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• Re: AC cutting out momentarily
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:24:40 -0400
  Get to the wiring in the rear "D" pillar as other have indicated. The double relay can drop out as it over heats. Look...
• Re: Fw: Tiico air filter
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:55:52 -0700
  Matthew, can that Caravan air box be snorkeled so it sucks from the top of the D pillar? Bob You have a few options...
• rear side jailbars/rear shoulderbelt tethers...anyone seen these?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:14:49 EDT
  ...they mount to the D pillar, go horizontal over the rear side glass, and then bend down and mount to the area under the...
• Re: AC blower switch -- DIY fix?
  Historical mailing list - G. Jannini
  Sat, 7 Jul 2007 11:12:42 -0500
  ...Turned out to be a bum relay located on the D pillar behind the Westy cabinet where all the AC guts live on my...
• Re: Radiator fan
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sun, 6 Sep 2020 10:35:25 -0500
  Also on the 2.1 isn’t there a circuit with a relay in the driver side D pillar that can do the same...
• Re: water in the engine lid area
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Thyer
  Mon, 1 Mar 2010 12:50:18 -0800
  ...Rear hatch gasket seems to be fine > > how could the rear d pillar windows allow water to get to the engine lid area? > > Thanks...
• Re: Compare & Contrast: Diesel Westy vs. 2.1 WBX Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 16 Jun 2003 10:12:40 -0600
  ...Bob Stevens http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare > Are you running the intake snorkel in the left D pillar? After my > experiences with my diesel...
• Re: Ebay vin# switcharoo?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:32:21 -0600
  ...t have the plastic vent covers on the outside > of the > "D" pillars (had integral metal slats) and no provision for adding the > plastic...
• Re: Oil Cooler Location opinions
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:45:17 -0800
  ...I just moved my oil cooler from the "left rear wheel well" location to the passenger side D-pillar, using the directions I found...
• places where rodents get into vanagons... save this list!!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:54:56 -0500
  ...around front heater core hoses -missing seals around rear a/c evap drain hoses into D pillars feel free to add to this list...
• SA T3 Ventilation System
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 2 May 2008 18:08:26 -0700
  ...The pics I find seem to indicate they did away with the vents just forward of the D pillar in order to make room...
• Re: Was: Middle Seat Shoulder Belts (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - �ric Giroux
  Thu, 19 Jul 2001 15:55:01 -0400
  ...the upper belt guide attachment point will be behind the air conditioning housing that runs vertically over the D-pillar. so you would have...
• Re: Raising The Pop Top
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 22:43:49 -0700
  I am wondering if it works as well with the 88 on D pillar vents. These exhaust air out of the rear of the...
• Requesting assistance from someone with stock late-model rear shoulder belts
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:06:33 -0700
  ...I'm evidently going to have to cut or notch the 'D' pillar covers so that the belts will have room to do their...
• Re: '86 Westy A/C Problem
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:25:25 -0800
  ...the archives and other places it appears to be at the "D" pillar behind the closet. But it is beyond me to figure out...
• Re: Oil cooler, D-pillar, Syncro - question
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:49:49 -0800
  ...oil cooler (w/fan) mounted > in the base of the right D pillar. Worked well. Thought about keeping that > when I had my current...
• Re: A/C leaking inside!
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Mon, 18 Jun 2001 14:44:55 -0600
  ...These hoses run from the rear overhead unit into the d-pillars. If you pull the black vents (on the outside, rear upper of...
• Re: Replacing pressure A/C Pressure switch w/o losing Freon
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:13:03 -0500
  ...switch off the high pressure line in the DS side > > rear D pillar and pop the new one in and NOT lose all the...
• Re: interesting body modded vanagon syncro camper
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:56:17 -0400
  ...However the vents in the D pillar have been eliminated, which makes it look like it was. Note where the fuel filler is. That...
• Engine Conversion Eurospec vs. South Africa
  Historical mailing list - Peter B
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 21:50:18 -0800
  ...On the conversion that I offer from South Africa, the air cleaner is mounted in the driver side cavity below the D pillar. What...
• Re: d pillar air intake hose
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 8 Mar 2012 20:52:43 -0700
  For my Syncro, the ribbed, black plastic hose that connects the snorkel to the dust trap elbow is listed in the ETKA as 60...
