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tintoy Commited Dubber

72 posts · joined Apr 2010 ·

#834581
I purchased a VW Volkswagen type 3 heater fan tubes and switches off ebay.....Has any ever fitted one of these to a 68 notchback and or know how they are fitted?

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#834587
??? you mean you bought electric heaters?

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#834613
tintoy wrote:I purchased a VW Volkswagen type 3 heater fan tubes and switches off ebay....
Has any ever fitted one of these to a 68 notchback and or know how they are fitted?
Hi

I think the type 3 variant I had many years ago had a fan to blow fresh air...
they had round nozzles in the dash for the fresh air...

the VW heater doesn't need a fan...
its blown from the engine....

remember nothing is impossible...
just a darn sight harder...

You may need more behind the dash plastic hose connections.
I don't know if they can be fitted easily...

LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

clockwork Learner Dubber

16 posts · joined Feb 2011 ·

#834628
My 71 has an 'Ambulance Fan' as fitted at the factory, it definately blows cold air up to the screen and through the dash, haven't got the heating working yet so can't confirm if it assists the warm air generated by the engine but it's definately not a stand alone heater.

Si
http://www.vwtype3and4club.org.uk/forum/

rebel Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Jun 2008 ·

#834667
The fans will blow fresh air or warm air from your engine which works fine in winter but a rubber mat put on your windscreen will keep the frost off!

tintoy Commited Dubber

72 posts · joined Apr 2010 ·

#834764
Thanks for all the feedback.