Cheers , gonna check mine out tomorrow as never had any heat since I bought it last year . Good to see the system and hose locations .

G Morn Rob,excellent advise,much needed &Appreciated,rgds&best wishes Steve&Theresa Rainham Essex England

Cheers thankyou,rgds Steve

Great video! Growing up in the 60’s we had a couple busses don’t remember much heat, I’m 65 now and it’s nice to see how they’re supposed to work, I’ll bet they were hot when new or just all in tack, if I owned one today I’d get it working and extra insulation on that long run and every where I could wrap it, thanks for the video!!!

Good vid, thanks for the overview!

Thanks for the video Rob!

Thanks for the explanation. The after market header exhaust on my bus and broken at a weld joint and I am trying to decide what type of exhaust to replace it with and leaning towards stock exhaust/heater box. Luckily I still have the duct to the front of the bus and my fan shroud has the air flow ports. Though a sidewinder exhaust just looks cool.

Don't know if u've been to west coast US before, but it snows a bit. My 65 bus with stock heater worked great as had all my other VW heaters. They just have to be maintained . Great video.

I drive a 71 westy year around in Alaska and the system will work I get workable heat down to about 25F so yes they will put out heat.

Thanks for revealing the heating system with the air-cooled Beetle engine. it is new for me and would be a good idea to do some experiments and record the temperatures inside and outside the car-cabin with and without the heat exchange working. What if I live in a hot country! How can I improve air cooling for my Beetle engine only. Do these heaters help cool the engine while traveling? Or will removing it will cool the engine more efficiently? best regards

My VW 411 had an auxiliary gasoline heater.

I have a 76 Bay Westy. It has the flat boxer motor 1800. The heater fan is working but I don't feel any heat coming out of anywhere. What could I be missing?. Thanks for the video.

Great overview thank you ... I am trying to work out my heating system that seems to have four cables but only the=ree levers? Wish me luck!

@spoofedpacketdotnet

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I think one of the levers controls two cables for the heat exchanger flaps if that makes sense. Good luck with the resto!

Hi Rob,we're about to buy,a 1972t21600cc van,and wonder can the heat exchangers be changed without removing the Engine.manythanks&rgds Steve&Theresa

@spoofedpacketdotnet

10 ай бұрын

Yep! It's a bit fiddly, but they can be changed without pulling the engine

A tour of the heating system... or lack thereof! 😀 Is your heating working to any great degree now?

@spoofedpacketdotnet

3 жыл бұрын

No I've disabled it for the moment as it was letting exhaust fumes into the cab, which is ... undesirable :) The plan is to source some decent (non-leaky) heat exchangers to replace the ones that are there at the moment. The pipework behind the dashboard is largely missing too, so I'll need to source that from somewhere. I also have some new cables to fit so hopefully we can get the controls working properly.

I have the smell of fumes when My heater leaver is up does that mean the heat exchangers are rusted?

@spoofedpacketdotnet

2 жыл бұрын

Yep that probably means the inner part of the exchanger is rusted out and leaking exhaust gases into the heater ducts. I would keep the heater closed up until you replace the exchanger as the fan will be pumping carbon monoxide into the vehicle!

Lord maintaining these was SO much harder when I had my first Bug in 1980s!! God bless KZread, eh? 5 years I put up with barely any heat in my 61 Bug! And scraping ice off the inside of the screen in Winter as I drove along!🤣🤣 I coulda fixed it easy if we’s had the internet back then! You millennials don’t know how lucky you are!! Spoiled!!! All we had was a Haynes manual and, if we were lucky, a handy VW loving mate!!

Thanks for this. I have a ‘79 and have looking at the ways to heat the van whilst driving, over winter. I thought ‘why don’t I just get the original system set up correctly?’ But then worried that it might not be very warm, but you’ve assured me that it’s absolutely the best thing to do! 😊

@antoniopalmero4063

4 ай бұрын

If it’s working correctly it’s pretty effective, make sure that your heat exchangers are good and not letting exhaust fumes into the cab .😮.

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