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• Re: Front heater never shuts off
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 24 May 2024 11:51:15 -0700
  ...On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 4:12 AM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > First place to look is at the cable. Common...
• Re: Cromulent, imbiggens, D'oh
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:03:36 -0800
  ...I'll label the cables. > :::> ::: > :::> :::"heat" = cold > :::> ::: > :::> :::"defrost" = cold > :::> ::: > :::> :::etc. > :::> ::: > :::> :::;^) --- heh heh. > :::> ::: > :::> :::I removed the stock heater/gas heater a while back, but I...
• Re: Stock "squeeze" hose clamps
  Historical mailing list - Mary K Creasy
  Mon, 3 Jan 2011 19:57:56 -0500
  Sears has one I use that has a 18" cable so it is easier to get into some of the confounded places. # 9-47390...
• Re: Conductive grease for connections???
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:51:01 -0700
  ...It is just a small pot with built-in heater core in it. The question is how to apply tin coating to the Vanagon...
• Re: rear heater location (was Battery placement alternatives)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:33:24 -0500
  ...For most folks, that is because the cable that opens and closes the heater valve is jammed in the sheath or crimped where it...
• Blower Fan troubles
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:51:30 -0900
  ...I completely rebuilt my heater box, foam seals, new cables, overall something like 10 hours. I purchased my fan from the Bus Depot. If...
• Re: Tips on sealing heater box flaps, and while the dash is out . . .
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 11:17:09 -0400
  ...cable that operates the > flaps the send air to the driver and passenger feetsies. While the dash > is open, gonna open the heater box...
• Re: Front Heater Core Retrofit (Save money!)
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Wed, 20 Nov 2002 22:42:54 -0800
  ...of poorly designed monstrocity called Vanagon heater system. There are also many control flaps with disintegrated foam, cables needing adjustment, crumbling housing plastic etc...
• Re: What Goes Where
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:31:13 -0700
  ...convert closet door from hinged to slider- makes all the difference for access- then tall closet has TP, paper towels, electric fan, electric heater...
• Re: heater cover plate removal?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:05:42 -0700
  ...control cable to bend into a "u" behind the lever panel. I'll be pulling the dash and working on the heater box and...
• Re: rear heater core in front, was: New thermostat funky?
  Historical mailing list - Lee Peterson
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 14:41:00 -0800
  ...for the heater controls, four for the instruments, 2 screws for > the column covers, plus disconnecting the wiring harnesses, speedo cable, > etc. You also...
• Re: Blackbeard Comes Home! (With questions)
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:37:34 -0500
  ...left, into the cable, and through the cable down to something or other down near your feet where the heater is. When you shift...
• Heater Cables/Controlls
  Historical mailing list - Brian Walker
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 15:46:10 -0600
  Hey guys hows, it going? Thanks for the info on the sliding door and dash electrics. I was able to get both the sliding...
• Re: Front heater core change 91 Vanagaon
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:03:10 -0500
  ...the heater box, change the valve is made much easier during the job because you are disconnecting the hoses and heater cable. Go under...
• Re: Heat
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 15:06:09 EST
  ...He attributes it to a bad valve or a bad cable. Either is an inexpensive fix that you can deal with temporarily (Drop the...
• Re: Front heater valves, another junk part
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:07:34 -0700
  ...That cable clip is a real PITA. Funny, I bought a heater valve for my Ranger from them last year, and it blew after...
• Re: o2 Sensor on 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 17:22:32 -0400
  That green wire is the shielded cable. The black wire on the sensor is a plain wire. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Gronski [mailto...
• Re: Battery or Charging System Help Please
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:24:56 -0500
  ...Another wire from the alternator to the battery cable and then another from the battery to the fuse box will do wonders for all...
• Re: Removed the front fan/heater core assembly.
  Historical mailing list - Jaime Forero
  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:38:40 -0500
  ...I took the heater unit out, split it open, replaced the motor, cleaned out all the dust, washed the heater core, installed new foam...
• Belly Pan Saga(was re: Kelly Park...)
  Historical mailing list - john keith hopp
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 10:37:31 -0600 (MDT)
  ...cover &&the heater tube etc. whereas the splits had a pan that bolted underneath &&the front pedals etc. to keep the cables free of...
