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RE: [T3] Under chassis gas heater.


>          I seem to remember a thread on here a while
> back concerning a style of gas heater that resided
> under the floorboards on the back. Does anybody have
> any info on this? I seem to remember looking at pics
> of a similar setup on a website listed here as well,
> but did not bookmark it. Anybody?
>
> I have info on the T-4 gas heater that mounted over the tranny on my
web 
> site. Someone else had info on one that was in a T-3.

Well I have a few different gas heater setups-- the bn2 setup that goes
in the front trunk of the t3, the ba4 that goes above the transmission
underneath the car (requires the access plate to actually be cut) that
was installed on late type 3's in Canada and on type 4's (we have 4 of
these, and of every flavor), and a custom setup that my friend and I did
on his fastback-- mounting a ba4 underneath the back seat and using
bilge blowers for recirculating the air (f.y.i. car goes from about
20-30 F to 100 F in 3+ minutes). I'm about to do the install of the
under the front hood model on my square soon, but I can answer any
questions about the custom under the back seat setup and take pictures
if anyone is interested).

Off topic: does anyone have a functional thermostat on their unit- seems
that every unit I have seen (and been told by the type 4 connection that
they have seen the same on dozens of units) the thermostat to keep the
unit operating in the proper temp range doesn't work- it just goes till
the safety cutoff kicks in- gets so hot the powdercoating or similar
looking coating gets scorched.

Charles

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'71 Fastback AT
'66 Fastback MT (IT DRIVES)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org

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