Date:         Tue, 21 Dec 2004 23:41:30 -0600
Reply-To:     Jeff Palmer <icecoldvw@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jeff Palmer <icecoldvw@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Cold air always
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My van blows cold air when stopped and warm air when moving.  Is this
related?

Thanks
Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Goff" <THX0001@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: Cold air always


> It's sometimes hard to believe that the Vanagon originated in a country
where
> it has snowed sometime during the past century.  Here's a thought for
those
> who are freezing their chalubies in the winter until the rear heater
starts
> cooking.  If you want a front heater which relies on totally recirculating
air,
> blank off the fresh air intake to the heater box and remove or prop open
the
> gravity dampers in the heater box.  The fresh air intake can be blanked
off at
> its opening behind the radiator grille or, if you do not mind pulling the
> heater box, the fresh air opening in the heater box itself can be sealed
off.  In
> the earlier vans, the make up air will flow through opened dash vents and
cabin
> fresh air vents (as long as the cabin air damper in the heater box is in
the
> opened position) and in the later vans the make up air will flow through
the
> cabin vents alone.  Perhaps the outlet air vents at the trailing edge of
the
> rear side windows would also have to be blanked off.
>
> Or, if you're really cold and into that rat rod look, just blank off the
> fresh air intake, plumb in a spare rear heater box parked between the
front seats.
>
> George
>
>