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• Re: SLA AC Delco Deep Cycle? (vs Interstate)
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:26:46 +0000
  ...are not true vented batteries as > >> required > >> by the Vanagon.  Vanagon specific batteries have vents built into each > end > >> of the battery case, with...
• Re: How can I tell if the crankcase vent is clogged?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 20:13:22 -0400
  ...Some > responses said exhaust gases in the oil, but most responses indicated a clogged > crankcase vent. The crankcase vent is the PCV valve isn...
• Re: Vent windows past 90 degrees -- nope
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:20:08 -0700
  ...IIRC the change came in '88 along with the change in airflow configuration in the dash and the rear vents in the back windows.
• Knob for vent
  Historical mailing list - Pierce, John D
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 16:21:47 -0400
  I recently stripped the the wheel-type knob that raises and lowers the roof vent on my 1985 Westy. The local dealership wanted $12...
• Re: Vent Shades for drivers/pass windows?
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Hatcher
  Fri, 6 Nov 1998 11:31:09 -0500
  >Patrick and all, > >I bought the ones from MacNeil Automotive; The web site for the vent shades (made by ClimAir and sold by MacNeil...
• '88 rear side window vents - cleaning?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:46:01 EST
  You know how these vents have a foam filter on the interior portion? How does one dismantle these things to clean out the filters...
• Re: Air intake for exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 3 Sep 2001 18:32:27 -0700
  Where would you be mounting a heater that would make this a good location for the vent? Mike Snow '82 Westy diesel '83 ASI...
• Re: 84 - air cond
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 15 Jun 2003 11:27:44 EDT
  ...air conditioning vents in the overhead over > the back seat...is this correct? Guess I wonder why no air conditioning > vents in front dash...
• seeking lower dash panel/selling closet door and vents
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Wed, 4 Jul 2012 13:27:05 -0600
  ...And two brown vent covers from rear area. Email me for info.
• Re: It's cold out there (Even in Florida)
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Wed, 3 Jan 2018 18:10:15 -0500
  ...the windshield vent 129F, just *inside* the rear blower vent > 150F. > > > > At about 2000 rpm, windshield vent 160F rear blower vent 165F. > > > > A couple...
• Re: Lower door vents taped up?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 21:40:57 +0200
  The cutout is closed with tape on newer Vanagons because they have the vents in the rear windows instead. I think the plastic piece...
• Re: FW: vanagon ac upgrade *in dash unit info*
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:15:27 -0700
  ...cooled air not only through the dash vents, but in a Westie out the side vents along the roofline as well. Tom F. --- Todd...
• Venting Reefer Heat
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 9 May 2005 06:20:07 -0700
  ...reefer so that the waste heat, rather than being vented into the cabin, would vent out through the side of his Vanagon. I think...
• Re: Vent wing
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 15 Jun 2021 22:53:22 -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: Splitting the ventilation housing
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Thu, 7 Sep 2017 13:23:57 -0700
  ...referring to the rear-most side window vents along > the rear edge eg air EXIT vents ? > > I've got my windows out for a...
• Re: 1985 fresh air vent clogged?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 13 Apr 2014 21:36:01 -0700
  ...I had to patch things back up, >> and now need to make the vent work.
• Re: Heater knee bar cross beam
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:52:06 -0700
  My understanding, FWIW, and that ain't much, is that the door vents suck air out the back window vents. I have always thought...
• Idle Selonid repair/Vent window
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 04 Feb 96 17:19 CST
  ...Idle Selonid repair/Vent window > <snip> > Now my question. The driver's vent window will not stay > open, pushed about 75 degrees to let...
• Installing roof vent on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bren Smith
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 12:39:22 -0700
  ...He's interested in installing an aluminum vent into the roof of his van. The two of us have talked about doing it ourselves...
• Re: A few questions about 87 passenger bus
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Apr 2000 04:28:46 EDT
  ...Any ideas ? Search in archives just comes up with vent windows. >> the vents at the rear of the back windows on th '88-'91...
