Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:16:27 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
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there ya go...
sounds like it's not connected under there.
remove the instrument cluster for access.
the way you test air flow without a passenger if you can't reach across at
say 50 mph......rig a house fan to blow into the top of the upper grill.
and.................you might even remove the upper grill and check the
smaller grill at the top ....even take out the screws to check in there if
it seems warranted..
that's where all vent and heater air enters. its' on old van, might want to
check that area.
mouse nest in there or something, you never know.
they need checking and inspecting and tweaking throughout, the whole van.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"" <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
>
> Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>> re
>> "No output from dash openings, nothing noticeable from the leg openings,
>>> a mild updraft from the defrost openings."
>>
>> Outboard vents should flow well at 60 mph, by ram air as Mark D says.
>
>
> No in-dash A/C. No flow from dash vents regardless of how the flipper is
> set: up or down. I never could figure out what the flipper was for. I
> wonder if the passenger side vent has air? Need a passenger. Mrs Squirrel
> is out of town until tomorrow.
>
> In the meantime, what's my easy way to inspect the hose?
>
> WAIT A MINUTE . . . I'm no auto mechanic but I bet that you're not
> supposed to see wires and the open end of a disconnected hose when you
> shine a flashlight into the driver's side dash end vent.
>
> I can probably get to that through the fuse panel opening.
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
>>
>> To get air flow to floor area -
>> if heater air goes more to windshield than feet...
>> the never-explained-clearly-anywhere setting to get good floor area flow
>> is
>> ..
>> bottom lever full right,
>> second lever from the bottom , full left.
>> that'll get you good floor flow.
>>
>> oh yes...it is Totally Normal to have to work over the heater control
>> cables.
>> it's apparently illegal for anyone to service, lube or adjust them.
>> On every last van I get to make happy again ..
>> I have to take out instrument cluster....straighten and lube cables..
>> check full travel like heater valve full on/full off etc.
>> They're kinda cheaply made, but fortunately very easy to tweak and lube
>> back
>> to health.
>> 'they all need it' ..and it's real easy to do.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "mark drillock" <mdrillock@COX.NET>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 3:45 PM
>> Subject: Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
>>
>>
>>> At 60 mph?
>>>
>>> The fan does not blow from the dash end vents until mid 1987 models.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" wrote:
>>>> You guys are nuts.
>>>>
>>>> No output from dash openings, nothing noticeable from the leg openings,
>>>> a mild updraft from the defrost openings.
>>>>
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