Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 11:35:40 -0700
Reply-To: Keith Hughes <keithahughes@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Keith Hughes <keithahughes@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: AC Removal
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No problem Steven. As I said in pmail, mine appears to be a dealer installed system and doesn't match the Bentley for '85 back, or '86 forward. Since I haven't worked on any Vanagon A/C's other than mine, it's hard to tell where mine is "standard" and where it's totally different. Glad you got yours out OK.
I did spend a year in Augusta back in 2000 (and Orlando the year before) and I'll take the dry heat anytime. The big difference, though, is that we have over 100 days a year over 100F, and 20 over 110F (like 118-122F). But, it usually drops below 100F at night. Usually.
Keith Hughes
'86 Westy Tiico (Marvin)
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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 08:53:22 -0400
From: Steven Shelton <shelton4@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: AC Removal
Thanks for your help, Kieth. At some point VW changed
the way they hung
the AC from what's described in Bentley. All bolts and
screws on mine came
out from below the rear bed board. It's a pretty easy
one man job that way
and it's not heavy so it can be held with one arm while the
last bolts are
removed. I did put a sawhorse under it, though, to
keep it from possibly
crashing down.
I'm in Georgia and, yes, there have been times over the
years when the heat
without AC was almost unbearable. Those are the times
when I dream of
driving down the road with a electric generator in the
luggage rack running
a portable AC in the cab.
I think I'll leave the space open. After 29 years of
driving my Westfalia,
I'd like to be able to see something in the rear view mirror
besides
tailgaters. Trimming it out will be a challenge, though,
especially since i
want to make everything reversible. Of course, with
all that stuff I had
to pull out, this is a good time to add extra
lighting. And I can put some
better speakers back there, too. Oh well, it's too
damn hot and humid to
go camping, anyway.
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