• FS '85 Vanagon Psgr Van
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 24 Jun 2004 22:00:42 -0600
  ...and seem rust on both r/l rear panels at about "D" pillar -some sort of leak in the intake rubber boot which has...
• Re: Oil cooler, D-pillar, Syncro - question
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:34:48 -0600
  ...like to do is move the cooler to the passenger side >D-pillar as these two people have done: > >http://autos.groups.yahoo.com...
• Re: Oil temp. ? and OP ?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Berg
  Tue, 5 Oct 2010 08:09:47 -0400
  ...Thinking about a larger oil/waterheat exchanger or a separate D pillar oil cooler. HTH JB On Tuesday, October 5, 2010, Don Hanson <dhanson928...
• Re: Was: Re: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 7 Apr 2004 22:34:58 +1200
  ...I think it's a Japanese mid-engine van. >I'm basing this on the lack of D-pillar vents. I don't see...
• Re: Was: Re: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 7 Apr 2004 22:34:58 +1200
  ...I think it's a Japanese mid-engine van. >I'm basing this on the lack of D-pillar vents. I don't see...
• Re: A/C trouble... please help
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:52:20 -0500
  Dan, I remember having a problem with the fusible link on the driver's side D pillar. Corrosion led to heating led to melting...
• for sale: WESTY right rear SHOULDERBELT.. great if you have kids in a carseat
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 22:09:33 EDT
  ...place in your van, under the vinyl sidepanel in the rear D pillar. If you have children or kids in a carseat and you...
• Re: Was: Re: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 6 Apr 2004 16:05:01 -0500
  ...I'm basing this on the lack of D-pillar vents. I don't see any evidence of a rear deck, either, and the...
• 1985 Westy A/C compressor doesn't turn
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Sat, 13 Jun 2015 12:31:48 -0700
  ...I see the 1986 has some electrics in the D pillar behind the cabinet. Does the 1985 have the same arrangement? If so, are...
• Re: water in the engine lid area
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 1 Mar 2010 15:13:09 -0600
  ...Rear hatch gasket seems to be fine > > how could the rear d pillar windows allow water to get to the engine lid area? > > Thanks...
• Re: SA T3 Ventilation System
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sun, 4 May 2008 14:08:53 +0200
  ...There is a vent in the D-Pillar, combined with the engine bay vent. The these pictures: www.v6bus.de/SA-Entlueftung.jpg www...
• Re: Oil temp. ? and OP ?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Berg
  Tue, 5 Oct 2010 10:59:30 -0400
  ...I've found a couple of small, pretty much rectangular oil cooler units that would fit vertically on to the D-Pillar hole vacated...
• Re: AC condensate drainage trouble
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Shawley
  Mon, 18 Jul 2016 09:58:15 -0400
  ...I > removed the "D" pillar covers thinking I could check drainage hoses, but > the water is coming some where under the evaporator and l...
• Re: '86 Westy A/C Problem
  Historical mailing list - Deke Rivers
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:11:27 -0600
  ...And you won't have anything in the "D" pillar except A/C hoses. What kind of problems are you having? Keith Hughes '86...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 14 Apr 2013 07:46:28 -0700
  ...19 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It's really pretty simple to run a fresh, cool air snorkel up the >> D-pillar.
• Re: Tiico Engine Questions
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 9 May 2003 13:59:04 -0600
  ...My installation was missing the intake ducting which goes up the "D" pillar from the end of the air cleaner cannister. Had a loud...
• Checking differential and manual transmission oil levels.
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:16:25 -0800
  ...Thanks to the list members who responded to my question about moving the oil cooler to the passenger side D-pillar. I finished that...
• Re: water in the engine lid area
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 2 Mar 2010 22:36:29 -0600
  ...Rear hatch gasket seems to be fine > > how could the rear d pillar windows allow water to get to the engine > lid area? > > Thanks...
• Re: a syncro fords a river
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 22:05:41 -0600
  ...The air cleaner is in the base of the left D pillar. The snorkel tube attaches with a clamp to the end of the...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:39:07 -0600
  ...pretty simple to run a fresh, cool air snorkel up the > D-pillar. I stuck a fish-wire down after removing the grill off...
