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• Re: AC
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Mar 2005 20:58:56 EST
  ...It will blow like > a hurricane with the rest of the duct removed. I hope you don't wear a > toupee. > > Mark > > LOL...mark...
• Dash Removed - Now What?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:34:40 -0400
  ...Before I sew it back up, any suggestions for useful modifications or improvements while I'm up to my elbows in wires, ducts and...
• Re: Neil's motor..
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:37:10 -0700
  ...The ducting from air > > > > intake plenum to air box may end up being a combination of hard and > > > > flexible materials. This would enable me...
• Re: [DIESEL] breather valve...where does it go on 1.9TD
  Historical mailing list - Southard
  Sun, 22 Aug 1999 23:09:16 -0400
  ...The other end of the tee connects to the air intake duct between the air cleaner box and the turbo charger. Apparently a little...
• Re: best lube for sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Wed, 8 Jun 2011 13:38:42 -0600
  On Jun 8, 2011, at 1:08 PM, BenT Syncro wrote: > So you are saying it is nothing but aviation/military grade duct tape...
• Re: miserable a/c...'84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 18:47:29 EDT
  Hi Budd , Thanks for your very comprehensive description of the re-engineered a/c ducting. It sounds like exactly what I need. I cant...
• Re: outbound ducting on the average vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 17 Dec 1999 16:43:01 -0500
  yeah i know.... but i love the sound of the secondaries opening under full throttle :) Sudhir H. Desai 1984 VW Vanagon 3.4 liter...
• Wanted Three Point Rear seat belts
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 20:34:18 EDT
  ...The location and trim cutout positions for the A/C ducts. I need to add some for my sons car seat. Robert
• Roll of duct tape doubles as cupholder
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:30:42 -0800
  Put it on the floor between your front seats. Lots of mass in that new roll of tape. A super big gulp fits just...
• Fwd: Re: LED lighting
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:48:16 -0800
  ...Sounds like a job for DUCT TAPE!! Happy holiday Friday, all.
• Re: removing duct tape from paint..ideas? paint thinner/mineral spirits
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:23:08 EST
  folks i used paint thinner/mineral spirits. works well, doesnt hurt paint. thanks to everyone for all the input and ideas... best idea i...
• If it aint broke, should I try to fix it?
  Historical mailing list - dave
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 09:30:15 -0700
  ...Once I learned of the recall I asked the owner if he had ever had his AC duct worked on under the factory recall...
• Re: AC to R134--more struggle, more cost, more questions
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 7 May 2008 23:59:08 -0400
  John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> writes: > Jim, > > That ductwork falling was such a problem that the NTSB put out a > safety bulletin and VW...
• Re: recall notice 86-91 air conditioning ducts
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 24 Oct 1999 01:41:43 -0400
  ...it helps if you > can support it with duct tape or a coat hanger or something, to take the > strain off those little wires...
• Re: LED backup lights update
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:30:49 -0800
  ...Tape, Metal Insulation Tape, Heavy Duty Duct Tape with Adhesive Backing for Hot Cold Air HVAC Ductwork, Dryer Vent, Heat Resistant, Repair https://a...
• Re: a/c recall question
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Thu, 28 Sep 2000 02:23:18 -0500
  ...29,500 Vanagons are covered, all of those with factory air (with center ducts, which obviously excludes Westys) built from August 1985 to June...
• Re: whistling when the heat is on???
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:40:03 -0500
  ...So...I duct taped both openings, fully expecting to rip the tape off come winter. That was around four years back and I haven...
• Re: Patching driver's seat cover
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:28:33 -0600
  ...Patching driver's seat cover My driver's seat cover (vinyl) has a tear in it and I've tried patching it with duct...
• Re: Fwd: how to keep that annoying a.c. duct on the ceiling?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 17 May 1999 23:34:54 -0400
  there is a recall on this. They will install 3"x6" plates in place of the flat washer. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net...
• Re: Friday's known Vanagon problems
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 10:25:34 -0400
  ...I *knew* this would be a good friday topic. :-) At 11:40 PM 8/27/2004 -0700, LOREN BUSCH wrote: >RE Transparent Duct Tape...
