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Date:         Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:18:53 -0400
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: I'm back . . .A/C and beyond.
Comments: To: Todd Last <Rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <4F887888.6060206@comcast.net>
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After 7 summers with an '88 Fox my foot automatically compensates for the AC as I hear the switch in the dash cycle the compressor. I don't even think about it, just happens.

Dennis

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Todd Last Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 3:04 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: I'm back . . .A/C and beyond.

I used to have a 1976 VW rabbit - you could switch on the A/C on the car and cut the speed by 5mph. It was fun to play with when bored on long road trips...

Todd '88 Westy

On 4/10/2012 11:49 AM, Arlene K Sondergaard wrote: > I had my A/C recharged on my 87 Wolfsburg automatic and found a loss > of power resulted when using it. > I couldnt drive the Gifford Pinchot forest roads using it because of > overheating also. > > Cut the belt off. > Power fine, no overheating, on forest service rds. > We still use the system--the fan runs the length of the roof-good > circulation. > Much better than nothing. > > Arlene > 1987 Wolfsburg Carat > Washougal Wa > > > > From: > Robert Stevens<mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM> > To: > vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: > 04/10/2012 09:58 AM > Subject: > Re: I'm back . . .A/C and beyond. > Sent by: > Vanagon Mailing List<vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> > > > > I also have A/C in my '87 and would not want to be without it. > > On a trip to the NW, joining a buch of others of "us" a few years ago, > we drove miles and miles of the backroads into and around Mt. St. > Helens. It was a very hot time, and many of the roads were inside tall > trees, dusty, no breeze at all, so sort of suffocating. > > After the first day of this, I rolled up the windows and ran the A/C > and created my little heaven environment. The oppressive nature of the > high humidity AND heat was way too much for this van cowboy, and the > A/C made the driving part of the days much more than tolerable. > Sleeping at night, a different story. > > I tend to drive around the intermountain region with the A/C off and > windows down, but am very grateful to have good, working A/C to rely > on. It has been converted to 134 and does a very good job of cooling. > I don't think the cabin has ever been above the low 70's (I have a > "weather station" in my van, so the temp differential between external > ambient and internal is no guessing game. > > Bob >


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