[tcb] Re: For Those Tryin' to Reach Matt Weatherley

  • From: Will Wood <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:26:04 -0600 (GMT-06:00)

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
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>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-----
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>>> 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-----
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>>>>> 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:
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>>>>>> 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
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