1970 beetle gas heater

[purple turd]

I never thought of it that way but youre right. I wasnt thinking combustion air , I was thinking that air was coming in the car. The exhaust deflector is there I just have to extend the intake

[Bruce]

there is a j shaped tube that looks like its supposed to extend the intake into the wheel well. Intake right beside exhaust??

No, the end of the J hooks around the inner fender to draw air up by the steering shaft.  Note, there are two versions of this J pipe.  One has only one curve (will sit flat on a table), the other has an extra bend in it to extend the opening forward.  If your car is lowered, you MUST use the latter, otherwise the J pipe can interfere with the tie rod at full left turn lock.

[purple turd]

I need to get the hose or pipe that connects the j tube to the heater before I can do the final assembly. Im thinkin short piece of 1 inch silicone hose should work

[Bruce]

Originally VW used the thin paper tubing, just like what's used to connect your heater channels to the heat vents in the bottom corners of the windows.  There should be pieces of this at the swap meet coming up.

[purple turd]

I never would have thought it would be so hard to get that tubing but apparently nobody makes 1 inch.i used silicone heater hose. The heater seems to be operating properly but I havent been driving the car this week. Its -20 in the north okanagan and im 5 minutes from work.just easier to drive something newer. Still need to find the on/off control rod to have everything complete. For now a chunk of welding rod works but I would like to make it proper

[pittwagen]

Search is your friend for the hose:

German Supply has the hose new -

http://www.germansupply.com/home/customer/product.php?productid=17466&cat=&page=1

And a local fellow, well known on this site, has it used -

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1566775

[purple turd]

the hose is dealt with, its the control rod that's the issue now.thanks though

[Randy]

Here are a few threads from thesamba that may be of help:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=314546&highlight=eberspacher
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=446965
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=344173

[pittwagen]

Control rod look like this?

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1563572

Looks like it would be pretty easy to make as well.

[purple turd]

yup. it is easy to make. ive already made one but would like to find an original just cuz it wouldn't look out of place as the heater is original to the car.

[purple turd]

This may sound like a dumb question but the on/off switch has 3 positions. Obviously off and on but when u pull the control there is 2 detents. The fan speed doesnt seem to change between 1 and 2 which makes sense if it produces the combustion air. What are the 2 detents?