Date:         Sun, 28 Apr 2002 12:50:52 -0500
Reply-To:     Jeremy Speer <jspeer@POBOX.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jeremy Speer <jspeer@POBOX.COM>
Subject:      Unusual A/C unit available
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Posted for a friend who recently acquired an older bus for parts:

Please reply to his email address: <kamsar@earthlink.net>

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The unit is an air conditioning unit currently residing in and on a '72
Type 2.  The bus had a basic Westfalia conversion done to it, sans poptop.
The a/c unit is broken up into three locations: the (I assume to be)
compressor is inside the engine compartment, immediately to the left when
you open the hatch.  Two heavy-duty high-pressure lines connect the
compressor to (again, what I assume to be) an evaporator mounted underneath
the center of the bus.  This unit is maybe 2' x 3' in size.  The high
pressure lines, and a few others, then proceed up through the floor about
two feet behind the driver's seat.  There, they attach to . . .

    . . .the main feature.  By removing the rear-facing seat behind the
driver's seat, we uncover the blower, another small evaporator, a
filter-drier receiver and some other bits all held together in a sheet metal
box.  The rear of the box becomes a duct that rises vertically between the
rear-facing seat and the driver's seat.  The duct is topped with a black
plastic vent assembly about 8" high, 20" long, and 4" thick.  On the duct is
an identification label, to wit:

                    Volkswagen Products Corp.
                           Serial No.
                            2C-02109
                         MADE IN U.S.A.

The only other identifying marks are on the Hi-Capacity filter-drier
receiver and the high pressure hoses.  These were manufactured by the
Parker-Hannifin Corp., located in Cleveland and in NY and TX.

    Electrical power comes from some serious looking cables that head off to
the dashboard/fusebox area.

    Everything appears to be intact except for two missing directionals on
the vent assembly.

    I honestly don't know if the unit works since the bus hasn't been
started in 17 years.  I do know that there is no pressure in the system now.

    I am willing to remove the system if anyone wants it.  I have no idea
what it's worth, so anyone making what seems to be a reasonable offer can
have it.  I'm not interested in bidding wars or I would have offered this up
on eBay.  I just think that there might be someone out there who has been
desperately looking for one of these units, and I thought I'd make it
available before this bus heads off to the scrap yard.  (Of course, if an
interested party lives within striking distance of Phoenix, they can always
come over and pull it themselves.  That'll save shipping charges, plus, if I
don't have to do the work, obviously I'd be willing to part [excuse the pun]
with the system for far less money.)