Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:07:54 -0700
Reply-To: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
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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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