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rear heater in weekender
Historical mailing list - James Gebhard
Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:58:35 -0700
...How do the tabs work? Any suggestions as far as grease/oil blower motor? ( I'm changing the O ring in the heater valve...
Re: Replaced that heater valve today!
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sat, 28 Aug 2004 12:35:50 -0500
...Replacing the stock heater valve is not that big of a > deal. I have replaced dozens of them without later needing to > constantly > or...
Re: Challenge Progressing!
Historical mailing list - SamSco
Tue, 14 Apr 1998 14:28:21 EDT
Check the bleeder valve and O-Ring as well as the core itself. I just recently replaced the core and nothing else since the...
Bolt on valve cover gaskets
Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
Fri, 29 Nov 2002 10:32:11 -0500
I looking into options for replacing my aging leaky valve cover gaskets, and I'm considering bug pack bolt ons. Does anyone run these...
Re: Front Heater Core Shutoff
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:14:02 -0700
...Close the valve, and the box should not heat up, as no coolant flow. Hmmmmm.......... . > > > Yes. Of course. A heater core full of circulating...
Re: Heater valve
Historical mailing list - Brian Honan
Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:10:56 -0400
...Simple, thanks for the input, Brian, If you're talking about the front heater valve, search the archives > for a detailed article I submitted...
Re: 91 rear heater core-pulled it
Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
Wed, 22 Jul 1998 20:08:58 -0500
...I bought the $100 heater core and valve assembly($45?) from Bus Depot and once it finally arrived, it took an afternoon to install...
Re: Leaking heater control valve
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 19 Sep 2021 18:05:19 -0700
...It looks like it is dripping from the heater control valve. I shut the >> > valve and that has stopped the drips for now. I...
Re: Air cooled parts needed
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 27 Sep 2001 07:40:43 -0500
...to the heater box, and the one that comes off the heater box, and attaches to the driver side heat valve. http://williamwareagency.com...
Re: Whats this under my rear bench
Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
Mon, 21 Apr 2003 08:17:03 -0400
...It is your rear heater and blower. The valve you speak of is exactly what you assumed it was, on and off. There should...
turning air-cooled Heater Off
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Tue, 6 Jul 1999 17:23:13 -0400
...tin tubes and into the flapper valves, where it is exhausted to the outside when the heater is off, or allowed to the noise...
Coolant leak. Rear heater control valve?
Historical mailing list - Drew Bedford
Mon, 11 Sep 2000 13:53:22 -0600
...The slow leak is coming from what I believe to be the control valve for the rear heater. I didn't even know there...
Re: Heater core repair
Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:13:55 -0700
Dennis, Is'nt a good working heater valve (one that shuts off heat completlely unlike the one in my 87 which needs replacing) sufficient...
Re: rear heater blowout - stranded
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:06:42 -0400
...For that matter, is > there even coolant there, unless I turn on the rear heater (thus > opening a valve somewhere else)? Does coolant fill...
Re: Heater core repair
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 27 Aug 2004 22:04:56 -0400
...Heater core repair Dennis, Is'nt a good working heater valve (one that shuts off heat completlely unlike the one in my 87 which...
Re: FOLLOW UP MINOR? COOLANT CATASTROPHE HELP NEEDED
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Thu, 31 Jul 2003 22:28:50 -0400
...route through the heater core produce the same > return of hot coolant to the engine block? > > Owen, With the heater valve closed, It is...
Re: REAR HEATER VALVE - 'Not' Understood (Sorry Zoltan)
Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:06:05 -0700
...Most convertors use the heater loop as the bypass, thus the need to keep at least one heater valve open at all times. Usually...
Re: Leaking heater valve
Historical mailing list - Roger Barkley
Wed, 1 Feb 2012 21:39:45 -0500
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front heater core valve and VW show
Historical mailing list - Dart 330
Thu, 6 Jun 2002 21:35:22 -0500
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Re: Rear Vanagon Removal
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 1 Mar 2011 17:26:50 -0800
...Seems to me that plugging them would be no >> different than closing the valve on the heater. But, I removed the hoses >> completely, including...
