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  • Cooling System performance at altitude
    Historical mailing list - Pensioner
    Fri, 6 Jun 2003 17:28:11 -0700
    ...7500 feet than at sea level. Same problem as a weight controlled pressure cooker and temperature degradation with altitude. Both are "closed" systems. Any...
  • Re: Cooling System performance at altitude
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Fri, 6 Jun 2003 20:37:11 -0400
    ...7500 > feet than at sea level. Same problem as a weight controlled pressure cooker > and temperature degradation with altitude. Both are "closed" systems. Any...
  • Re: Cooling System performance at altitude
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Fri, 6 Jun 2003 21:19:40 -0400
    ...7500 feet than at sea level. Same problem as a weight controlled pressure cooker and temperature degradation with altitude. Both are "closed" systems. Any...
  • Aftermarket Cruise Control on a Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - William Ward
    Thu, 30 Apr 1998 17:37:12 -0500
    ...found the following components which I think belong to the system: 1. Control mounted on the steering column 2. Twisted pair of wires that...
  • Re: starting from aux battery
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:01:25 -0700
    ...Granted, you have a few more feet of battery cable running around with this system .. but for 'pure robust simplicity and full manual control...
  • Re: Issue w/ 90 Euro spec doka heating levers
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:52:01 -0400
    ...The second lever controls air temperature (including the side vents on later ones). Right is hotter. The third lever controls airflow to your feet...
  • Re: More questions on my '85
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 11 Nov 1994 16:46:43 -0500 (EST)
    ...The third lever from the top controls the air flow at your feet (left = more, right = less). The last lever controls fresh (non heated...
  • Dan H's Heater
    Historical mailing list - sstones
    Tue, 14 Feb 1995 15:20:48 -0500 (EST)
    ...to use the controls. For best heating you should have them set... top, right windshield 2nd, right hot 3rd, left feet 4th, left flow...
  • Source for small auxiliary coolant pump? (oil cooler idea!)
    Historical mailing list - Karl M
    Mon, 8 May 2000 14:58:11 -0400
    ...coolant of the engine's cooling system to try to control oil temps, build a secondary cooling system dedicated to only the oil cooler...
  • FS: Airlift airbags & compressor kit
    Historical mailing list - John Silverman
    Sun, 30 Dec 2001 19:19:12 -0700
    About a year ago, I bought through Peter Beuttner's group purchase, an Airlift airbag and compressor/controller/gauge setup. This is the entire...
  • Vanagon heater controls
    Historical mailing list - Troy
    Mon, 25 May 2009 13:56:41 -0800
    ...The A/C vents do not control any fresh or heated air. Conversly, no A/C comes out of any heat & ventilation system ducts...
  • Re: Ventilation Controls
    Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
    Tue, 29 Jan 2002 13:29:44 -0800
    ...heating system up front (right hot, left cold). The third one controls the rate of flow for the floor vents (on your feet). The...
  • Re: Such a splendid waste of time
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:12:24 -0500
    ...VWAG designed the whole Byzantine system with you in mind. All levers to the right. To warm your feet up start inching the third...
  • Whose Westy "Was" That ?
    Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
    Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:37:48 -0700
    Today I drove 100 miles South of Portland, Oregon, to Eugene to help start up some computerized control systems at a Weyerhaeuser sawmill. On...
  • how to use heater controls on dash. '88 vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Troy
    Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:06:06 -0800
    ...The A/C vents do not control any fresh or heated air. Conversly, no A/C comes out of any heat & ventilation system ducts...
  • in Defense of Dansk...
    Historical mailing list - Rocko Flamefart
    Thu, 21 Nov 96 09:00:40 -0600
    ...control problem that hopefully was fixed. anyway, i'd like to relate a positive experience with Dansk. last year i replaced my exhaust system...
  • Aircooled? - building my own interior heating system!
    Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
    Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:54:25 -0800
    ...utilized to build a heating system. Parts: * Inline 12v heater (bought on Ebay for $70 - basically a temp. controlled glow plug in a metal...
  • Re: fresh air/heat sliders (EASY WAY TO KNOW)
    Historical mailing list - Steve Shane
    Wed, 9 May 2001 18:55:20 -0400
    ...The top lever defrosts your feet, with fresh air from below, how neat! The next lever controls the fan, far away in someone else...
  • Seeks advice for alternate implemintation of applied Vanagon engineering. Whew.
    Historical mailing list - John Tullier
    Sun, 24 Mar 2002 23:09:22 -0800
    ...feet into the cab. 2. I would also like to forgo the flaps and control cables for the fresh air (Floor/Defrost/Etc) system...
  • 7 fans of the...
    Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
    Wed, 5 May 1999 11:40:41 -0700
    ...About that time the full effect of the idling, a/c, and warm day triggered the fan control system and the wind tunnel commenced...
  • Re: Very little heat from the front heater
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Fri, 2 Dec 2011 09:10:39 -0600
    ...in the forward heater system - > obviously. Bad heater valve, kinked control wire would be the biggest > suspect. A kinked control wire is a common...