• Re: [WetWesties] Vanagon featured on Bring a Trailer today
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 6 Jan 2016 08:42:19 -0800
  ...The boot on accel cable is toast. Is that heater hose at the ISV to throttle elbow intake? Is the inline oil breather hose...
• Re: Cold defrost/warm heat 1.9wbx
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 06:56:39 -0800
  ...After replacing all the foam stuff, bleeding the heater core, and carefully adjusting the control cables, it works great. Mike Snow 1982 Westfalia 1...
• Re: Dashboard disassembly
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Nov 1995 21:38:51 -0400
  ...Amazing what a $12 part really costs you!! Check your cable out carefully by pulling off the lever knobs and the fan knob. Then...
• Re: anyone parting out a van have a heater cable for an '85?
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:04:07 -0600
  ...to open the valve that lets >>> coolant flow through the front heater core. Made an order, got a note >>> later that it was out...
• Gottabus!
  Historical mailing list - J. Anton Elmquist
  Mon, 11 Dec 95 15:05:00 UT
  ...So whaddya think - should I try to get the cables to the heater boxes unstuck, or should I just replace them? Yup - they're...
• Re: Dashboard fan in 86 syncro vibrating badly...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:54:30 -0500
  I drilled my plastic tabs on the heater box and refastened it with cable ties. Jim On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:37...
• FS 1986 Vanagon GL in Connecticut
  Historical mailing list - Paul A. Cianciolo
  Sat, 25 Dec 1999 19:38:15 -0500
  ...Mileage 187,000 speedometer broke at 167,000 Front & rear heaters, new rear heater core Motor has 40k on it , Factory Canadian rebuilt by...
• FS 1986 Vanagon GL in Northeast
  Historical mailing list - Paul A. Cianciolo
  Sun, 12 Dec 1999 11:47:39 -0500
  ...Mileage 187,000 speedometer broke at 167,000 Front & rear heaters, new rear heater core Motor has 40k on it , Factory Canadian rebuilt by...
• Re: rear heater core in front, was: New thermostat funky?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 20:39:36 -0500
  ...for the heater controls, four for the instruments, 2 screws for the column covers, plus disconnecting the wiring harnesses, speedo cable, etc. You also...
• Re: Front Heater Core Shutoff
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:59:21 -0700
  ...John, I had the same problem. �New heater valve and careful realignment and lubricating the control cable solved it. �mcneely -- Neil n 65 kb...
• Re: Climate Control Cable Meltdown - '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 17:24:09 -0700
  --- Gwg1928@aol.com wrote: > I would love to know how you took the thing apart? By "thing", I assume you mean the front heater...
• Re: Mulititude of questions (dash out now...)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 6 Jul 2009 19:51:21 -0700
  ...Finally! Heater unit was clamped and glued together, oh what fun. Now that they're apart I have a new heater unit, brake master...
• Re: Any repair recommendations while dashboard is removed?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 29 Jun 2017 19:17:53 -0400
  ...You might take the heater assembly out and clean the heater core. > See if heater and vent controls need adjusting or cables replaced > See...
• Re: heater blowers
  Historical mailing list - TieDye
  Fri, 29 Sep 2000 18:15:48 -0400
  ...You might have a cable off in there or something and that flap isn't closing to push air out the front panels... How...
• Re: o2 Sensor on 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 13:43:47 -0400
  I had a really good look at the wire sheath, and it does not look like coaxil cable at all, simply a rubber cover...
• Re: Any repair recommendations while dashboard is removed?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Thu, 29 Jun 2017 21:44:23 +0000
  ...You might take the heater assembly out and clean the heater core.  See if heater and vent controls need adjusting or cables replaced See...
• Re: Dashboard disassembly
  Historical mailing list - Dan Beatty
  Wed, 22 Nov 1995 05:13:04 -0600 (CST)
  At 07:40 PM 11/21/95 -0600, you wrote: > Check your cable out carefully by pulling off the lever knobs and the fan...
• Re: BA 6 Heater Booster - text
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 25 Nov 2006 12:25:20 -0500
  ...Also the parking brake cable and shift linkage needs to be disconnected,most likely, to manuver the vent ,out.A large diameter hose is...
