[Vwdiesel] To warm

[Arkady Mirvis]

Once Eberspaecher air heater, emitting 16,000 BTU/HR, was installed in, cold 
be this in Beetle or bus, and Vanagon air or water, cold was a history. 
Operated by timer the heater pre-warmed the vehicle and by thus guaranteed 
comfort in the severest frost. I also did installation of engine - cab 
heaters in large 18-wheelers tractor trailers. These 5 Kilowatts heaters 
would preheat large diesel to 158 deg.F in 30 minutes. One needed to turn 
factory installed heater ( standard ) for cab heating and Eberspaecher would 
provide a heaven. Once preset temp was reached the heater would go into 
half-mode. Gasoline or diesel burning heaters are very safe and economical 
devices.
Not that difficult to install.
Questions are welcome.    Ark Mirvis


-----Original Message----- 
From: Andrew .Libby
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 4:26 PM
To: LBaird119 at aol.com
Cc: vwfans vwdiesel
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Too cold

I had a '69 beetle a little over 20 years ago.  It would melt you out of
the car if you were driving on the freeway and then you'd freeze when you
came to a stop and idled and the hot air was no longer being pushed
forward...  The last air-cooled vanagon I owned was very similar.  My '74
bus never had good heat, but the heater boxes and tube to the front was
rotted.


On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 12:51 AM, <lbaird119 at aol.com> wrote:

>
>   Machinist I had one time, was laughing at the fogged up Type 1 that went
> by the shop one day.  Local, foreign parts house owner had recently told 
> me
> that if you seal everything up good, they had GOOD heat. Scot then
> proceeded to say "yeah, if you build a fire!"  I said Dave also claimed
> that a bus had ok heat and was really comfy if you hung a blanket across,
> behind the front seats.  Scott then added, a bus WOULD indeed have good
> heat if you built TWO fires!  One in front and one in back!
>   My work van got uncomfortable once it hit the 20's so I used that advice
> and would staple a pad wrapper (sheet of plastic) behind the front seat
> area.  Made a HUGE difference between being cold and fairly comfy.  (high
> performance 350 engine).
>    Loren
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Hansen <jhsg at sasktel.net>
> To: lbaird119 <lbaird119 at aol.com>; vwdiesel <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Sun, Feb 9, 2014 3:14 pm
> Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] Too cold
>
>
> Heck, I drove a 73 bus all winter one year when I was much younger.  Now
> hat was a skimobile.  There was enough heat just off the manifolds for up
> o -20C.  After that, if you pulled onto the highway and got up to speed,
> he heat loss out the front was so impressively fast, you could feel a
> reeze generated by the convection.  Buddy and I used to laugh about the
> hermal black hole it had on the front that operated at highway speed.  In
> he city, I bet it was warmer than most cars, even without the aux heater.
> james
>
>
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