Date:         Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:48:36 -0700
Reply-To:     Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Removing the A/C duct work
Comments: To: mcneely4@COX.NET
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Seriously, folks, I do not claim to have the best-maintained '87 Westy out there and lord knows my A/C system could use some attention but on a hot day, once the initial cooldown takes place (and that does not take an unreasonable amount of time), keeping the right dial at about the halfway mark and the fan on 2 keeps it cool.  I'm talking 85F+ and humid. Honest.  
I'd be happy to offer any doubters a ride.  Believe me, after all the gloom-and-doom I read about Vanagon A/C I thought I'd never be able to stand driving in a Virginia summer in the thing but it works, or it can be made to work.

What is even more puzzling is that I have all the receipts since new and the two prior owners spend a LOT on trying to fix the A/C.  All I did was that R134A conversion and it seems to work.  Dumb luck, maybe, but I ain't complaining.   

Stephen
Sometimes.  If the A.C. is running really well with a full charge of coolant, and you run the fan on high, you can be comfortable.  mcneely