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Date:         Wed, 28 Jan 2015 21:14:02 -0800
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Gas heaters...was Re: Heater
Comments: To: Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
In-Reply-To:  <E442907E-5E2D-4024-BD75-2CDD4C3F608C@NBNET.NB.CA>
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I can't say, I didn't think there was a stock air blowing heater in North American late model vans. There was a diesel fuelled heater in 82/83 diesel vans (option), and of course the air cooled vans had the heater option. I can't recall off hand what range of heater options there was in Europe.

Alistair

> On Jan 28, 2015, at 7:13 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote: > > Alistair, > > That is what I suspected from my digging on-line. > > Any idea what type of heater may be under my 1988 Westy - I'd get pictures, but the Hyena is in storage. > > Was the Eberspacher ever installed in a location other than under the rear bench? > > Roy > >> On 28-Jan-2015, at 22:36, Alistair Bell wrote: >> >> My bbw46 was mounted in engine compartment, left hand side wall. That and an octopus of additional coolant hoses. >> >> Was option here in Canada. >> >> Alistair >> >> >> >>> On Jan 28, 2015, at 2:40 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote: >>> >>> 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.. >


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