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 65square
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| posted on September 30th, 2003 at 08:16 PM |
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Heater Boxes - Keep or Turf??
Just thinking about the next stage on rebuilding the square. I'm wondering if I should keep the heat exchangers etc or bin the lot & go for J
tubes & no heat (not that there was much anyway!)
What do you reckon?? I'm not concerned about the originality or any performance gains, I guess I'm lazy & looking for an
"easy" rebuild!
Also is there anything else that would need doing if the heat exchangers were removed??
Ta!
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KruizinKombi
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| posted on September 30th, 2003 at 08:26 PM |
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Keep the boxes. You need a demister for roadworthy and without the heater boxes you'll be like all the others I've seen on here looking for
an electric heater.
Kruizin Kol
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baybuscamperkid
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| posted on September 30th, 2003 at 08:39 PM |
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Col, u sure about that demister thing? im pretty sure my bus was registered without a heater of any description, unless that odd fan-like contraption
under the seat...
Reimagined/Recycled/Upcycled Cool
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 Bizarre
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| posted on September 30th, 2003 at 08:40 PM |
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Do yourself the biggest favour since the old slice bread was invented
Keep the heater boxes AND weld flanges to the end of them. Weld matching flanges (same as bolts on to cylinders 2 & 4)
No more leaks
You will look forward to winter just so as you can use your heater
A breeze to pull your header on and off.
Costs all of $5.00 (just helps to have the motor out)
Futue te ipsum!!!
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68AutoBug
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| posted on September 30th, 2003 at 11:30 PM |
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Yes the flanges are the way to go and VW should have added them anyway.
I run heater boxes in the winter and j pipes in the summer....
Lee
- [size=4]Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY--- [/size]
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65square
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| posted on October 1st, 2003 at 02:28 PM |
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Looks like they'll have to stay! They seem to be inpretty good nick, at least they do work.
Now, the next thing is cables etc. My controls on the centre tunnel won't stay open. After a minute or so they close themselves, any ideas as to
where I should start tinkering??
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