• Luggage rack air conditioner
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:22:22 -0400
  I remember seeing a site where someone was using a 5,000 BTU air conditioner in their luggage rack with soft ducting to the...
• Re: In the Dog House
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Sun, 12 Oct 1997 13:01:36 -0700
  ...From the rear, the engines look *very* similar, but if you reach around to the front, you will find the extra ductwork. The ductwork...
• Re: removing air conditioner without spilling the freon
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Sat, 12 Mar 2016 08:25:04 -0500
  ...I have removed the whole duct from our '91 GL > tintop. It caused too many mild concussions while it was there and when it...
• Re: Clean Duct Tape Residue? (pop to canvas repair)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:49:49 -0700
  ...Can't remember the >> name of >> it, but I've removed many a duct tape mess with it. >> >> Speaking of repairing poptops, we've...
• Re: Friday: Joel Walker Inspired Rhyme
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 4 Aug 2001 01:02:22 -0500
  ...And if duct tape you choose, Then the Fates you must schmooze And be hopeful they like you a lot. For the Things-that...
• Re: Overhead console?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Feb 2009 09:52:05 EST
  ...the front overhead a/c duct from 86-91 pass van. the center duct hole - mount a GPS or CB or DVD screen there...
• Re: Removing BA6 - completely
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 17 Jul 2001 16:02:32 EDT
  Ed Asked<<"anyone out there ever *completely* remove a BA-6 including all the ductwork, fans, wiring?">> All the time. It helps if it...
• Re: Wombat/Gerbil update
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Sun, 19 Nov 1995 10:49:00 -0700
  ...In any case, in addition to the two holes for the fresh air ducts, and the half-circle things that go fit up around...
• Re: wasserboxer cold weather prep
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Sep 95 14:26:23 PDT
  ...The engine was running cold so I used Duct Tape to cover seven of the nine holes in the grilles at the air intakes...
• AC fan speed
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 22 Oct 2016 11:36:12 -0700
  ...It's a '89 tintop with rear blower and AC duct. Could you please what, where to look next.. many thanks dan
• '91 vanagon with ragtop sunroofs and 17" wheels and audi 1.8Turbo motor
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:15:16 EDT
  scroll down and check out the hi-tech a/c ducting.. just make sure u arent eating or drinking anything or it might end...
• Vanagon date stamp
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Thu, 30 Oct 1997 08:18:30 -0600
  My 87 has the stamp there, it was made in 12/86, the top of the a/c ducts have 11-21-86 stamped...
• Re: Things to put under the driver's seat, 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:12:32 -0600
  > A small tool kit, a liter of oil, a 10 pack of nitrile gloves, spare > bulbs and fan belt, small roll of quality duct...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:39:07 -0600
  ...I got some heater duct, maybe it was brake duct... > hose, flexible with an incorporated spiral wire to keep it open...and > simply hose...
• Recirculating heat in '74-'79 camper
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 1 Dec 95 19:24:55 EST
  ...On the westy the rear duct is under the back seat perfectly located to suck the cold air from back low back though for...
• Adding a pop-top to a Vanagon?!
  Historical mailing list - ROGunter
  Sun, 3 May 1998 10:16:00 EDT
  ...top? I know I will have to lose the A/C ducts that run down the center of the overhead - Will I have to...
• Re: [Syncro] rust in doors
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 09:10:42 -0600
  ...My '84 started slowly, and now a year later, I hve *NO* floor in the duct left, just a gaping maw into space. I...
• Intermittent wiper Relay ?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:21:22 -0600
  ...but he sure as > hell > knows how to wrap a package- did you know you get a free roll of > used duct > tape with...
• Re: water heaters; also space heaters
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Thu, 3 Mar 2005 22:15:21 -0500
  ...They have a combination unit, which heats water for showers and dishes, and also is a space heater, with two ducts to put in...
• Removing 1990+ Westy Evaporator housing
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
  Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:16:37 -0700
  Has anyone removed the evap housing on a 90 or 91 Westy? This one has the ducting that runs to the end of the...
