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On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 11:16, Everett Barnes wrote: > >>>Where is the red glow coming from in the "flame on" photo? > >>> > >> That is the heat outlet before it enters the hose leading to the interior. > >> > >Do you mean that there's an externally visible piece of metal that is glowing > like this? I'm not familiar with these, but that seems dangerous. > > > No, I had the big hose from the heater to the interior removed and looked > in there. > > >BTW, I think when VW started offering these as factory options around 71, > the trunk-installed units came with a metal "divider/barrier" that kept > other things in the trunk from getting over against the heater. > > > Thanks, it did get very hot at the one end. I'll remove all my flammable > stuff if I decide to drive with it on. > Just thought of something concerning the smoking. Check the voltage at the heater. It should be 6V or above. Low voltage means means low combustion blower speed. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org