Date:         Fri, 8 Feb 2013 14:30:06 -0500
Reply-To:     george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Breezy Knees
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   Another reason for breezy kneesie:  (lower leg in my case)

   If your bus is a Westy like ours, then _on the driver's side only_ the
fresh air directed towards yer rear passengers is supposed to be blocked
off.

   There would have been a foam block inside the A Pillar duct, but that
foam is known to break down.  If/when that happens, then fresh air leaks
into the cabin on the driver's side, which happened to be my particular
problem.  (Of course, the fresh air cutoff might be leaking as well)

  Some of that loose airage will be directed upwards between the edge of
the dash and door and most of the rest will - or should - be tickling your
bare ankles.

   I decided to take advantage of  the infiltration by removing what was
left of the foam from the body cavity and taping the duct on the rear of
the door edges. (I have PDL & mirror cables running between the body &
doors)

   To direct the air the way I wanted it to go (down) I used bits of pipe
insulation foam to the hole in the A pillar top and right side and managed
to get just about all of it to end up on my feet, which I've found to work
nicely on days that on days we don't need to use the AC.

Geo/ATL








On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@gmail.com>wrote:

> >
> > When I first purchased my Westy in May of 91 I felt the "breeze" in the
> > form of warm air
>
> as summer was appoaching and I was trying to get the cool air from the AC
> to come
> forward.   I got absolutely no help from the dealer on this as they said
> this was normal
> operation...   Bullpucky!    I finally got in behind the dash via removing
> the glove box and
> found the operating lever for letting air in and found that the little
> pinch holder on the end
> of the lever bar was loose because the holder would not hold well.   So I
> got a piece of
> cardboard to push into the holder pin so it would hold better and that
> fixed the air flow
> problem reasonably well.   No more hot feet.  No thanks to VW (lack of)
> service....
>
> Steven
> 91 Westy
>