  • Re: Heat
    Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
    Wed, 16 Sep 1998 10:19:39 PDT
    ...There is a fresh air system controlled by two levers on the dash. One lever controls how much fresh air is admitted. The other...
  • Re: Vanagon heater controls
    Historical mailing list - Roland
    Mon, 25 May 2009 15:14:09 -0700
    ...The A/C vents do not control any fresh or heated air. Conversly, no A/C comes out of any heat & ventilation system ducts...
  • Re: Source for small auxiliary coolant pump? (oil cooler idea!)
    Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
    Mon, 8 May 2000 16:15:39 -0500
    ...coolant of the engine's >cooling system to try to control oil temps, build a secondary cooling system >dedicated to only the oil cooler...
  • Re: VANAGON digest 1403
    Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
    Tue, 24 Jun 1997 12:08:33 -0600 (MDT)
    ...The top lever controls defrost or feet heat, the middle is the temp control and the lower controls the flap that directs heat past...
  • Re: Ventilation Controls
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
    Tue, 29 Jan 2002 19:09:53 -0700
    ...heating system up front (right > hot, left cold). > The third one controls the rate of flow for the floor vents (on your feet). > The...
  • Re: Source for small auxiliary coolant pump? (oil cooler idea!)
    Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
    Tue, 9 May 2000 11:40:31 EDT
    ...coolant of the engine's >cooling system to try to control oil temps, build a secondary cooling system >dedicated to only the oil cooler...
  • Re: ventilation levers- tips for usage
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 31 Jan 2002 20:33:04 -0500
    ...Smola, Tony wrote: >Jere, > >The vent controls are confusing. > >Here are some tips > >For heat at your feet.....move just the second lever from...
  • Re: Aircooled? - building my own interior heating system!
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:26:31 -0500
    ...utilized to build a heating system. > > > Parts: > > * Inline 12v heater (bought on Ebay for $70 - basically a temp. > controlled glow plug in a metal...
  • Intro again
    Historical mailing list - Blaine Sanders
    Tue, 27 Nov 2001 16:26:27 -0800
    ...What years and models came with the ceiling mounted a/c system? I've seen a few vanagons with this system, and I really...
  • Re: Emergency engine cooling - a common problem?
    Historical mailing list - Todd Guttman
    Wed, 25 Apr 2001 07:24:22 -0400
    ...I too 'treat' the malady with 'tincture of heater' and like Phaedra - would be interested in some cheap Nomex socks for my feet! Is...
  • Re: Metric this, metric that
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
    Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:25:07 -0600
    ...If >you ask someone to show you with their hands what 2 feet looks like, most >people get pretty close - ask them to show...
  • Re: fresh air/heat sliders (EASY WAY TO KNOW)
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Wed, 9 May 2001 16:03:11 -0700
    ...Just memorize this little > rhyme. > > The top lever defrosts your feet, with fresh air from below, how neat! > The next lever controls the fan...
  • Re: Issue w/ 90 Euro spec doka heating levers
    Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
    Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:08:03 -0400
    ...Right is hotter. > > The third lever controls airflow to your feet. Right is less. > > (And the fourth lever controls unheated airflow to the rear...
  • Re: Vanagon Diesel Aux Heater Questions
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Tue, 17 Jul 2001 13:55:28 EDT
    ...With the Diesel, the system is controlled by an ECU behind the glove box that controls the startup cycle-this can be defective as...
  • Heat won't turn off
    Historical mailing list - Mark Pry
    Sun, 4 Jun 2006 13:18:59 -0700
    ...But still hot air leaks in, especially on my feet -- not pleasant when it's 105 degrees outside and the AC system is hardly...
  • Re: Issue w/ 90 Euro spec doka heating levers
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:09:59 -0400
    ...Right is hotter. >> >> The third lever controls airflow to your feet. Right is less. >> >> (And the fourth lever controls unheated airflow to the rear...
  • Re: Turbo overpressure
    Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
    Tue, 1 Jul 2008 21:27:20 -0400
    The boost that they produce is controlled by either a wastegate or a VNT in the case of 02 TDIs. The turbo itself must...
  • Re: fresh air/heat sliders (EASY WAY TO KNOW)
    Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
    Wed, 9 May 2001 16:22:19 -0700
    ...Just memorize this little > > rhyme. > > > > The top lever defrosts your feet, with fresh air from below, how neat! > > The next lever controls the fan...
  • Re: Heat won't turn off
    Historical mailing list - Mike Meuser
    Sun, 4 Jun 2006 14:49:43 -0700
    ...leaks in, especially on my feet -- not pleasant when > it's 105 degrees outside and the AC system is hardly the best in the...
  • Re: Brakes (upgraded and standard)
    Historical mailing list - Chris S.
    Mon, 21 Jun 2004 06:07:27 -0700
    ...Another point to consider is MODULATION, since power is nothing without control. I still would like to see a braking distance test done between...
