Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:02:08 -0700
Reply-To: Matt Thyer <matt_thyer@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Matt Thyer <matt_thyer@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Vanagonginity lost...
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A1: Slide the top two levers to the left. The bottom two levers control
where it goes (face or feet) the top two (should) control hot or cold (left
is outside air and right is heated outside air). If this doesn't do what
its supposed to do then there's a problem with the louvers that direct the
flow of air.
A2: Don't try and mount four bikes on the hatch unless you want to replace
the hatch window. The bumper (and/or frame depending on how you look at it)
will hold that weight.
A3: Don't have one for this. Can't imagine that it might be terribly
difficult to fabricate something like this however.
MT
http://zenoswagen.wordpress.com/
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Peter Kraiker
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 5:27 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Vanagonginity lost...
I just thought I'd let everyone know that after about 8 weeks of educating
myself I took the leap and bought my first westy... flew to Montreal on
Friday, spend the morning with the PO (definitely not the dreaded variety!)
and then drove her home to Toronto... my first taste of being passed by
almost everything else on the highway! lol, loved it.
I have 2 new questions, one more pressing than the other:
Hot Q #1. how the h3!! do i persuade it to stop heating my feet or face? I
have all the levers all the way to the left and I'm still getting a steady
stream of warm air from the heating system. I'd like to just have flow-thru
cool air this time of year! She came with the original manual and I can see
what the various levers are supposed to do, i would have expected the 2nd
from the bottom to let cool air thru when moved to the right, and it does
open up side vents (near doors, 1/2 way down the dash)... still heat coming
out of either the window or floor vents though :( Cool Q#2. I will want to
add a bike rack... she has a very strong bumper with a towing ball... I was
thinking of getting someone to weld a receptacle for a hitch bike rack but
don't know the load it could handle (I want to be able carry 4 bikes). The
other option I'm considering is a rear hatch rack, the local Rack Attack
doesn't have anything to fit a vanagon though. Suggestions?
Bonus question #3: the front bumper doesn't have any holes for licence
plates (and in Ontario we need front plates). I hope to get a playful
euro-style plate for the center, so I am looking for a way to mount a
current plate on the passenger side of the bumper. There used to be a
bracket which I gather is NLA, suggestions? Currently it's just strapped
onto the grill :(
Peter Kraiker
http://studiofstop.com
('82 Turbo D Westy)
