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 pete wood
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| posted on May 14th, 2005 at 04:53 PM |
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what do you use for a heater tap?
I'm thinking about putting a heater in my buggy soon. Don't have bug heater ducts any more so I'll have to run pipes up to the fan unit under the
dash, what do people use for a heater tap?
I was thinking a big brass ag type tap and put the pipework under a false floor on the passengers side. any other idea?
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| posted on May 14th, 2005 at 07:06 PM |
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Alot of older cars have simple three way taps operated by cable (I got mine from an old accord ) open and you have water flow, close and the water
returns to the cold side of your radiator piping.
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| posted on May 14th, 2005 at 07:51 PM |
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fords have a simple through tap on one side of heater piping ,only drawback vacum operated but that could be overcome
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| posted on May 14th, 2005 at 08:59 PM |
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Hi
I had one off some jap car on my yellow bug, I used the stock heater cable to control it.
Steve
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| posted on May 14th, 2005 at 09:11 PM |
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Renn,
was your's in a bug or a Kombi?
Steve, I assume you were using the heater channels in the bottom of your bug, right?
I've got no heater channels, but I think I have an idea for something. 
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| posted on May 14th, 2005 at 09:32 PM |
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Hi Pete
I did use the heater channels, but you can just run the lines up the front to a heater core. I used a rear Toyota Troppy one for my car. Also check
how Subaru used their tap, some cars need to bypass past the tap and others can just be shut off.
Steve
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| posted on May 15th, 2005 at 01:29 AM |
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head or water pump seal ? more the head
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| posted on May 15th, 2005 at 10:01 PM |
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Kombi I just ran the hot water to a heater core under the dash and boxed it up with a couple of fans.
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| posted on May 16th, 2005 at 03:25 PM |
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what motor are you using Rennwagen?
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| posted on May 17th, 2005 at 08:34 AM |
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It was an ea81 in a bay ute I didnt do the conversion but I did put the heater in both the tap and the core were out of an old honda accord that died
of rust. I also got all the control cables and used the solid wire one to push/pull the tap with a switch for the fans.
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| posted on May 20th, 2005 at 02:54 PM |
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Pete,
The suby EJ motors need to have the water flowing in the heater circuit at all times. If you look in the Suby manual you'll see that they control the
heater function by controlling the air flow through the heater core, NOT by controlling the coolant flow.
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| posted on May 20th, 2005 at 03:05 PM |
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ta, I'll have to think about that then
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