George and gas......heater that is

When I bought my used IM from Henry I asked about a gas heater. Henry said, "gas heaters and fiberglass don't mix". So, what gives with your new IM?
Ron

What gives is that Henry will be fitting the small Espar gas heater on my car; location is between the gas tank and bulkhead near the windshield wiper motor. He said he will have to do some fibreglass modification to make it fit. Espar diesel heaters are used in fibreglass truck cabs and boats. Maybe you misunderstood him, or vice versa?.

You do have to be careful to isolate the exhaust (from the heat exchanger) and any other hot parts from direct contact with fibreglass or other inflammable surfaces. Espar furnishes brackets and mounting plates for proper installation.

If you bought a used IM it's possible that there may not have been any good locations on that particular car to mount an Espar.

(Message Edited 1/10/2003 10:11:41 AM)

Where do the fumes go with a gas heater... There was one in my old Morris Minor Traveler but I took out before ever using it. (I think the heater had more horsepower than the car)... and was that a typo regarding keeping something away from flamable material or 'inflamable' material as posted?
Thinking about additional heat,
MM

Hey George..wouldn't it be nice to get your new Speedster on the cover of HotVW or VWTrends? Just a thought.
Ron

Paul,
Silly american, inflammable is the same as flammable. We just royally screw over the queens english. Ta-Ta
-=theron

My Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary states that inflammable means "Easily excited or aroused"...maybe that's what George meant.
Ron

Ron, I'd rather have my picture on the cover of "Rolling Stone"...

Flammable means the same as inflammable. Fat chance means the same as slim chance. When you stop by your English girlfriends house and knock on her door, you are "knocking her up". Is it any wonder most of the world speaks English but no one communicates?

George, is the Espar one of the older types or a newer model? I sold the remaining old VW gas heaters I had and have been browsing Ebay Germany looking for a reasonably priced Webasto Air Top heater. (Air Top has forced air while the Thermo Top heats coolant) The new models seem to be safer that the old VW units and much smaller (Max about 6x9x4). Is your Espar unit anything like that?

Brian

It's a new B1LC Espar (B1LC is gasoline, D1LC is Diesel), but they haven't changed much over the years. IT is 14.17" long with the end cap (hose for hot air output fits on the end cap), 5.22' high to base of mounting plate (fresh air intake and hot exhaust pipes protrude past this mounting plate about 3/4"), and 4.90" wide (but you have to allow clearance at the width for changing the glow plug when it becomes necessary).