Date:         Mon, 4 Dec 1995 23:34:37 -0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         SSGSPEAR@aol.com
Subject:      Re: Bus info

In a message dated 95-12-04 15:38:09 EST, sbart7kb@s850.mwc.edu (Crazed
Idiot) writes:


>	book to read.  Also, where can i get a Bentley manual?  Do I
>	have to order it from VW or can I get it at a bookstore?  I have

You can go to a VW dealer but JC Whitney has it for about $30.


>	of the list):  I have heard that you can buy a blower motor that
>	installs under the dash inline with the ducts for the defroster
>	vents (for breadloaf buses) to speed defrosting in the winter.
>	Where does one get this?  J.C. Whitney?  VW?  I would want a

JC Whitney and a couple of advertisers in the VW mags have these.  I've never
seen any at a dealer.

>	high quality one, not a cheap loud monster that puts a huge
>	strain on the electrical system.  My bug had a cheap one under
>	the back seat and when you turned that thing on, the alternator
>	light started glowing (medium strength), especially if the
>	lights and radio were on.  That can't be much of a good thing --

I don't know how well or quietly they work, I don't drive the '72 Westy in
the winter, I've got the '87 Syncro for that.

>	I eventually took it out because it worked better without it
>	anyway.  I want to avoid that kind of thing with a bus and go
>	right for a good one.  Any recommendations?  Thanks again
>	everybody for your help -- I'm intimately familiar with bugs and
>	therefore somewhat knowledgable about all air-cooled VWs but I
>	want to learn the peculiarities of the bus so I know what to
>	look for (or look out for).  By being on this list, I hope to
>	amass a huge amount of bus info before I buy so I will be
>	prepared :) .  Thanks for putting up with my long posts -- I'll
>	try to keep them shorter in the future.
>
>	Sean

Being on this list you will certainly find out a lot!  Most of it even about
VWs.

Later,

SSG Brad Spear
1972 Westfalia
1987 Syncro GL