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For those of you who may have an M-43 ambulance, has anyone of you been brave enough to fire up the patient compartment gas fired heater? Mine looks like it's never been used, but I'm real leery of having a gasoline "bomb" right behind my seat. I'm tempted to take it out, put it on the driveway, and test it there......OUTSIDE of the ambulance. But mainly just wondering if anyone has tried theirs, and if you are even using it!
TK
M-43 heater
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M-43 heater
Terry K.
1953 USAF M-43
Hillsboro OR
Vietnam Vet, USN
1953 USAF M-43
Hillsboro OR
Vietnam Vet, USN
Re: M-43 heater
I don't have one, I have an M42 technically, but I would be really nervous about using that! 
Re: M-43 heater
Why is everyone so nervous? They use gas fired heaters in airplanes. And my corvair. Restore the wiring, check the limit switches and go.
"It may be ugly, but at least it is slow!"
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I believe the same company made the one used in corvairs. best heater I ever had. they have fail safe systems built into them. it will shut down if things are not running right. engineers werent dummies back then. if wiring is still sound fire it up. i bet they are still being used up in super cold climates.
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The M43 I drove for years had rh patient heater and the front compartment gas fired heater, NEVER an issue with either of them.
You have heat in about 1 minute. And so nice and toasty.
You have heat in about 1 minute. And so nice and toasty.