• Re: AC & Windows Went Out
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 27 Jul 2020 10:44:14 +0200
  ...Ignition is fed through the fan switch, either to the A/C fans directly, or to the 3rd/4th speed relay inthe left D...
• Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion question
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:27:14 -0700
  ...from snorkel in the D pillar > to the intake runners and I plugged the Digifant AFM into the Digijet wiring > harness. It runs beautifully...
• thermostat:
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 30 Nov 94 20:57:46 CST
  ...looking in the bentley book, for 86-91 vanagons with a/c, the 'thermostat' for the a/c is in the D-pillar ... those...
• was:Vanagon Diesel Intake Water Trap on eBay; is "snorkel"
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 23 Jul 2003 09:37:36 -0600
  ...I have to roll down the window to hear the resonance coming out of the "D" pillare vent left side. The interior noise is...
• Re: Van idle over winter
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sun, 22 May 2011 12:56:36 -0600
  ...filler rubber tubing (about 3" dia.) for the run up the D pillar. The entire system is either hard plastic or rubber and put...
• fresh air intake(s)
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Fri, 8 Nov 2013 08:07:52 -0800
  ...window screening to the insides of the intake grilles in the D pillars because the other half of the blizzard went in there to...
• Re: Requesting assistance from someone with stock late-model rear shoulder belts
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:10:58 -0500
  ...I'm evidently >going to have to cut or notch the 'D' pillar covers so that the belts will >have room to do their...
• Re: Blind Spot Mirrors.....Where do you put yours?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:14:54 -0700
  ...did not noticed the lamp post that got lost behind the D > pillar. > I took out the passenger side bumper camp [thanks god(s...
• Fwd: Re: [NVC] Vacuum Forming
  Historical mailing list - Markus Mumper
  Mon, 3 Jan 2005 14:48:13 -0800
  ...rear side air ducts > > that run up the inside of the d-pillars. > > > > Jim > > > > On Jan 3, 2005, at 2:06 PM, John Rodgers...
• Re: air conditioning
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 24 Jun 2006 23:10:25 -0400
  ...Stock Westy AC should drip through the D pillars at the rear of the vehicle (on both sides). Stock Passenger (86 and later) AC...
• Re: AC System Repair/ Upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:18:36 -0500
  I'll tell you one thing about the stuff under the D-pillar that will give you a heart attack if you don't...
• Re: K&N air filters
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 17 Nov 2020 02:34:25 -0500
  ...Install a proper airbox w/ paper filter and snorkel to the top of the D pillar, the new engine will thank you. Karl
• Re: Removal of snaps around rear window; drill 'em out?
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Fri, 2 Jun 2006 00:47:32 -0400
  ...Removal of snaps around rear window; drill 'em out? In my 90 westy, I want to remove the rear passenger side d-pillar panels...
• Re: The VW ad campaign for Bank of America
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 9 Oct 2007 17:05:20 -0700
  And I say 'Horse, uhhh, puckey'! They 'modified' a '68 to have the '72's larger air vent on the 'D' pillar, the '72...
• Re: van paint job
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:35:08 -0700
  ...about the temp of the intake air (Syncro, snorkel up L >"D" Pillar) >but since those installs (first: 2.2; 2nd: 3.0) I...
• Re: Blind Spot Mirrors.....Where do you put yours?
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:31:29 -0500
  ...did not noticed the lamp post that got lost behind the D pillar. I took out the passenger side bumper camp [thanks god(s...
• Re: Air Conditioning - 1991 Carat - HELP!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 17 May 2017 18:52:02 -0500
  ...Wire one - a red wire that comes off the alternator b+ to the 50 amp fusable link in the "D" pillar - supplies power to...
• Re: Vanagon Hams
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 29 Oct 2004 22:35:54 -0400
  ...also have the possibility of putting stuff behind the passenger side D pillar (which is part of the support for the evaporator). The drivers...
• Re: a/c parts
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 7 Jul 2008 06:05:35 EDT
  ...We have a member from CICCW looking for some A/C parts for a 85 westy = a/c thermostat located in the left D...