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Re: Upgrading the Heater

To: GSTROM99@aol.com
Subject: Re: Upgrading the Heater
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 19:54:03 -0500
At 07:36 PM 12/7/01 EST, GSTROM99@aol.com wrote:
>Of course, some REALLY brave could adapt one of those old VW gas heaters to 
>their Alpine.  Stand back when it ignites!!
>
>Man, those things always scared me to death!  We HATED it when some guy
would 
>bring in a Type 3 or 4 and asked us to fix the damn thing.  Very scary.

Well, the Borg-Warner units were pretty reliable.  They still supply parts
and the units might still be available new.  At least, a company in
Colorado claims to have some unused sets but, then, these might be NOS.
But they do go "WHOOMP!" when you fire them off.

Marc

msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
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