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Fridge flue vent cover
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Fri, 28 Mar 2003 19:35:27 -0500
Just thought I'd post to remind camper owners to remove their fridge flue vent cover before driving on the highway...I forgot today...
A/C side vents not working.
Historical mailing list - Jim & Wilma Quan
Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:10:41 -0700
Just had my a/c recharged and while I was enjoying the nice cool breeze, I noticed that the a/c vents above the...
Re: FYI - Venting for mobile refrigerators
Historical mailing list - David Etter
Fri, 6 Jul 2007 15:05:45 -0300
Too bad you couldn't redirect some of the air-conditioning to behind the fridge or even re-pipe air from the door ventilation...
Re: vent wing frame removal
Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
Sat, 22 Jul 2017 15:20:55 -0700
Thanks Stace, Your notes on the steps are very accurate, as I just finished removing one side's door seals, window, wing vent glass...
Alternative roof vents?
Historical mailing list - Jean-Woo Kim
Sat, 4 Dec 2004 21:10:36 -0800
I am looking for inexpensive alternative to the OEM skylight/roof vent on my 87 Westfalia which is in terrible shape. It's missing...
Re: 89 + Rear window vents transplanted in an 85 Westy
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Wed, 25 Jan 2006 08:56:00 -0800
...Well yeah, that's exactly my point! The original question was whether 88+ rear vents stop the wheeze. My observation: the rear vents won...
Re: Newbie question about auxiliary power-Battery vent hoses
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:34:13 -0500
...The battery had vents, but not nipple vents to which a vent hose could be fitted. The vented gas just vents to outside the...
Westy vent assembly
Historical mailing list - Lewis Horn
Fri, 9 Jun 1995 16:17:24 -0400 (EDT)
I just ordered and received some replacement parts for the top vent window on our 85 westy. However, the original parts were so damaged...
Re: Vanagon Heat Vents.....
Historical mailing list
Thu, 30 Jan 1997 13:08:34 -0500 (EST)
...The heated air from the dash vents was one of the >>enhancements in the 1988 model year vans. Tim Smith wrote: >well, not exactly...
mystery vents
Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:43:32 -0400
...1) Where does the exhaust air go from the vents on the lower back corner of the front doors in a 1983 V'gon...
Re: Leaking door vent windows?? How to fix?
Historical mailing list - Groff, Montgomery
Mon, 27 Sep 1999 15:13:39 -0600
...Leaking door vent windows?? How to fix? > > both my little swivel windows > > leak. One of the seals is brand new. The other is original...
Re: A/C, Rear, Shroud
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Tue, 10 Jan 2017 02:39:01 +0000
...Vanagon - View topic - Westfalia A/C vents & removing plenum | | | | | | | | | | | TheSamba.com :: Vanagon - View topic - Westfalia A/C vents & removing p... Classified ads, photos, shows...
Vent wing
Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
Mon, 14 Jun 2021 18:52:04 -0400
...I had to straighten out my left vent wing on the bottom, it was a little bent, of course a giant fiasco as always...
Re: Fridge question:
Historical mailing list - Roy O.
Wed, 10 Nov 1999 12:20:30 -0600
|Is it ok to cover the vent on the outside of the westy at all times when not |using the fridge? The manual recommends...
need ac vent cover
Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:55:37 -0600
Does anyone need a brown air conditioner vent cover for the rear section, above the slider door (1985). I have one or two that...
Vent Wing Windows Opening More
Historical mailing list - Doug Noganav
Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:29:20 -0800
Anybody know the trick to getting late model vanagons (89) to allow the vent wing window to open beyond 90 degrees like the earlier...
Re: How to Steal VW Vans Quickly
Historical mailing list
Tue, 30 Aug 94 18:12:23 EDT
You need to use wing vent pry-in preventers. These are little metal pieces that make it so you can't just pry the...
Need Vents Want a Trade
Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
Sat, 9 Apr 2005 11:46:59 -0500
Hi all I have a brown dash vent up for sale or trade. I need two black ones. Anybody have any? Michael Knight '77...
Re: Heater Controls?
Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
Sun, 17 May 1998 01:34:52 EDT
...The DOOR "VENTS" are air exit vents that allow air to exit the van when opened. Forward is open, rearward position is closed. (This...
Re: Will fiberglass insulation burn?
Historical mailing list - jimt
Sat, 10 Sep 2005 13:06:59 -0600
That upper portion of vent hose if not insulated is venting its heat right up through the grill at the back of the stove...
