If you want heat you first need to see if all of the heater parts are installed and working right. Test your heater at about 30 mph and after 15 minutes you should be getting max heat. Vanagon had various heater configurations and you need to decide which you got. #1) Left side blocked on the front door post air duct, common on Westy. #2) Right side blocked on the front door post air duct, common on vehicles with no rear overhead heater ducts on the right side. #3) Both sided blocked on the front door post. Only rear heat is through bottom floor rear facing duct. #4) Two, Three or Four levers on the Dash. #5) Levers on the dash but no heater blower switch. Try reading the users manual and then its often just luck or going to Hayes, Bentleys for instructions on adjustments to the flaps. Stan Wilder
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 13:36:59 -0600 Jayson Adams <JaysonA@BYSEEDS.COM> writes: > This is my first post to the list. I just acquired my 1st vanagon. > It is a > 1980 westy. I have two questions to ask the listers. 1) I can only > get > warm air from the heater to be directed at my feet. I need warm air > to hit > the windshield so it won't fog up in the winter. What is the > problem and > where should I start looking to see what is wrong? 2)The vanagon > has the > original rims on it which are 14in I think. I have some 15in Audi > rims that > I would like to put on but not sure what size of tire I should put > on with > these rims. > > Any help with either of these questions would be great. > > Thanks > > Jayson > 80 Westy > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com |
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