On 8/8/2005 9:52 AM jimt wrote: >Which dash vents? The ones on the end have no fans attached and only will >have air flow relative to what speed you are going at for air to enter the >little scoop at the top of the front opening on the van (aircooled) the top >of the top opening on watercooled. > Yeah, I know these are "passive" vents. As I wrote in the original post, "I know that the two dash vents on Mellow Yellow, my 84 Vanagon, just bring in outside air. No fan, no heating, just fresh air. But my goodness, the amount of air that comes in when the lever is in the down/open position is puny. Even at 60 mph." >The duct can come loose, the vents to >the back (controled by holes in the door frames) could be sending all the >air to the rear (put the plugs or duct tape over them) > I'll look around. Poke at things. Probably end up doing the dreaded dash yank! Thanks! -- Mike Rocket J Squirrel >and then the couple >listed below. >jimt >On 8/7/05 8:39 PM, "Robert Cardo" <rrecardo@WEBTV.NET> wrote: > > > >><< is there a Known Problem with these things? >> >> >>Yea. >> >>It's an 84 Vanagon >> >>Something's crawled in the vents, or the door's aren't opening all the >>way. >> >>Time for a dash yank. >> >> >> >> > > > |
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