  • Re: fresh air/heat sliders (EASY WAY TO KNOW)
    Historical mailing list - David W. Palmerston
    Wed, 9 May 2001 16:41:37 -0700
    ...Just memorize this > > > little rhyme. > > > > > > The top lever defrosts your feet, with fresh air from below, how > > > neat! The next lever controls the fan...
  • Re: Issue w/ 90 Euro spec doka heating levers
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
    Wed, 26 Jun 2013 10:39:41 -0700
    ...Right is hotter. >> >> The third lever controls airflow to your feet. Right is less. >> >> (And the fourth lever controls unheated airflow to the rear...
  • Re: Aircooled? - building my own interior heating system!
    Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
    Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:11:39 -0500
    ...utilized to build a heating system. > Parts: > * Inline 12v heater (bought on Ebay for $70 - basically a temp. controlled glow plug in a metal...
  • Re: [vanagon] Temp gauge/flashing light-HELP
    Historical mailing list - Katy
    Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:22:34 -0500
    ...how high, he said about 2 feet) us > > > proponents of various methods of bleeding the cooling system on this beast, > > but the "official" Bentley...
  • RE:any eurovans out there?
    Historical mailing list - William Alan Killian
    Mon, 11 Dec 1995 23:48:15 -0500 (EST)
    ...Only some 24000 miles on the EV. > Rick under states the EV heating/cooling system: separate > blowers/exchangers/controls fore and aft, drive you...
  • Re: Valve setting Type IV engines.
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sat, 23 Jun 2001 08:21:30 -0500
    ...Since Texas is mostly flat and mostly at an elevation of 35 feet to 230 feet above sea level I'm probably running in...
  • Re: Reality Check on New & Better VW Campers
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:26:40 -0800
    ...It's about >> twelve feet high IIRC, and just washing the windshield is a job. The >> systems control panel is maybe eight inches wide...
  • Re: Emergency engine cooling - a common problem?
    Historical mailing list - mike miller
    Wed, 25 Apr 2001 09:03:40 -0700
    ...I too 'treat' the malady with 'tincture of > heater' and like Phaedra - would be interested in some cheap Nomex socks for > my feet! > > Is...
  • Re: Air Conditioning help
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 22 Jan 2014 20:04:08 -0500
    Good climate control systems not only provide comfort but also help to combat driver fatigue. Unfortunately the Vanagon AC is not integrated. No heat...
  • Re: Dan H's Heater
    Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
    Tue, 14 Feb 1995 15:01:33 CST6CDT
    SStones re-butts: > If it's not air in the system, it could be that your heater core is > all plugged up with crud...
  • Re: Source for small auxiliary coolant pump? (oil cooler idea!)
    Historical mailing list - Karl M
    Tue, 9 May 2000 15:01:29 -0400
    ...to travel 30 feet. Simpler, but more strain on the engine. > A pertinent question may be: Is the stock cooling system and oil cooler...
  • Re: Heat won't turn off
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Sun, 4 Jun 2006 15:52:12 -0700
    ...But still hot air > leaks in, especially on my feet -- not pleasant when it's 105 degrees > outside and the AC system is hardly...
  • Re: Aircooled? - building my own interior heating system!
    Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
    Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:53:28 -0800
    ...utilized to build a heating system. Parts: * Inline 12v heater (bought on Ebay for $70 - basically a temp. controlled glow plug in a metal...
  • Re: Reality Check on New & Better VW Campers
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 26 Nov 2010 21:27:40 -0500
    ...It's about twelve feet high IIRC, and just washing the windshield is a job. The systems control panel is maybe eight inches wide...
  • Questions: Clear Coat and Westie Stoves & "Geez, my Vanagon is Peachy"
    Historical mailing list - Kevin J. Turinsky
    Wed, 22 Apr 1998 14:40:42 -0800
    ...Would someone please explain the stove control knobs to me. I turned the knobs to the center position ( "hollow flame" icon) to light the...
  • Re: Vanagonginity lost...
    Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
    Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:02:08 -0700
    ...The bottom two levers control where it goes (face or feet) the top two (should) control hot or cold (left is outside air and...
  • Re: is this the value?
    Historical mailing list - dan
    Tue, 9 May 2000 23:15:16 -0400
    ...The van itself has power windows, AC, cruise control, solar tint, upgraded stereo system, quad mud flaps, and rear differential lock. It has 187K...
  • '87 Syncro GL Adventurewagen For Sale!
    Historical mailing list - CC
    Tue, 9 May 2000 22:07:19 CDT
    ...The van itself has power windows, AC, cruise control, solar tint, upgraded stereo system, quad mud flaps, and rear differential lock. It has 187K...
  • '87 Syncro GL Adventurewagen For Sale!
    Historical mailing list - CC
    Thu, 25 May 2000 16:02:22 CDT
    ...The van itself has power windows, AC, cruise control, solar tint, upgraded stereo system, quad mud flaps, and rear differential lock. It has 187K...