Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 11:05:19 -0400
Reply-To: Wil Haslup <dhaslup@EROLS.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: Wil Haslup <dhaslup@EROLS.COM>
Subject: Re: 80 Vanagon AC
In-Reply-To: <67c71fc7.35dfdb0f@aol.com>
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Hello Bill
On 23-Aug-98, Bill Webster wrote:
> Dear Wil,
> I have owned three 1980 Vanagons with AC. Some had an interior roof
> mounted unit with freon lines coming up behind the drivers seat and drain
tube
> going down behind the passenger seat (nice unit). And one was an under the
> front dash unit (it wasn't to good).
This one is not roof mounted...from what I can see it looks like I've got hoses
from the coils in the grill to the left rear of the engine compartment...I've
got a T-shaped console on the ceiling in the front with vents...
Since this Vanagon had the auxillary heater too..(which was also removed) I'm
not sure if these vents are for air or heat or both...
It looks like the compressor mounts in the left rear of the engine compartment
(only real space for one anyway and that is where the hoses lead).
> I do know the clutch drive for the compressor was very hard for me to find
> one time.Hope yours is O.K. If you need one I have an extra.
I won't know about functionality until I reinstall if I end up doing this.
> If you have the condensor mounted underneath and are going to change to 134
> type coolant you might want to add extra fans or add an extra condensor
(maybe
> up front like the water hauler vanagons) . 134 coolant works great going down
> the road (where air can flow over the condensor) but in traffic(where there
is
> little air flow) it lacks the quick ability of freon to condense. Thus it
> cools less. By adding a fan or extra condensor you condense the 134 more thus
> more cold air inside the van when it evaporates.
It's good to know that the new stuff will work...I imagined there would be some
loss of efficiency with a different coolant...but I think I could live with
that.
I was mostly interested in how much power I'd loose...The 2 Liter seems okay as
it is with the 5 speed manual...but it is a little slow in tight
situations...if the air is reinstalled and on does the compressor sap a lot of
get up and go?
Regards
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-- Wil
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