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Date:         Wed, 23 May 2012 20:32:10 -0400
Reply-To:     phishman068@GMAIL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Craig Cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Front Heater shutoff  options
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <4FBD78E4.1020806@gmail.com>
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Are the cables replaceable without pulling the dash? I just had the end break off the defroster cable.

-craig

On May 23, 2012, at 7:55 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Long ago, when knights were bold, I installed a shutoff valve up on the > side of the heater core. Messy, drippy job. > > If you pull the glove box you can see the hoses. > > Turns out that I needn't have bothered: my hot summer feets were not due > to a partially-open heater valve at all, but because (a) the main > footwell flappers didn't close completely, letting in hot outside air, > and (2) the radiator, which makes a living dissipating untold* thousands > of engine watts of heat into the air, blows its hot air onto the sheet > metal directly in front of and below your feet. It's a crap design in > terms of driver comfort. > > ============ > * Anyone got a handle on how many Watts** that thing has to get rid of > on a hot day at, say, 60 miles per hour? > > =========== > ** As an electrical engineer, I think of these things in terms of Watts. > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > Bend, Ore. > 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people. > 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in > San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia. > > On 05/23/2012 02:24 PM, JRodgers wrote: >> What options might there be - even temporary - for shutting off the heat >> up front in the Vanagon. My heat valve is stuck to a degree of open and >> it gets pretty warm on the feet up front now that warm weather is here. > > [snippage]


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