Re: door vents/winter fogging safety
Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
Tue, 2 Sep 1997 18:29:36 -0400
...As you know from earlier posts about these little vents, they are the only wholesale way for air to escape on 68-86? vans...
Heat won't turn off
Historical mailing list - Mark Pry
Sun, 4 Jun 2006 13:18:59 -0700
...No matter what I do with the controls, heat comes out of the dash vents and floor vents when those vents should just be...
Re: flue vent assembly
Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
Sat, 14 Apr 2018 17:08:13 -0700
Ed, Not sure exactly what part of the vent system you are having issues with, but take a look at the GoWesty video for...
Re: 2nd battery; two questions
Historical mailing list - Doug F
Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:46:24 -0800
Dennis, I wonder the same thing when the issue came up in my westy conversion, if to do the venting or not. I had...
Re: Mouse Attack!
Historical mailing list - Jim King
Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:57:11 -0400
Years back during an early spring trip, I heard what I determined to be acorns rolling around in the front vent system. When I...
Re: Draft, below Dometic
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 30 Oct 2015 00:43:55 -0400
...Your draft must be from sidewall cooling and you're noticing it because it's confined and has the fridge ventilation openings to come...
Re: Rear Vents
Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
Tue, 29 Jun 1999 14:14:53 -0400
...Also if the rear window >vents don't have an open/close mechanism, how do the later models >achhieve max A/C cooling? > > Excellent...
Re: Mystery Hose
Historical mailing list - Karl M
Thu, 20 Apr 2000 14:08:33 -0400
The hose in question is only a vent for the clutch housing, which is sealed on a Syncro. The vent hose goes to a...
propane filling problem
Historical mailing list - Lee Kouns
Sun, 11 Aug 2002 20:30:36 -0700
...After filling it to 1.5 gallons, we found propane venting through a little hole in the bottom of the port for filling our...
Re: Charcoal canister/valve problems
Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
Fri, 9 Nov 2007 23:35:14 EST
...I will try testing the vent and if that tests to be okay then I think that I will go ahead and replace my...
Re: Splitting the ventilation housing
Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
Thu, 7 Sep 2017 08:47:14 -0700
Guys, � I assume you are referring to the rear-most side window vents along the rear edge eg� air EXIT vents ? I've got...
Re: vent noise intrusion...
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:53:59 -0600
...i have the defrost vent closed and the footwell vent closed I get > some > crazy "howling" through the vent doors somewhere inside the air...
a/c vents
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Mon, 25 Jul 2022 22:09:25 +0000
Volkers, Someone posted that the A/C in a westy is more effective without the plastic vent guides on the outflow. Anyone know how...
Re: Sliding Door Silencers!
Historical mailing list - Richard Lamoreaux
Wed, 12 Apr 1995 22:24:23 +0000
> > "Out the vent window"?? Just what position are you IN? (Brings a lot of > gymnastics to mind :-) > Maybe that's why the vent windows...
rear window leak
Historical mailing list - BillM
Wed, 7 Jan 2004 21:53:38 -0500
On my 91GL there is a black plastic vent in the rear most part of the rear side windows. When it rained last weekend...
Re: water in fridge vent?
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Sun, 1 Feb 2009 23:38:49 -0600
...1-Feb-09, at 9:23 PM, mdrillock wrote: > The fridge vent has a drain. Unscrew the small cap, under the fridge > lower grill...
Re: noise reduction
Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
Thu, 21 Oct 2004 22:48:53 -0700
The 88 on v-gons have the plastic air exhaust vents at the rear of the rear side windows. The design is set to...
Re: Eberspacher BA6 gas heaters on canadian waterboxer vanagons...
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Mon, 9 Feb 2015 13:03:21 -0600
...Separate carpet behind the vent after the elevation change (in the "living area"). Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 9, 2015, at 12:52...
Re: Vent Question
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 8 Mar 2010 02:11:51 -0600
...Vent Question >>> >>> Jeff, >>> Ford Pick-ups have one way rubber vents on the back of the cab--covered >>> > by > >>> the box or service body...
Catalytic Heater
Historical mailing list
Tue, 30 Aug 94 16:42:03 EDT
...The external venting does not robb heat from the unit in the way that external venting on a standard heater would. I think I...
Re: Sinky Smell from vents.
Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
Fri, 6 Nov 1998 22:15:48 -0500
Never had anything die in the vent system, but we just got done removing and thoroughly cleaning the ducts and the inside of the...
Re: Heater Box Question and Front Air Conditioning Revisited
Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
Wed, 29 Jan 2003 09:15:30 -0800
This is an idea that I have been toying with for front ventilation control: Install a damper on the front of the airbox to...
Vented rotors for '86-91 ?
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Thu, 23 Aug 2001 17:40:08 -0700
I just checked the front rotors on my '88 Westy, and found they're not vented! I could have sworn they were vented last...
Re: Ventalation Controls (sp)
Historical mailing list - Michael Ramer
Sun, 12 May 2002 09:03:15 -0700
...owners-manual/vent-controls.html > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Chris Winesette" >To: >Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 5:59 AM >Subject: Ventalation Controls (sp) > > > > Ok...
Re: Vent Removal
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Tue, 29 Mar 2005 05:50:14 -0800
...M --- Nate Saylor <nates@IMPULSE.NET> wrote: > This sounds stupid, but how do you remove the vents from the sides of > the dash? It...
Re: mystery vents
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:55:19 -0400
> > 1) Where does the exhaust air go from the vents on the > lower > > back corner of the front doors in a 1983 V'gon...
WTB - quarter vent window
Historical mailing list - John Runberg
Thu, 18 Nov 2004 10:51:14 -0500
A friend broke the glass in one of his vent windows and the local yards are empty. Does anyone have a quarter window for...
Re: Source for Plat Cat heater?
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Thu, 9 Nov 2006 19:35:07 -0800
Dennis, we were only talking about vented heaters.... On 11/9/06, Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@optonline.net> wrote: > > Any non vented heater is going...
Re: General Question On Battery Venting
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:30:15 -0500
The vents open under the vehicle, don't they? Looks to me like they do. And with good fasteners and the gasket in good...
Re: Battery Purchases
Historical mailing list
Wed, 12 Oct 94 14:36:32 EDT
jackr@starfleet.scs.ag.gov writes: > > > > Sealing the vent hole would prevent built up gases from escaping and probably would > > > crack the case, allowing...
Re: heater vs fan
Historical mailing list
Tue, 15 Nov 94 20:45:21 EST
It depends on which vents you speak of: the two vents that are parallel to the facia and have open/close switches are fresh...
Re: Gas tank vent line questions
Historical mailing list - neil N
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:56:18 -0700
...Plus two metal vent lines were clogged completely shut with rust! I'll bet the new venting make my Westy go faster and get...
Vent flapper noise?
Historical mailing list - Neil2
Mon, 5 May 2008 08:21:07 -0700
...I may have caused it while adjusting the vents. Before I noticed the sound I felt warm air blowing thru the two dash vents...
Re: Synchro trans leak
Historical mailing list
Thu, 2 Feb 95 16:08:49 EST
...Dave, thanks for the insight regarding the breather vent. I wasn't aware that such a vent existed so tonight I'll check Bentley...
Re: Vent Block-off Part Number
Historical mailing list - Giroux, Eric
Tue, 9 May 2000 13:10:36 -0400
...04 > To: 'Giroux, Eric'; Vanagon (E-mail) > Subject: Vent Block-off Part Number, was: venting question > > > #251 259 133 A From a 1982 US...
Re: vw vanagon a/c vent BS
Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
Thu, 28 Sep 2000 18:28:39 -0400
...vw vanagon a/c vent BS Date: Thursday, September 28, 2000 5:58 PM Well today my vents came down i went to the...
vent shades
Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
Sat, 1 Jun 2002 06:09:25 -0400
Has anyone out there seen or know where to get Vent Shades for a Westy ? Vent Shades will allow you to keep your front...
Re: Heating system
Historical mailing list - J. Walker
Tue, 20 Sep 94 12:04:53 CDT
On Tue, 20 Sep 94 11:39:13 CDT Gerald Skerbitz said: >Can someone tell me exactly what the vents at the bottom of...
Re: SLA AC Delco Deep Cycle? (vs Interstate)
Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
Wed, 27 Mar 2019 14:45:56 -0700
...The vent openings for the battery compartment > on mine are at the bottom corners of the compartment, so that they vent > under the vehicle...
Re: Newbie question about auxiliary power-Battery vent hoses
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:06:18 -0600
...The battery had vents, but not nipple vents to which a vent hose could be fitted. The vented gas just vents to outside the...