Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:25:54 -0700
Reply-To: Tom Forhan <fourwdvw@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Tom Forhan <fourwdvw@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Subject: getting cooler air to the front in a Westy
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I think aq retrofitted front evaporator is the really
interesting idea. If it could work you could also have
dehumidfied air for defrost and the upper vents along
the sides of the Westies as well.
If you have ever had your heater box out, you've seen
that there is some space within the body just before
air goes into the box. Could an evaporator be fit in
there?
Also, the hot rod airconditioning places offer
complete units with a dual use evaporator/ heater
core. If such a core could be used to replace the core
in the heater box you also could have all the
advantages of running chilled air through the heater
box.
Anybody know about these possibilities?
Tom F.
--- Keith Ovregaard <kovregaard@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> On the subject of those side vents, I noticed the
> other day that both
> of them on my Westy are non-functional due to what
> appears to be
> factory-made foam rubber plugs on either side of
> each vent. That seems
> pretty weird considering that those vents worked
> fine on my 84 Westy. I
> know there were ventilation changes made to later
> models, but why would
> they have decided to render the vents useless and
> still go to the
> trouble/expense to install them?
>
> By the way, after several hot days here, my AC
> system is working quite
> well with the Maxifrig 12 refrigerant. Much colder
> than the 134a
> retrofit that I did to the 84 Westy. And about a
> heck of a lot cheaper,
> too! Of course I provided the labor this time. I
> figure the cost was
> about $100 for the retrofit kit, drier/receiver, and
> enough Maxifrig to
> charge the system (about 4.5 cans). I am embarrassed
> to admit to have
> spent well over $1000 last time around for the same
> job. Only
> difference was that I had to replace the old
> compressor on the 84, so I
> took a chance and bought one on ebay which lasted
> for about 10 minutes
> before it seized up and cooked the AC belt! Another
> compressor,
> recharge the system and it was fixed, but in
> hindsight, I would have
> ripped the SOB out of the van and tossed out the
> head-bonking, rear
> view-blocking, crappy excuse for an AC system!
> That's one thing VW
> really messed up when they designed the Vanagon. So
> who would like to
> take on the re-design of the AC? How about a front
> evaporator? Wow,
> what a concept! Sorry for crabbing, just "venting"!
> No pun intended...
>
> Keith O.
> 90 Westy Syncro
>
> On Jun 28, 2006, at 9:00 PM, Automatic digest
> processor wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 20:41:09 -0700
> > From: Clint Kolda <clint_kolda@YAHOO.COM>
> > Subject: Re: Subject: getting cooler air to the
> front in a Westy
> >
> > Has anyone ever tried plumbing the rear A/C vent
> into the side vents
> > above the sliding door? I would think that this
> would have been a
> > decent alternative to the original design. It
> seems that the fan
> > would be strong enough to get at least some air to
> the front. Perhaps
> > the system would require an additional fan for
> losses.
>
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