Ahh the dreaded Mcode 666, the dealer hack. -----Original Message----- >From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Feb 20, 2008 8:02 PM >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [tcb] Re: For Those Tryin' to Reach Matt Weatherley > >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 Weatherley >>> >>> Yeah, 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 Weatherley >>>>> >>>>> I 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > >