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Re: Gas heaters...was Re: Heater
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Thu, 29 Jan 2015 07:28:03 +0000
...control the amount of heat you want like you do when the engine is running. It's uses less fuel as a heater than...
rear heater valve
Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:46:00 -0700
I was wondering if the rear heater valve is supposed to have a control cable/lever for it? Mine looks like there was never...
RE: Speedo Light Replacement?
Historical mailing list
Wed, 04 Oct 1995 18:52:46 +0600
...Pull off the fan knobs and the heater knobs and carefully pry the >control faceplate from the dash. The light should be obvious. >Grab...
Re: heater control lights
Historical mailing list - David Milo
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:15:28 -0500
...VW van would ever even have a heater, let > > alone levers and lights to control said heater. My first one had a knob > on...
Re: heater control lights
Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:19:22 -0500
...VW van would ever even have a heater, > let > > > alone levers and lights to control said heater. My first one had a > knob > > on...
Heater control valve
Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
Tue, 24 Jun 1997 23:30:02 +0100
I removed the spare wheel and fiddled with the heater control valve which had seized up in the 'hot' position. By squirting WD40 and...
Re: Cold air in winter
Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
Wed, 22 Jan 2003 10:40:52 -0800
Clarence, It sounds like your vent flaps that control the incoming air to the heater unit are possibly out of adjustment or the foam...
Re: Warm air from under the dash.
Historical mailing list - John Sweet
Sun, 21 Jul 1996 13:32:29 -0700
...Before I replied to this, I should've read all the other replies: > The heater control valve is probably stuck open... The control cable...
Re: heater controls
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Fri, 14 Jan 2000 06:21:33 -0500
...heater controls The heater controls on my 1980 Westy seem to be messed up. The top control moves the heat from defrost to the...
Re: New heating system for the vanagon... nonVW
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sun, 12 Dec 2004 13:46:08 +1300
...This would give me a GOOD heater with good controls, and if I can fit the aircon radiator to the van (in the Corolla...
Heater /defroster slides
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:19:01 -0700
...flat heater/defroster slide bits, part # 251 259 371 D? They are the black plastic bits that stick out of the heater control faceplate...
heater switch plate removal
Historical mailing list - Mark Watts
Wed, 2 Feb 2000 18:19:50 EST
Well, I need to know how to get the front dash heater control fan switch cover plate off. The rear switch plate one came...
Re: How do you fix the heater controls?/ Also need seat uphol
Historical mailing list - Ben huot
Sun, 20 Jul 2003 00:37:47 -0400
http://www3.sympatico.ca/huotx/front_heater_valve.htm I hope that help! Regards, Ben http://www3.sympatico.ca/huotx/engine1.htm
Heater Fan Switch
Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
Sun, 1 Apr 2007 14:36:58 -0700
The switch that controls the blower for my heater is apparently burned out. Can someone tell me how I gain access to it so...
Re: Blower Knobs -- is this normal?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Tue, 22 May 2012 08:04:41 -0700
...No, I don't have "climate control." I was using the term loosely to refer collectively to the various heaters, vents, ducts, blowers, levers...
Re: Heater Control Question
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:46:00 -0500
...The cable runs from the lever to the center console, and then down (below the vehicle) to the valve that controls the heater. If...
Coolant leak. Rear heater control valve?
Historical mailing list - Drew Bedford
Mon, 11 Sep 2000 13:53:22 -0600
...The slow leak is coming from what I believe to be the control valve for the rear heater. I didn't even know there...
Re: Rear heater control
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:24:09 -0500
Speaking of heater controls and little known features. Two of the heater control levers have bumps on the sides of the 'knobs". This can...
Re: back heater lever question
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:40:18 -0700
...Controls flow, best to be all on in winter and all off in summer, or you'll have a hot heater core under the...
Heater control lever
Historical mailing list - Mark Hoffmann
Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:02:21 -0700
So one of my four heater/air control levers has had the tip get loose and pull off. It's made of a soft...
Re: Gas vs diesel Heaters
Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
Thu, 14 Oct 2004 04:14:45 +0000
...Gas heaters this summer at a car show. >One fuel pump, and no controls. I'm looking for ideas >on replacement parts, controls, and...
Re: Too Much Heat!
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Fri, 30 Apr 1999 11:16:44 -0400
...The person installing your heater stuff may have attached to cable in an arbitrary position. When correctly adjusted, both heater control boxes will be...
Re: 85 Westy on Southcoast, MA Craigslist
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:02:57 -0600
.... and, based on the photo of the rear interior, it looks like that's a thermostat/heater control panel/box up on the closet...
Rear heater control
Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:26:30 -0500
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Dash control lights question
Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
Thu, 8 Jul 1999 14:08:19 -0700
...Front fan control switch on right side of the 4 vent/heater slider controls - this control is not illuminated on my van, but the...
Re: Front Heater Motor
Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
Wed, 6 Dec 2000 13:07:48 -0600
Your heater message prompts me to send out my own query to the membership. The heater/vent controls on my 85 Westy are totally...
Re: need to "See the light"
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Sun, 17 Nov 96 13:10:04 CST
...My '85 Westy has a knob to the left of the >sliding heater/vent controls for the rear seat fan unit-it is lit...
Re: Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights...
Historical mailing list - S.C. Harrison
Tue, 27 Nov 2001 18:18:35 -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...
87 Westfalia heater control
Historical mailing list - James Creech
Fri, 29 Sep 2000 12:45:01 -0400
...As a result, the heater control's 4 metal sliders protrude too far, some rubbing against and some bending the cover plate when they...
Re: Lubricate front heater control cables?
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Mon, 5 May 2008 09:11:15 -0400
Steve, I had one bind up so badly it caused it to kink near the control. I real challange to fix. I vote for...
Re: Can Someone Please Shed Some Light....
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 25 Sep 2011 07:23:48 -0700
yes, that heater control bulb, as far as I know, comes with bulb holder. annoying eh? It looks like the grain of rice bulb...
Re: Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights...
Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
Tue, 27 Nov 2001 18:34:18 -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...
Cold air always
Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:06:41 -0500
...whenever I do want heat....it seems my heater has to "overcome" the cool air to deliver any heat.. Seems that the heater box...
Re: Hello from a newbie
Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
Sat, 08 Feb 1997 08:27:37 -0800
...Just to the left of the heater controls (between the heater >>controls and the steering column) there is a hole in the dash with...
RE: '90 Rear Heater Leak Fixed :)
Historical mailing list - Alan Yamada
Thu, 28 Mar 1996 09:06:37 -0800
i've had rear heater problems too, only the leak was between the control valve and the heater itself...on mine ('84) the valve...
Dash ripped apart for heater, what else while I'm in there?
Historical mailing list - Michael E. Pidcoe
Wed, 20 Dec 2000 19:54:28 -0500
The dash of my "new" '82 diesel is scattered about for an attempted heater blower repair (that's enough out of you Terry). The...
Heater Controls?
Historical mailing list - zyno
Sat, 16 May 1998 08:12:25 -0400
Hi, I'm new to my 86 Vanagon and am not sure of the control knobs for heating. Can someone please describe what knobs...
Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights...
Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
Tue, 27 Nov 2001 20:11:49 EST
...My illuminating lights behind the heater/vent control panel and the cigarette lighter (with green ring) in my 88 Weekender went out for a...
Re: Bleeding the Coolant system
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 12 Mar 2002 19:43:22 -0500
...For some reason I thought that coolant was always flowing through the hose to/from the heater core and the heater control valve bypassed...
Re: Mystery battery drain solved!
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Tue, 10 May 2005 19:36:44 -0700
...I knew this could be a problem with the heater since I had a bent heater control cable. I dealt with the problem by...
Re: '88 GL - Rear heater and ACJ
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 12 Dec 2014 19:56:00 -0500
Fuse S12, feeding Black/Yellow wires is used for both the rear heater fan and the AC control system. You will need to isolate...