• Wiring rear speakers - 86 Weekender - long
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:51:04 -0400
  ...I pulled off one of the vents and the front end of the duct work (just above and behind front passenger seat) and see...
• Re: H2 replace glow plug on diesel Eberspacher
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 09:42:11 -0700
  ...Parts are spread all over the van from circulation blower above tranny, ducting between tank and body, relays and electrics under dash. I have...
• Re: A/C ducts and rear unit fell off roof and severely damaged
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 Dec 2020 03:57:54 +0000
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  Historical mailing list - Channing Davis
  Fri, 6 Dec 2013 07:58:38 -0500
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• a/c recall
  Historical mailing list - Alan Compher
  Mon, 2 Oct 2000 10:37:56 -0700
  ...The PO took out the a/c ducts! AC works fine this way, if you don't mind the wind tunnal effect with the...
• Re: What is "Jury-rigged"? (NO VANAGON CONTENT)
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 12:35:22 -0500
  ...the easiest way to get the job done, not necessarily correct. Duct, tape, baling wire, super glue, etc. anything to get to the end...
• Re: Raised floor heater duct photo in Bentely
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:42:36 -0700
  Entity mark drillock spoke thus: > I can't remember if any of my 82 passenger diesel > models had it. Any passenger diesels out there...
• AC convert
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Sat, 15 Apr 2006 20:10:46 -0400
  ...I put a thermometer in the air duct and it reads 63 degrees. It seems to me that it should be a little colder...
• Re: And what should arrive in my inbox this morning from Banggood but this magnetic offer
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 13 Apr 2016 18:51:03 +0000
  ...You could lay down a strip of 2" wide duct tape, sticky side up, but stuck down on tabletop at the ends with additional...
• Flopping side mirrors ... the rest of the story
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Wed, 29 May 2002 21:45:43 -0700
  ...The other gets its innards stuck on a piece of Duct Tape and rubbed around on the glue. And the winner is ..... based on...
• Re: A/C Duct Sagging-NLA?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 8 Sep 2011 09:04:02 -0500
  Michael, I have the official duct-work fix installed in one of my vans. My tunnel fell one day and I got in just...
• A few questions about 87 passenger bus
  Historical mailing list - k1cajun
  Fri, 21 Apr 2000 03:17:33 -0500
  ...The 89 has these ducts holes that go from front of door to back and then a hole in the door frame - I never...
• Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care!
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 21:21:13 +0100
  ...Time, > clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM writes: > > << With respect to NACA ducts, I think we could agree that fully cowled, > bodied > racing cars using...
• Re: Ebersparker (SP?) heater for 1970 Westie
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Feb 1995 17:52:56 -0500
  Thanks I will be going at it this evening The cable I can see, the timer I didn't get, the ducting I didn...
• Interest in '88 AC Complete System?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Tue, 12 Sep 2000 07:29:35 EDT
  ...It's fully functional, and the interior ductwork, etc., is white. Interested parties, please p-mail me with reasonable offer, or questions. Brian Doss...
• Re: ?? SA Engine Conversion ??
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 21:04:20 -0700
  Riiiiiiiiight -- he says as he reaches for the bailing wire and duct tape. c At 10:24 PM 6/15/01 -0500, Terry Kay...
• Re: Removing the Westy Top and Installing a Temporary Top
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:31:20 -0500
  ...If you stretch it tight/put slats across > the opening every couple of feet & duct tape it down tightly, I don't think > it...
• Re: AC housing reconstruction...
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:33:05 -0500
  ...Would love to have the space to add in a sunroof, but that center AC duct takes up too much space. Anyone have or...
• Re: Minimal vanagon support kit
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sun, 6 Sep 2009 20:37:36 -0400
  ...The rest are repair items like hose couplers and clamps, rubber tape and duct tape, bailing wire. electrical wire and assorted connectors, JB weld...
• Re: Rear Opening Dimension Needed on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 03:22:50 -0600
  I can still get a 12' canoe in and out of my 90 GL with the ducting in place. I would think you'd...