Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 07:45:23 -0400
Reply-To: Tim <hanninkt@ix.netcom.com>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Tim <hanninkt@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Now that the dash is off . . .
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
I figured out the answer to question number 2 while driving back from
Michigan this week. The foam filled bag blocks the airflow into the drivers
door. This maximizes the airflow through the passenger side door and to the
vents above the sliding door when the bottom ventilation control is open.
Happy Fathers Day! We're headed to Daytona Beach for the day.
TIm Hannink
Winter Park Florida
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Perdue" <marcperdue@adelphia.net>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 1:29 AM
Subject: Now that the dash is off . . .
> It occurred to me that this might be a prime time to offer up a learning
> experience to any one who's interested. I've got the dash out of my '87
> Westy right now and will be attempting to pull the heater/ventilation
> fan to clean up and lube the bearings (if they're lubeable . . .). If
> there are any volks out there who are newbies like myself to this
> Vanagon world (or not) and are curious about any of the stuff that's
> under the dash, I'd be happy to report on my findings . . .
>
> I'll tell you one thing already . . . there's no better way to actually
> visualize what all those little heater/vent controls are doing, than to
> actually hold the flapper unit in your hands and see each flap operate!
> What a thrill, hunh? (Honey, where'd I put my medicine?)
>
> Having pulled almost everything out of there and then rapped on the
> sheet metal, I'm planning on getting some sort of spray-on material for
> acoustics and thermal insulation and spraying it in there.
>
> Found a couple of interesting things:
> 1. Left front speaker wires had been cut, stripped, spliced together
> (twisted, not soldered), and taped up with scotch tape at that place in
> the door joint that everyone else has problems with.
> 2. You know the fresh air duct that goes through the front doors? The
> one on the driver's side has a little pouch filled with foam in it
> behind the fuse box. Anyone know what that might be all about?
> 3. There's part of a gym sock wrapped around one of the vent ducts!
> 4. There's some oily residue on the metal beneath the brake fluid
> reservoir.
> 5. Oh yes, the brake fluid is almost down to Min. Glad I caught that
> one in time!
> 6. It's amazing how much dust can accumulate in the heating/vent ducts.
>
> 7. A 6 1/2" deep CD player CAN fit in the Vanagon, in spite of
> Crutchfield's saying that max. depth of a unit is 6 1/4". I wound up
> exchanging the wimpy Kenwood KRC-2007 that Crutchfield recommends (and
> that ate my brother's tape) for the somewhat less wimpy Kenwood
> KDC-4015.
> 8. The Bentley's instructions about taking out the glove box don't work
> for mine. Oh, and they left out several steps in the dash removal too .
> . .
>
> That's enough of that for now. If y'all get really bored, let me know
> and I'll tell you more!
>
> The Bentley talks about splitting the heater unit to get the fan out.
> It says there are a number of weld joins that you need to split and that
> you need to get these little metal clips to put everything back
> together. Does anybody actually use these clips? Do you get them at
> the dealer? I can just hear them laughing at me now . . . If you don't
> use the clips, how do you seal the thing back? It seems that somebody
> answered this when I asked about having heat back in May, but I can't
> seem to find that email just now . . .
>
> Thanks all,
> Marc Perdue, working in the land of the Hellatious thunderstorms today!
>
> PS--Happy Father's Day to all you other Dads out there!! May you get
> that new tool I know you're dreaming of and may your breakfast in bed
> not be burnt!
| 
