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Date:         Wed, 15 Jun 2005 22:46:38 -0400
Reply-To:     Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Aftermarket AC questions--under dash, overhead, underseat?
Comments: To: Jim Felder <felder@knology.net>
In-Reply-To:  <49522c609ddd11ea4d6dd04612f46bc4@knology.net>
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I paid dearly for my BEHR unit I think it was $300ish, it was the first one I had ever seen on eBay and made SURE that I was going to win it. Anyway, don't go by that price I have heard BEHR units often change hands for as little as $50.

Going another route, I often see rear westy AC units on eBay or on list. (I am even toying with the idea of pulling mine now that I'm throwing in a front unit to free up the storage space).

Chris

On 6/15/05, Jim Felder <felder@knology.net> wrote: > I'm in the final (I hope) phases of building up a nice turbo motor for > my diesel westy. I'm having an AC compressor installed before I put the > motor in. I'm researching ways to add the rest of the system inside the > car. > > Chris G. sent me a nice rundown on the Behr system. I see you have to > give up your glove box, but no bit deal really. Where do you get the > Behr unit and how much should I expect to pay. The one thing I worry > about is getting air back to the rear passengers. Can the cold air be > routed like the fresh air, through the door and back to the two vents > over the westy sliding door? > > And what about the overhead unit that came installed in vanagon? There > is one available locally and it'll be pretty cheap. It looks like it > will do a great job of throwing air to the front and to the back, and I > won't lose the glovebox if I go this route. But unless I figure a way > to move it forward, I think that Martin Jaegersand did it and lost > about 7" of entry room into the upstairs bunk. That's a lot, especially > when you consider using a ladder to get up there. Has anyone > successfully moved it? I doubt it can be moved because if it's too far > forward it won't clear the heads of the people in the front seat, so > the only real solution is to shorten it in its front-to-rear dimension. > > And then there's the under-the-back-seat solution, which I know > absolutely nothing about but I have heard they exist. > > Anyone have an opinion on any of these? > > Jim >


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