• Re: COLD air vents!
  Historical mailing list - Carol Premack
  Tue, 21 Nov 2000 02:23:08 -0600
  ...You may also find that the hose leading from the front air intake to the side dash vents has come loose, which renders the...
• Re: Vent flapper noise?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 7 May 2008 07:36:44 -0400
  ...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: airflow management in hot weather driving
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:01:35 -0400
  ...The fresh air vents over the door side (bottom lever on the heater panel) may help a little. The rear heater fan can stir...
• Re: automatic mystery and solution
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:02:55 -0800
  ...So it must be one of the two vents on top off the final drive part of the transaxle. I guess there are 2...
• Re: 89 + Rear window vents transplanted in an 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:02:57 -0500
  I have a couple of rear vented windows and a passenger side Passenger van slider for sale if anyone is interested. Chris On 1...
• Re: front fill radiator
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 10 Jan 2004 02:35:42 EST
  ...While filling, the air is vented through the space between the tube and the inner diameter of the venting hole. When I've done...
• Re: Manual trans vent
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 10 Aug 2005 07:44:48 -0700
  All of the manual trannys have the vent. It is always in about the same location, on the top near the nose. Syncros have...
• 1985 fresh air vent clogged?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 13 Apr 2014 13:41:44 -0700
  ...I'm getting full fresh air flow through the passenger side dash vent, but almost none out of the driver's side. Pulled the...
• Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:27:11 -0700
  ...Depending on how the levers were set, I could get a mild updraft from the defroster vents, not enough to feel on my head...
• Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:54:27 -0700
  mark drillock wrote: > If you set the levers as I said and got nothing out of the dash end > vents while driving 60 then...
• Re: Vanagon Air Scoops
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:58:14 -0400
  ...Is it known which direction the air normally flows in the left-hand vent column (the right isn't a vent, it's the...
• Re: Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights...
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:39:18 -0800
  ...Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights... Hi there... My illuminating lights behind the heater/vent control panel and the cigarette lighter (with...
• WANTED - Fridge vent
  Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
  Sat, 12 Jul 2003 13:34:47 +0000
  ...Now for the install into my 87' Syncro GL I need the vent that is mounted on the side of the van. As I...
• Re: Rain Deflector
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:49:45 -0600
  I don't think they will help reduce noise from the vent window. The deflector sits above the roll down window. They should reduce...
• washers
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Wed, 8 Jul 2020 12:38:28 +0000
  I just replaced the trim around the driver and passenger windows, including the vent windows. When I took the vent window glass out on...
• Snow coming out of my vents???
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 Jan 1997 10:11:17 -0600
  Can anyone tell me why snow is coming out of my vents! I have the heater on and the fan set at 2. Everytime...
• Close that fresh air vent and stay warmer.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 18:03:31 -0600
  Close the Vanagon fresh air vent. You can use just about any kind of tape. Very simple.......... take a look. http://williamwareagency.com/forsale...
• Sliding Window Vent Covers
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 21:12:17 -0400
  Does anybody know of a vented/louvered cover to put over the sliding windows so that you can keep your windows open when it...
• Manual trans vent
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Wed, 10 Aug 2005 06:25:58 -0700
  ...Do all manual transmissions have this vent? Does someone have an actual picture of it's location? I have an 84GL with a 4...
• Subject: getting cooler air to the front in a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:25:54 -0700
  ...That seems > pretty weird considering that those vents worked > fine on my 84 Westy. I > know there were ventilation changes made to later > models...
• Re: Where's that air coming from?
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 03:33:11 -0600
  ...It is controlled by flaps inside the heater/ventilation housing (the big black plastic box behind the firewall in the middle of the dash...