Re: Endless Heat
Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
Mon, 23 Jul 2001 12:25:38 EDT
...the connection to the heater > control cable, I'm beginning to suspect that it might be the heater valve. > Can someone tell me where...
Re: Heater Control Question
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sat, 20 Jan 2007 10:47:19 -0600
...This last step previously described, lowering the heater valve assembly, is only really necessary for your convenience if the clip for the other end...
Re: trip out west
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 4 Aug 2010 13:03:25 -0700
...Then your heater valve is always stuck on a little. If that cable would get spray lubed once a year, or once every 5...
Rear Heater Tricks?
Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
Tue, 11 Nov 1997 04:21:22 -0600
Is there any way to rig up a rod or shaft to the rear heater core valve lever so you don't have to...
Re: Inserting Terry K heater shutoff valve
Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
Wed, 1 Aug 2007 15:05:00 -0600
...Inserting Terry K heater shutoff valve On 8/1/2007 1:01 PM Tom Buese wrote: > So am I correct in understanding that the...
Re: Rear Vanagon Removal
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:10:48 -0600
...Seems to me that plugging them would be no different than closing the valve on the heater. But, I removed the hoses completely, including...
Re: 2.1 WBX Coolant Loss: Searched
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:18:51 -0700
...Same thing happened to me, and both the rear heater core and front heater control valve (above the spare tire) were leaking. Check those...
seeping from core flange
Historical mailing list - Jeff Hartman
Sat, 11 Oct 1997 08:11:58 -0800
After having the VW dealer pressure check my cooling system, a leak was found in the rear heater core. The rear heater valve was...
Re: removing rear heater
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:00:56 -0400
...I rigged up a couple of pieces of heater hose to my air compressor and pressurized the core to 20 PSI and dunked it...
Re: heater leak?
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Tue, 29 Jun 1999 12:12:34 -0300
...Carol wrote: > The heat exchanger under the rear bench seat in my '89 Westfalia emits > heat even eith the valve turned off. Is this...
Re: Speaking of cooling issues ...
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:49:40 -0400
At 11:40 PM 4/21/2013, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >rear heater cores leak of course ...I recommend keep valve on it at...
Re: Rear Heater Core Cover Removal
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:05:17 -0700
there's only one bleed valve on the rear heater core. It has one o-ring on it I believe. I seldom put o...
Re: Heater Leak
Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
Tue, 29 Jun 1999 00:58:17 -0700
...Also the control valve in the same location can also leak between itself and the heater core (there's a rubber 0-ring in...
Re: Rear Heater Assembly Question
Historical mailing list
Thu, 17 Oct 1996 06:45:42 -0400
...have all the parts required to reassemble my rear heater--a new valve, new heater core and O-ring gasket. My question is, should...
Re: Rear heater leaking
Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
Wed, 5 May 1999 09:51:56 -0400
>Has anyone tried switching the vanagon rear heater >core for a different model??? I test drove a van last Summer where the owner had...
Re: Rear Heater Leak
Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
Tue, 1 Jun 2004 10:07:56 -0700
...These attach to a small block that has a valve and lever on it. The valve bolts onto the housing for the rear heater...
Re: Leaky rear heater
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Fri, 15 May 2020 16:29:07 -0000
Hmm. I replaced the heater but not the valve - thought it was the same unit. I will investigate! Don't think it's a...
Re: Looking for correct name or terminology f or a push-pull
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Mon, 2 Dec 2013 13:26:28 -0800
...and from then on you have very compromised heater valve control... until ...you go in there, carefully straighten the kink .. lube the hell out...
Re: rear heater location (was Battery placement alternatives)
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 08:43:48 -0700
...just in front of right rear wheel, scrooch under van and have a look -leaky hose itself (rare) -bleeding screw on heater valve leaking...
Re: Heater Valve Replacement
Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
Fri, 21 May 2004 19:50:59 -0700
...Heater Valve Replacement I know this is an age old thread with skads of info in the archive so I'll be brief and...
