I found a thread on theSamba that kind of laid this out. Basically a dealer install in Canada.It looks like a Hup heater was installed in the front spare tire area and cut into the front floor area between the drivers and passengers seat. The install pictures that I saw were truly horrible; hacked the heater duct work with a cutting torch. Now that I found out that Gene Berg and A1 both make larger bore heater boxes for big motors, I am not that concerned with gas heat anymore.
Will Wood wrote:
That wasn't factory, SW and Eiberspachers were in the Engine compartment and the heat was plumbed into the left side inlet of the central heat tube under the bus. If you think about it, you'd have to plumb a fuel line from the back and route the exhaust out, underneath or out the side. Also, putting an Eiberspacher *inside* the passenger compartment means that combustion and heating air is drawn from the inside as well. There *may* be a hack involved here, but I'm not truly aware of an Mcode for this. -----Original Message-----From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Feb 20, 2008 3:39 PM To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [tcb] Re: For Those Tryin' to Reach Matt WeatherleyYeah, I got that part, but I was wondering how the heater output is run when it is mounted in the front spare tire area. Like, was there a hole cut in the seat pedestal and the heat came out next to your right heal or what?Will Wood wrote:The Gas Heater option in the busses eliminated the spare tire mount (64-up) in the rear tray area. With the dimple into the engine compartment there wasn't a way to maintain that spare tire hole.Walkthrus also had opportunities as well. -----Original Message-----From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Feb 20, 2008 9:03 AM To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [tcb] Re: For Those Tryin' to Reach Matt WeatherleyI wonder where the heater output is when the heater is mounted in the front spare tire area?Anyone have any idea? That is a very interesting way to install the gas heater, I must admit. Neil wrote:He apparently had problems with his email...here is his latest ad on the Samba: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=572138 ____________________________________________________________________________________Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