These things will actually supply cabin heat, if maintained properly. That
"if" is a big one. If not, they will shoot a three foot flame out the wheel
well, do nothing, or asphyxiate everyone inside the cabin. Like anything
else automotive, they will probably not work properly if repaired with
anything other than genuine replacement parts or the equivalent.

That said, Espar seems to be the current place to buy a new unit. The first
link is to the supplemental air heaters. The second is to the coolant
heater, which could be used in conjunction with the existing cabin heater,
to make a stand alone hydronic heating system, or be the boiler for Bret's
Jeep.

http://www.espar.com/htm/airheat.htm
http://www.espar.com/htm/Specs/water/wterheat.htm

Earle

"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:43D12120.D755B090@sympatico.ca...
> Bret Ludwig wrote:
> >
> > Mike Romain wrote:
> > <<snip>>
> >
> > > I live up in the Great White North and unless I was restoring a
vintage
> > > VW Bug, there is no way I would try to run an air cooled engine. I am
> > > too used to having real hot heat now in my CJ7. I kinda like it. :-)
> > >
> >
> > My brother has a Type III (Squareback) with the Eberspacher gas heater
> > out of an old Type II (bus). They live in South Dakota and when it gets
> > REALLY cold it's the only vehicle they own that starts every time!
> > They use synthetic oil and a huge surplus aircraft nicad battery. I
> > think if the engine doesn't start they just drive it on the starter.
> >
> > I'm doing my homework now on "gas" heaters that also run on diesel. I
> > think they will since South Wind aircraft heaters are common to cabin
> > class recip and turbine twins.
>
> I remember the VW gas heater... Hit the switch just right on that and
> it would send a 3' shot of flame out the front wheelwell...
>
> When it did actually work, I still needed a scraper in one hand to keep
> the windshield ice free on the inside.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

 

These things will actually supply cabin heat, if maintained properly. That
"if" is a big one. If not, they will shoot a three foot flame out the wheel
well, do nothing, or asphyxiate everyone inside the cabin. Like anything
else automotive, they will probably not work properly if repaired with
anything other than genuine replacement parts or the equivalent.

That said, Espar seems to be the current place to buy a new unit. The first
link is to the supplemental air heaters. The second is to the coolant
heater, which could be used in conjunction with the existing cabin heater,
to make a stand alone hydronic heating system, or be the boiler for Bret's
Jeep.

http://www.espar.com/htm/airheat.htm
http://www.espar.com/htm/Specs/water/wterheat.htm

Earle

"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:43D12120.D755B090@sympatico.ca...
> Bret Ludwig wrote:
> >
> > Mike Romain wrote:
> > <<snip>>
> >
> > > I live up in the Great White North and unless I was restoring a
vintage
> > > VW Bug, there is no way I would try to run an air cooled engine. I am
> > > too used to having real hot heat now in my CJ7. I kinda like it. :-)
> > >
> >
> > My brother has a Type III (Squareback) with the Eberspacher gas heater
> > out of an old Type II (bus). They live in South Dakota and when it gets
> > REALLY cold it's the only vehicle they own that starts every time!
> > They use synthetic oil and a huge surplus aircraft nicad battery. I
> > think if the engine doesn't start they just drive it on the starter.
> >
> > I'm doing my homework now on "gas" heaters that also run on diesel. I
> > think they will since South Wind aircraft heaters are common to cabin
> > class recip and turbine twins.
>
> I remember the VW gas heater... Hit the switch just right on that and
> it would send a 3' shot of flame out the front wheelwell...
>
> When it did actually work, I still needed a scraper in one hand to keep
> the windshield ice free on the inside.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

 

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"Earle Horton" <nurse--NOSPAM--busters@msn.com> wrote in message
news:43d14187$0$31812$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> These things will actually supply cabin heat, if maintained properly.
> That
> "if" is a big one. If not, they will shoot a three foot flame out the
> wheel

I'm a retired equipment operator. On a lot of cranes that I operated there
were
propane fired heaters that did a great job of keeping the cab comfortable
and
kept the glass fog free which is how we were able to convince the company to
keep the cranes
supplied with plenty of 5 gal propane tanks, visibility = safety.

 

snip
"Earle Horton" <nurse--NOSPAM--busters@msn.com> wrote in message
news:43d14187$0$31812$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> These things will actually supply cabin heat, if maintained properly.
> That
> "if" is a big one. If not, they will shoot a three foot flame out the
> wheel

I'm a retired equipment operator. On a lot of cranes that I operated there
were
propane fired heaters that did a great job of keeping the cab comfortable
and
kept the glass fog free which is how we were able to convince the company to
keep the cranes
supplied with plenty of 5 gal propane tanks, visibility = safety.

 

snip
"Earle Horton" <nurse--NOSPAM--busters@msn.com> wrote in message
news:43d14187$0$31812$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> These things will actually supply cabin heat, if maintained properly.
> That
> "if" is a big one. If not, they will shoot a three foot flame out the
> wheel

I'm a retired equipment operator. On a lot of cranes that I operated there
were
propane fired heaters that did a great job of keeping the cab comfortable
and
kept the glass fog free which is how we were able to convince the company to
keep the cranes
supplied with plenty of 5 gal propane tanks, visibility = safety.