Date:         Fri, 18 Apr 2003 22:31:23 -0400
Reply-To:     Marc Perdue <marcperdue@ADELPHIA.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Marc Perdue <marcperdue@ADELPHIA.NET>
Subject:      Re: How to keep cool in your van
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Up top, the controls are as such, sort of (true on my '87 w/out A/C):

Top lever:  Move it right to direct air to the front windshield defogger
vents, left to close them.

Second lever:  Temp control.  Move it left to close the valve that allows
coolant to run through the heater core in your ventilation box.  Problem here
is the way the cable is attached there is too much of the metal core of the
cable sticking out from the insulating cover and repeated adjustment causes it
to kink because you're trying to push the cable back into its cover.

Third lever:  Controls a flap that opens and closes to direct air through the
front door ducts.  The one in the driver's side door basically goes nowhere,
but if you open the flap in the door, you can direct air to the back of the
driver's seat.  Don't ask me why you'd want to do that, but there it is.  On
the passenger's side, if you leave the door flap closed, air is directed up
through the door pillar, through a duct over the sliding door, and out the
overhead vents to the back passengers.  You might notice a covered foam block
in the front hole that leads to the driver's door duct.  Presumable this is
there to block air flow to that duct?

Fourth lever:  Controls a flap that allows air to be directed out of the
center console in front of the shift.  Move it right to get more air from the
console.

Down below, the temp control cable is attached to a small plastic valve above
the spare tire, somewhat to the passenger side, and the valve has coolant
lines attached to either side of it.  It's kind of hard to get to, so it'd be
better to replace the cable and only have to get to that valve once.

Marc Perdue


Bob Stevens wrote:

> Been thinking about this very item. Thought it was time for removal of the
> dash and replacement of the foam gasket material around the vents. Can you
> describe exactly where this temp control lever is? Is it apparent once you
> look into the abyss? Thanks for any hints.
>
> Bob
>
> http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare
>
> Drop your spare tire and crawl underneath, you'll find the valve that goes
> to the temp control lever for your vents.  Make sure it's closed all the
> way.  I have to do this and manually close mine because it does not close
> all the way via the lever, and I get hot air coming in the vents.
>
> deb
> '85 Westy "Gypsy"
> Orlando
>
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