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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Well done. There's nothing quite like driving your own Type 3 for giving you a good start to the day. > Our next project is to install a fan motor (or 2) to have my heater actually > blow heat. The stock heaters pump out pretty good heat if working right unless the engine is only running slowly. I guess I'm talking fairly temperate climate - in frost it takes quite a few minutes to warm the inside. If you regularly drive in freezing conditions, the only real solution is a petrol(UK)/gas(USA) or maybe LPG heater. Make sure the cables open the control valve fully on the heat exchangers, and that there aren't any rust holes in the heater pipes. You can't see inside the sills easily, so take a look at the ends and see if there are holes. You can undo the lower front fender bolts and ease the fender away to check behind for rust. The slots in the front footwell also give an idea of the rust status. There's a big blast of air from the fan for the heater that you won't improve on unless you install a reheating system for the cabin air. That would need cutting through the rear bulkhead unless maybe you could extract it from one rear inlet and return it through the other - might still be warmer than heating cold air each time. I wonder if anyone has done this. It still needs powerful fans to achieve more airflow than the standard system does, but reheating would mean a slower flow was acceptable. There is also the possibility of heat exchanger (and engine) overheating if you intercept the airflow through that. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>