Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 23:37:25 -0800 (PST)
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: Craig Standley <cstand@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Heaters(again)
OK everybody, here are some general questions about the heaters in the
older buses.
Next Monday I am going to get motivated and put my 74 on ramps and go to
work on the heater system. I want to get some kind of heat before this
camping trip up here in WA. BTW, has a date been decided for that yet?
I will probably check out the flappers that control the temp of the hot
air, as the others seem to be working alright. I noticed in my
Haynes(rather useless) that there is a secondary blower under the floor.
Is this an option, or do all buses have this? Is there any way to
replace it with one whose speed can be controlled? I haven't looked
under it since reading about it, but I have been under the bus (too) many
times before and don't remember seeing one.
Also, since I'm on the sublect of lame manuals, I had my wiper bearings
seize up in the middle of a big rainstorm. The wipers barely made it
back to their resting position before they died for good. After checking
out the manual, which basically says
1.Remove the flexible(!) heater tubes.
2.Take out the bolt that holds the wiper motor to the dash.
3.Back out the entire assembly.
4.Revers steps to install
I figured it would be no problem. Has anyone done this? I spent about 3
hours fighting the wires and linkages and NON-FLEXIBLE heater tubes and
still couldn't do it. I finally got the thing out, but knew there was no
way in hell I could get it back in. I'd already lost about a quart of
blood from various cuts on my hands, and being 6'5" I was all cramped up
from laying between the seats. I spent the money for one hours worth of
labor and highly recommend that anyone else out there do the same.
Craig
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Craig Standley 1974 Volkswagen Westfalia; The Cow Van
University of Washington
Physics Major "Heaters? We don't need no stinking
cstand@u.washington.edu heaters."
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~cstand
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