Date:         Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:08:23 -0700
Reply-To:     Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: AC Repair report
Comments: To: Steve Williams <sbw@SBW.ORG>
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" ...it started dripping again.  So I switched it off."

 
On my '87 Westy the A/C is sometimes marginal and needs a periodic recharge but there has never been a dripping problem, though the PO told me she did have this problem and her brother fixed it.
 
When I had the cabinets out for soundproofing I found that he had strapped the drip tray up under the evaporator using two pieces of perforated metal strap that loop under the tray to support it and they are screwed to the ceiling.  With this change the drip hoses run "downhill" toward the vents and he also cut slots in the cabinet sides so the hoses could run at a steeper angle down to the left and right sides. This seems to prevent puddling and tray overflow.  I have not seen the Vanagon A/C setup in an original configuration, but this one certainly seems to work.  Three years and zero drips.
 
Stephen

--- On Fri, 8/28/09, Steve Williams <sbw@SBW.ORG> wrote:


From: Steve Williams <sbw@SBW.ORG>
Subject: Re: AC Repair report
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Friday, August 28, 2009, 11:00 AM


At 09:47 PM 8/27/2009, Michael Hart wrote:
> ... Mark at San Carlos Auto Radiator & AC ...