• Re: 85 Westy running warm.
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Sun, 19 May 1996 16:28:23 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Its much less than when > the heater is on, but its enough to be uncomfortable and really give the AC a > challenge in cooling...
• even more '54 RHD deluxe progress!
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 26 Jun 1996 21:12:58 -0700
  ...I then did test fits of the chassis center sections, the pieces that go between the longitudinals, which the heater tube and cables pass...
• Re: Trumatic heater
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:32:11 -0600
  ...There are 10 wires in the > cable going to it. > Al Brase Yes, I should be able to get this for you. Let me...
• Re: Front heat always!
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Wed, 14 May 2008 09:26:57 -0700
  All you can do is slide everything to "off." Somebody else can explain it better than me but one of your cables is likely...
• Re: Rearview Camera Cable Routing
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 8 Apr 2019 09:57:02 -0700
  ...m trying to see if I can get a reaview camera cable > from > under the bench area to the engine compartment. I've looked...
• Re: Front Heater Core Shutoff
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:57:55 -0400
  ...New heater valve and careful > realignment and lubricating the control cable solved it. mcneely > > >-- >Neil n > >65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http...
• Re: Inoperative front blower issue.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:25:58 -0600
  ...Be sure to mark where every cable goes with tape and sharpie and take digital pictures so you know how the cables are routed...
• i felt a touch of heat, yea!!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Dec 1995 15:40:37 -0800 (PST)
  ...the heater cables are non-existent. so i pull the front door panels off as well as the cardboard under the dash and the...
• Re: Noisy bearing (?) on front heater fan
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 00:24:38 -0600
  ...And to do that you have to take the heater box apart. And to get to the heater box you have to remove the...
• Re: Dash removal - how long
  Historical mailing list - jaime forero
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:26:37 -0500
  ...replacing the heater core hoses if they are bad, check the heater box controls and replace any of the actuator cables. Also check the...
• Re: Rearview Camera Cable Routing
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 12 Apr 2019 13:44:17 -0400
  ...The remaining other end of the cable is just sitting tie wrapped at the ceiling. I'll route that after I've checked the...
• Re: buzzing in dash
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 09:50:26 -0700
  ...heater control cables, a couple run across the heater/ventilation box and are "held" in place with adhesive tape - maybe one or two have...
• Re: front heater valve
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:07:48 -0600
  ...valve on the rear heater. Turned "OF" in summer and "ON" in winter. The control valve operated by the cables has always been pesky...
• Re: Easy to remove engines
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:42:59 -0400
  ...heater box cable, fuel line and ALT + wire to starter -Disconnect all FI related wires that goes to the walls and throttle cable, revove...
• Physics phun
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:54:52 -0800
  Okay, I have one good heater cable and one good flapper valve, both on the right side of my 82 aircooled van. I'll...
• Re: Speedometer ticking noise
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:33:12 -0700
  ...wd-40(thats what I used to loosen up the heater control > cables on the dash and they work super now) but if it...
• Re: Rearview Camera Cable Routing
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Thu, 11 Apr 2019 20:51:02 -0400
  ...I had it done in about 30 > minutes. > > As a bonus, Backup camera cables are typically a single RCA cable and are > quite thin...
• Re: O2 sensor type problem after replacing O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:33:36 -0800
  ...re " when the coolant temp sensor told the ECU to turn the heater off on the sensor. " Oxygen sensor heat is full time, any...
• Air Cooled Rear Passenger Area Heat
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 21:30:24 -0600
  ...This vanagon is federal and has no auxillary heater installed. I have the following question: Should the rear, passenger-area floor vent always blow...
• Re: Stock "squeeze" hose clamps
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 3 Jan 2011 14:22:09 -0500
  ...The tool has a 20" flexy cable with the clamp at the end. You can reach any clamp with that setup. It works with...
• Re: What is this part?
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:57:00 -0600
  My heater box is split apart, but so is the picture of the one here: http://www.auto-parts.spb.ru/cat/au/pics...
• Re: Leaky front heater valve?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 07:50:31 -0700
  ...Mark Shawn Wright wrote: > While replacing my rad, I also removing my front heater control valve, since > I still seemed to be getting heat...