H1 USAF ground support heater and trailer
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H1 USAF ground support heater and trailer
I just picked this up today, I cant find much about it but it looks all original the engine is free inside as well,from what I have seen its some sort of engine heater,but im unsure of its use any of you out there know what its used for, not to sure what im going to do with it either but it is pretty cool.
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Re: H1 USAF ground support heater and trailer
I know this is an old thread...but man...those little H1s saved my butt many of nights in Germany...a gasoline burning heater with a blower that put out forced hot air...used to help keep us warm, help cure adhesives on aircraft repairs in freezing temps...just a great all around little heater...wish I had one...
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Re: H1 USAF ground support heater and trailer
So this is a rabbit hole I just fell down since I'm working on buying a WW2 era maintenance tent. Seems the Quartermaster Corps determined the "Herman Nelson Self-Powered Unit Heater" used by the AAF for heating aircraft engines was suitable for heating up the maintenance tent. Yours is a later model and in fact Herman Nelson is still in business. It appears the original ones had an engine for driving the blower, and part of the ignition system also fired the heater. Therefore the entire unit was self contained, self powered with no need for external electrical power.
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1945 Corps of Engineers Welder & Trailer
1943 G518 "Ben Hur" Trailer Steel Body
194* G518 "Ben Hur" Trailer Composite Body
http://g518parts.com/
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Re: H1 USAF ground support heater and trailer
I have one of those WWII Herman-Nelson heaters used by the AAF.
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oooh. Can we see pictures? I found very little online for the Herman Nelson from WW2. Found a bit more for the Stewart Warner version.
Matt
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1970 Kaiser Jeep DJ-5A Left Hand Drive
1945 Corps of Engineers Welder & Trailer
1943 G518 "Ben Hur" Trailer Steel Body
194* G518 "Ben Hur" Trailer Composite Body
http://g518parts.com/
1945 Corps of Engineers Welder & Trailer
1943 G518 "Ben Hur" Trailer Steel Body
194* G518 "Ben Hur" Trailer Composite Body
http://g518parts.com/
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Sure.... I'll have to figure out how to upload them.
Tim
1945 WC-57 81674456
1944 WC-52 81750129
1945 MB 430629
1943 Ford GPW133609
1943 Ben Hur 0347395 (Gertstenlager)
1945 WC-57 81674456
1944 WC-52 81750129
1945 MB 430629
1943 Ford GPW133609
1943 Ben Hur 0347395 (Gertstenlager)
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Re: H1 USAF ground support heater and trailer
1970 Kaiser Jeep DJ-5A Left Hand Drive
1945 Corps of Engineers Welder & Trailer
1943 G518 "Ben Hur" Trailer Steel Body
194* G518 "Ben Hur" Trailer Composite Body
http://g518parts.com/
1945 Corps of Engineers Welder & Trailer
1943 G518 "Ben Hur" Trailer Steel Body
194* G518 "Ben Hur" Trailer Composite Body
http://g518parts.com/
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Re: H1 USAF ground support heater and trailer
I've been looking for any kind of information, service manuals, etc for H 1 heater. We just bought it and it worked fine for 1 day. And with limited knowledge we're havin a hard time. This one was mfd by Engineered air systems Inc. The engin is British made.
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Re: H1 USAF ground support heater and trailer
I have some service manuals for your heater in PDF format. I also have a H! heater in my garage. PM me with your email address and I will send you what i have and some pictures to compare.
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E-mail sent
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Re: H1 USAF ground support heater and trailer
I see this is an older post. I have 2 of these units! One for sale with all accessories and a second complete unit. Air Force models.
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I have a unit in my garage that I can not get the engine to start. I would love some help to get the engine to run, See Pictures below
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Re: H1 USAF ground support heater and trailer
Redlight, i just got a HM h1 ground support heater, i have the engine and burner ignitor working, but now i need to work on the fuel pressure pump, in my research, i saw you had some PDFs on this unit, as always, more info is better than less, and i would love to see it run again, and thats how i joined this forum, in the hope you could email me those PDFs, you will never realize , how much that would be appreciated, thanks in advance, Dan
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I sent you 4 emails. let me know if you get them
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