I need some help with my 1970ish Espar diesel heater for my 42 foot Monk trawler. It's been working great all winter keeping us warm here in the Gulf Islands but stopped the other day with no warning. All it does now is "run" a small internal motor (?fan) for about 30 seconds and then it shuts off with an audible click. There is a red indented plastic toggle switch which, if clicked over, allows the same truncated process to occur again. The fuel is fresh stove oil in a new, topped-up, aluminum fuel tank. All connections appear OK. All I have is a few pages of brief installation instructions and no operation manual. The red toggle switch is on the side of a box on top of the Espar heater which also has a red push button which does not seem to activate anything when pushed. After one of the brief cycles that box is warm to the touch. It is a type X 3, model # 25 8585 (12 volt) Espar. Any ideas would be appreciated. I suspect a pilot light is out or some such problem. By the way, I understand these heaters are hard to repair as the gaskets and other parts are no longer available. Thanks, Murray Archdekin 1970 42 ft. Monk

murray wrote: > I need some help with my 1970ish Espar diesel heater Murray - there is nothing wrong with your heater, it just decided that it is now spring and you don't need it any more this year <VBG> After all I cut the grass today so it can't be that you really need the heat! Sorry - could not resist but also I can't help with your problem either. Good luck, take care out in those wild islands John Tones "Penta" Sidney, BC