• Re: 84 Wolfsberg westie roof outlets
  Historical mailing list - Felix Martel
  Tue, 23 Sep 1997 11:19:04 PDT
  ...Vanagon@GERRY.SDSC.EDU > >>> I have an 84 Wolfsberg Westfalia GL and I am not getting any ventilation >>> from the two roof outlets above...
• Re: Selling on the Vanagon site. ( a lesson )
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 6 Sep 2002 17:04:48 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Fellow listies > >More then two months ago I sold some window vents thru the Vanagon list to a person named...
• Re: Oops... did it again! Backed into garage with vent open!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Wed, 29 Jul 2020 11:40:32 -0400
  ...anyone have a good way to remember to check your roof vent before > pulling into your garage??? > > I think this is the 3rd time...
• Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:41:23 -0700
  Yes, I already said I was mistaken on that, and I was mostly concerned about the 87 change to feed those vents from the...
• Re: Dometic Flue Assy was Re: Fridge vent cover
  Historical mailing list - Carlos & Margaret de Carvalho
  Wed, 8 Jul 2009 09:22:03 -0300
  ...What I am looking for is the fridge vent with the slots not the optional rain cover. Thanks for your interest and help. Carlos...
• Re: window vent/louvers for 85's?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 13:37:28 -0800
  ...He has both vents and rain deflectors for Vanagons. Let us know what you think if you get one! Caston/Payne wrote: > > Does anyone...
• draining the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jonc
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 09:11:28 -0400
  ...they have 3/4 inch nylon plugs in them for venting.. the couplings are installed to the right of the VW installed plastic vent...
• Re: Custom Scoop Update - Friday Edition
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 08:47:33 -0500
  I like idea of chicken coop or barn vent on roof of Van to remove hot air. Don't you think it would be...
• Re: 1985 fresh air vent clogged?
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Tue, 15 Apr 2014 22:40:08 -0400
  I think 88 on has the heated air to the outside vents... Bill On Tuesday, April 15, 2014, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote...
• Re: COLD fresh air leaking
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 02:06:42 -0600
  ...Please note that this is an 86 van with only fresh (nonheated) air coming from those vents. (Heated air from those vents started in...
• Re: Proper AC temp?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 22:16:03 -0600
  On Aug 1, 2011, at 9:28 PM, Gregg Carlen wrote: > With my laser temp gun pointed at the blower vents, I'm getting...
• Re: Propex Install in '84 Wolfsburg at Westy Ventures
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:03:07 -0600
  ...the US, making your last stop at Karl's shop, Westy Ventures, where you can have the Propex installed. There you go. Simple as...
• Stinky Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 2 May 2000 11:14:41 -0400
  Don't forget about the smell created from a leaky roof-vent. If you have the factory two-layer plastic vent and it is...
• How do I adjust vent window tension?
  Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 21 Aug 2001 07:11:58 -0700
  My driver side vent window will not stay pushed forward at highway speed, limiting airflow. The passenger mirror does not have this problem. Is...
• Re: WTB - quarter vent window
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Nov 2004 10:58:25 EST
  ...COM writes: > > A friend broke the glass in one of his vent windows and the local yards are > empty. Does anyone have a quarter...
• Re: noise reduction
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:53:41 -0700
  Robert, do you know how the newer vans are vented? Can older vanagons be retrofitted? Thanks, Reinhard, 83 Westy, "Moose" --- Robert Cardo <rrecardo@WEBTV...
• battery vent hose
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:52:48 -0500
  A few days ago some folks mentioned the vent hose for the starter battery on the camper van. What is the diameter and material...
• Re: Crumbling Flue Vent Cover
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:28:07 -0700
  Mike, we need to come up with an elegant solution for closing off that old vent (my Norcold is sitting in place and wired...
• Re: 2 Crazy Interior Cooling Fan Ideas
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 3 Aug 2010 15:49:46 -0400
  At 11:02 AM 8/3/2010 Tuesday, Jake de Villiers wrote: > > Was thinking of alternatives to installing a vent on pop top. They...