Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 15:03:19 -0800
Reply-To: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
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From: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
Subject: inside heat or lack of... 81 westy
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Stan, here is one for you...
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 22:40:11 -0000
From: imupnow2000 <tam_ger@hotmail.com>
To: wetwesties@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [WetWesties] inside heat or lack of...
Hi gang,
well i'm in now, picked up an 81 air cooled westie, runs great too.
I know this question has come up before, but really how much heat can
i expect to get out of my van. I can feel a little from the side
window vents, but thats it. I crawled under the van, and all the
pipes, sheet metal, and controls are intact, the heating vent is set
to dump the heat into the fat heat pipe that runs under the van. The
inside controls are set to max heat.
Is this as good as it gets or did i miss something that is not
connected or working?
Also the ventilation fan does not seem to move anymore hot air,
acutally it seems to blow in cold outside air. I did notice a fan
hooked up to the alternator that seems to blow the hot air into the
ductwork. If this is it, it seems inadequate for the length of pipe
the hot air has to travel along. Perhaps an inline fan along the way
would help things.
Any thoughts on this, sorry if it's floggin a dead horse, but there
seems to be alot of heat that could be used inside the van if it
could be captured correctly.
Cheers
Gerry Bolda
81 westie
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