This week I do a DIY video on how to save money repairing your VW Beetle heater boxes. Not a diesel heater, but repairing your factory german heater boxes on your classic Bug. Cheap easy DIY and How to Video.
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Great video. AWSOME!!! Explained it very well. Here is a way to test for exhaust leaks. https://youtu.be/7mpvuNVFRxM
Great video! But I have a question: At 25:09, you tell us that we shouldn't…" let this stick to this" meaning that the outer shell of the heater box should not be fastened to the inner j-tube. Then again at 25:27, you state that the outer shell should not be glued to the inner exhaust tube. You say that this inner tube should be able to move. What is the reason for this? It seems to me that those places could let warm air escape? What am I missing?
That's a great fix ! At about 25:30 You mentioned not to seal the shield to the pipe that clamps to the muffler….why is that ? You said it needed to move a bit freely there ?
Great video. Thanks for taking time to go through the heating set up and how air moves through the system.
Very helpful tip/how to video. When you were saying that the pipe inside the heater box is essentially just a J tube Is it the same inner diameter as an aftermarket J tube. People on the samba and VW Parts distributor seem to suggest that inch and three eights J tube which fits into the stock muffler are somehow bigger than the J pipes inside the heat exchangers Or somehow flow better than the heat exchangers do you know if the heat exchangers exhaust pipe is inch and 3/8 or of the same diameter as the typical J tube for an inch and 3H exhaust system?
I bought some used/new heater boxes locally for $120
PS —- Speaking of Saving Money , Don't forget to put Heather's paint brush back where you found it — maybe she won't notice that way you can use it again —– Good Ah!
Not stupid at all, it will be of great help for a lot of folks. You did a great job and thanks for sharing how you did it. Another way you can go and this is what I did, I looked into Facebook marketplace and you will find somebody selling the heaters. I bought a nice pair of heaters for 70 bucks, included one carburetor, air filter, heater hoses, alternator, and piston tins, all for 70 bucks. So keep searching and you will find them.
Awesome! I was really struggling to spend $500 on heater boxes when I bought the bug for $1,500!
I got 2 heater boxes that came with Lucy when I bought her so I see project in my horizon
did the same thing on my 73 novas hooker headers back when i was a no money kid thx for the memories lol
Yeah maybe home projects and adventures .
That came out like original I've thrown out hundreds of them because of the pin holes and replaced with jtubes and regret it when the weather drops
jB weld is great, makes sense. My opinion on the second channel is, do what you two are passionate about, whatever that might be, cooking, DYI , travel, I think that’s why Your VW channel works, you can tell You really care about VWs and it’s a passion.
That's a great repair! I was thinking about not having heat but it can be had easily now. Stole Heather's brush. Thought you would have learned your lesson with the towels.