Re: Rear heater control
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:09:59 -0600
...To control air flow, use the knob on the dash. mcneely > >> > >> ---- Harry Hoffman <hhoffman@IP-SOLUTIONS.NET> wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >> The heater under the...
Heater Control Box Baffle Repair???
Historical mailing list - Michael Nichols
Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:42:04 -0400
Is it possible to replace the rubber baffle in each of the two heater control boxes in air cooled Vanagons? This is a rubber...
heater cable snap
Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
Mon, 25 Mar 1996 08:17:33 -0500
...Find the heater control box and wire the boxes permanently open. (Have someone play with the controls to help you find'em...) Obviously, you...
Re: heater control lights
Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:21:14 -0800
...heater control lights > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Thursday, November 24, 2011, 9:51 PM > That is a really great post, thanks > for...
heat control valve
Historical mailing list - David Stratton
Thu, 23 Jul 1998 08:06:10 -0600
...The heater control will not completely shut of the hot water flow to the heater core. I sure don't need this in 90...
Re: rear heater valve
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:05:45 -0400
...Mike Brendan Slevin wrote: > I was wondering if the rear heater valve is supposed to have a control > cable/lever for it? Mine looks...
Re: instrument panel lights
Historical mailing list
Mon, 18 Jul 1994 16:20:37 -0500 (CDT)
...Do the cigarette lighter and the lights for the radio and heater controls ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > work? Have you done any wiring on the dash? > > > -- > Gerry > Gerald...
Re: Catalytic heaters
Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
Tue, 3 Nov 1998 13:16:06 EST
...The gasoline heaters don't have thermostatic control, and as the one in my Thing was, only designed to run about 15 minutes at...
Re: Front heater never shuts off
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Thu, 23 May 2024 19:44:31 -0700
On many of our vans the wire between the control lever and the heater valve is too loose, or too stretched, or something. The...
Re: Vanagon heater controls
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Mon, 25 May 2009 16:17:15 -0700
...heater in the carport and that's exactly what happens. Top lever moves only the defrost doors. 2nd lever is the water control valve...
Eberspracher heaters
Historical mailing list - ChriStenSen DeSiGn iNc.
Mon, 4 Oct 1999 17:38:48 -0400
...In addition, the B1LC has many new control and safety features over the older heater (i.e. automatic control over four heat levels). 4...
Re: interior LEDs - get rid of the morgue
Historical mailing list - Annie
Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:29:19 -0800
...alistair > > PS heater fan controls(s) also are illuminated. > > On 2011-11-23, at 3:12 PM, Don Hanson wrote: > > > Heater controls are supposed...
Re: Front heat always!
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Wed, 14 May 2008 10:38:12 -0700
'The Problem' is ..........not very good design on the cable for the heater control valve. To increase heat, they cable Pulls on the valve...
Re: AC in the winter
Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
Tue, 29 Nov 94 7:31:34 PST
...If you notice on the heater controls > there are the three A/C settings and then the upper/lower and > defrost controls. The order...
Re: Removing rear heater in Westy?
Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
Wed, 24 Aug 2005 07:52:18 -0700
...being able to control it like the valve on the rear heater did. I went ahead and replaced the heater hoses from the engine...
Re: [Fwd: [Syncro] Westy/vanagon floorplans? + heater!!]
Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
Thu, 11 May 2000 14:21:13 EDT
...These would be at least $1,200 with the controls and fittings. Next would be the Webasto heater in either the gas or diesel...
Re: Need help with Heater controls in an 88 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Fri, 19 Nov 1999 17:06:47 +0100
...http://www.vanagon.com/info/articles/vent_controls.html PerL 87 Syncro 112i
Re: Heater cable repair
Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:24:32 -0500
...Heater cable repair The heater controls in my '84 Westy don't work so good. The one controlling the heat exchanger is stuck on...
Re: i can hear my fuel pump, now gas heater
Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
Sun, 6 Aug 2006 07:57:25 -0600
...the heater and pump and then back to the motor.) The big gren knob on the dash is the control for the heater. The...