan 2015 12:51:33 +0000
Reply-To:     J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Gas heaters...was Re: Heater
Comments: To: Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
In-Reply-To:  <E454B56E-458B-415B-A20F-B77BFD114DC4@NBNet.nb.ca>
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A former '84 Vanagon Westy of mine (THE one I never should have sold) had this exact same gas heater, and I'm pretty sure it was factory installed. During the time I owned this van, my daughter was in high school and in cheer leading. I'd go pick her up from practice/games and sit out in the parking lot waiting for her with just the gas heater running-that thing was great! When I first got this van from the original owners granddaughter, in addition to a seized engine the gas heater didn't work. Two problems with the heater: one of the two fuses had corroded away into dust, and a mouse had taken up residence in the tailpipe. The mouse sure was surprised when I replaced the fuse and the heater fired up! Jeff

----- Original Message -----

> Mine is definitely an air-blowing heater and the installation looks to be > factory ... or a very well done dealer installation. > The heater unit is aft of the fuel tank, but not on the centreline of the > vehicle; it is offset to the driver's side. There is an exhaust which comes > out from under the shield to the side of the van.

> I guess I will have to drop the shield when the Hyena comes out of storage > this spring and see what lives inside. I am familiar with the DA6, but have > always encountered it mounted under the rear bench on the passengers side > with ductwork up under the bench. I also have an older {non functional} > Eberspacher on my '66 which is mounted under the rear bench.

> The ductwork coming from this heater has outlets under the drivers seat and > behind the front seats and walkthrough (aimed back at the cabin). The timer > is mechanical - the little green knob you push/pull and turn - as we had in > an older bread loaf (which was an Eberspacher). The vehicle owners manual > describes how to use the timer, but makes no mention of what type of heater > is on the other end.

> Roy

> On 29-Jan-2015, at 02:54, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

> > In a message dated 1/28/2015 5:40:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > > RNicholl@NBNet.nb.ca writes: > > 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. > > > > the gas fueled coolant preheater - webasto BBW46- was installed in the > > engine compartment. it had a little digital control readout mounted under > > the dash this coolant preheater was an option on waterboxer vanagons in > > canada. > > > > what your describing on your '88 westy,sounds like it is indeed a > > Eberspacher BA6. can you install a Eberspacher BA6 on a waterboxer > > vanagon? Sure you can. ive sold them to people who have done it and have > > one here that i plan to install in my '89 westy (someday) You just do some > > custom ductwork and it will work fine. Did volkswagen install the > > Eberspacher BA6 in waterboxer vanagons from the factory? not to my > > knowledge.. but your in canada, so it may be different up there. does the > > installation look factory, or custom? you describe the heater unit as > > being mounted under the drivers side of your vanagon - volkswagen mounted > > them under the CENTER of the vanagon.. behind the gas tank. not on the > > drivers side.


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