Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 06:27:38 -0700
Reply-To: Jake Beaulieu <jake_beaulieu@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Jake Beaulieu <jake_beaulieu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: 1980 Thermostat
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The thermostat on my 1982 Westy is shot. I removed it and simply let the cooling flaps spring back to their default position. Stan, if I read your e-mail correctly it looks like you feel that it is better not to have the airflaps at the default position. I sorda suspected this myself. It looks like at the default position the cooling flaps pretty well close off the oil cooler duct. What position do you tie off your cooling flaps at?
By the way. I just received the catalog from California Imports (www.cip1.com) and they have a limited number of thermostats for the 1980-83 air cooled vanagons. They are pricey, about $60 if memory serves correctly.
Jake
1982 air cooled Westy
"Justin M.Mayrand" <jmayrand@USADATANET.NET> wrote:
Hey All,
I bought a new one from my local VW dealer last summer, it was about
$20. I have found the SuperVan still takes a long time to warm up even
with a functional T-stat.
Justin M. Mayrand
1980 Westy "SuperVan"
On Apr 19, 2004, at 3:00 PM, Skip Emmert-Keaton wrote:
> What are the consequences of not having a thermostat on the air-cooled
> engine? It's stuck in the open flow position so it's not depriving the
> engine of cooling air. Since the temperature is warming rapidly around
> here, is this something that needs fixing before Fall?
>
> So far, I have not been able to track down a new one (they do indeed
> seem to
> be NLA). If I check salvage yards and find a contracted thermostat,
> will it
> likely be reliable or a waste of time?
>
> Thanks for the help,
> Skip
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Young [mailto:tomyoung1@comcast.net]
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 10:52 AM
> To: Skip Emmert-Keaton; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: 1980 Thermostat
>
>
> Your thermostat is broken and you need a new one. It looks like TypeIV
> thermostats are pretty much NLA, though I've read that TypeI
> thermostats can
> be modified to work.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Tom Young '81 Vanagon
> Lafayette, CA 94549 '82 Westfalia
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Skip Emmert-Keaton"
> To:
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 8:33 AM
> Subject: 1980 Thermostat
>
>
>> Hey, Gang.
>>
>> I noticed the thermostat on my 1980 air-cooled Westy was fully
>> expanded on
> a
>> cold engine. The ambient temperature was about 70 degrees. When the
>> thermostat is contracted (what I would think would be the normal cool
> state)
>> it closes the air ducts and lets the engine warm. Then the thermostat
>> expands and allows the ducts to open. At what temperature should a
>> thermostat contract/expand? Do I likely have a bad thermostat here?
>> I'm
>> currently replacing the cooling tins after some engine work so I need
>> to
> be
>> able to adjust the thermostat. The only directions I have are for a
>> cool,
>> contracted thermostat. If my thermostat is OK, how do I adjust the
>> thermostat properly when it is expanded? Please cc my email address
>> directly with any thoughts.
>>
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions,
>> Skip Emmert-Keaton
>l address
>> directly with any thoughts.
>>
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions,
>> Skip Emmert-Keaton
>
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