Re: Weird coolant leak question
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Sun, 1 Nov 1998 18:53:03 -0800
...Also - the Bently has no text - just a picture of this rear heater unit. What is the function of the gray valve at the...
Re: What do you think...
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 14 Jul 2000 11:47:43 -0700
...the valve in the summer. Richard Bias wrote: > > All, (especially those of us who have or are dealing with the "rear heater > caper") > > I...
Re: overheating issues
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Wed, 7 Sep 2005 09:55:30 -0700
> > Open up the rear heater valve, and the front one too. > > Now, when the temp gauge starts climbing turn both heater blower's on...
Re: Such a splendid waste of time
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:31:56 -0500
...heater valve that admits/excludes coolant >to/from the heater core and its wire for example). mcneely He only wishes he had a heater...
Re: Rear heater control
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 24 Feb 2000 20:22:03 -0500
...valve on the rear heater is supposed to be "on"? I Progress, i.e. heat is obtained by going *forward.* Or pretend the heater...
Re: rear heater on 85 Westy
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:30:46 -0400
...rear heater on 85 Westy I can't stop a leak at the turnoff valve on my rear underseat heater. I have tried standard...
Re: rear heater blowout - stranded
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:42:57 -0700
...For that matter, is there even coolant there, > unless I turn on the rear heater (thus opening a valve somewhere else)? Does > coolant fill...
front heater core valve
Historical mailing list - Dart 330
Thu, 6 Jun 2002 21:40:20 -0500
Just replaced my front heater core valve since I was getting hot air on the highway with the control set to off. It was...
Re: Plastic noodles in cooling system, '90 Wolfsburg TDI
Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
Fri, 1 Apr 2011 13:13:43 -0700
...a leak at the rear heater that turned out to be the o-ring >> where the >> control valve is bolted to the core flange...
Re: replacing rear heater
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
Sun, 18 Mar 2018 20:49:09 +0000
...parts for this job? I will need both the > heater core and the valve. Both are leaking. Are there certain brands > that are better...
Rear heater
Historical mailing list - Data Services
Mon, 10 Dec 2001 11:16:57 -0500
Hi Volks Could someone tell me which way the valve at the rear heater should be positioned for full ON. I forget after summer...
Re: aiding cooling system by turning on heater blower
Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
Wed, 16 May 2001 12:54:45 -0500
...Besides, when you open the heater valve, you instantly dump whatever cold coolant is in the heat exchanger into the cooling system. Chris, '85...
Re: WAS:trip out west-NOW: Heater valve
Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:40:57 +0000
...Heater valve > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com> wrote: > ..... > > > > Also, removing...
Re: getting to heater cables and controls
Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
Mon, 20 Jun 2005 08:51:56 -0700
...I've got an 86 Syncro and need to get into the front heater control valves. The hot control doesn't shut off completely...
Re: New to List, Best Bus?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sun, 7 Oct 2001 21:48:25 -0400
...Could it be that those experiencing marginal performance have heater valves that are not opening all the way? Mike
Heater valve flaps 80-83 aircooled
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 31 Aug 2001 01:30:04 -0500
Someone was asking for some heater flapper valves. I have two good right side with good rubber zero rust. at $20.00 I have...
Re: Anyone have a good rear heater core for sale?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 10 Dec 2013 22:44:10 -0500
...Since then I've turned off the valve >in summer. The valve is specifically designed to allow a small flow even when closed, to...
Re: Heater?
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Fri, 12 Oct 2018 13:59:20 -0700
...anyway the front heater core is right there, looking quite old.. so I decided to replace it and the valve too... here's what...
Hose count on 86 and up 2.1 wbxr manual trans vanagon
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:06:34 -0700
...counting heater hoses in my head .. not counting heater valve I can see 8 .. and a heater valve has two hoses on it of...
Re: Worst of all Vanagon Jobs
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 3 Mar 2013 16:44:31 -0800
...Or even worse ..adjusting >> the push rod length for the clutch master cylinder. >> >> It's very important IMO to have the rear heater valve...