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• Re: Dash removed/re-installed
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 7 May 2012 15:23:15 -0700
  ...The one good thing I can say about getting that pesky heater box out is that it gives a fellow the chance to get...
• Re: erratic heater blower
  Historical mailing list - James Creech
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 22:09:11 -0400
  For your front heater, besides checking or replacing the relay, you might test the blower switch in the dash heater control before taking out...
• Re: Mistery Item
  Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
  Wed, 22 Sep 1999 10:05:17 -0700
  ...is a temp. control rotary >knob. Is it a heater or an air-con unit? Sounds like an auxiliary heater, like those Eberspacher (sp...
• Re: what else with the dash removed
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 14 Jul 2004 07:38:33 -0400
  ...heater box has never been opened and since the fan worked fine I didn't >bother. > >Shortened and traightened the one broken heater control...
• Re: rear heater core in front, was: New thermostat funky?
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 11:01:04 -0500
  ...heater core and the cost of a new front heater core, has anyone >ever tried putting a rear core into the front heater box...
• Re: rear heater core in front, was: New thermostat funky?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 19:10:48 -0900
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Replacing the front heater core does not require pulling the dash. > Removethe glove box, cut the side of the housing...
• Re: install heater core in AC housing.
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 23:09:46 -0800
  ...I want to install a front heater core for future engine > conversion toa Wasser. > > > Currently have stock air cooled heater box PN: 251.259...
• Re: Dash / Air Distribution Box removal
  Historical mailing list - Keese, Brian W
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:17:28 -0500
  ...There's one on the lower right that is hiding behind the heater hoses. Remove the control cables from the box by undoing the...
• rear (under seat) heater core
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 12:25:18 -0400
  Okay, I finally got around to pulling out the heater box from under my rear seat. I pulled the old (leaky) heater core out...
• Re: Why do we all love our "bricks" so much?
  Historical mailing list - Berry Kercheval
  Fri, 29 Dec 1995 17:18:23 PST
  ...a heater control cable broke, the rear heater valve leaked, etc etc. We love it. It just goes. --berry Berry Kercheval :: kerch@parc.xerox...
• Re: Climate Control Cable Meltdown - '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 17:24:09 -0700
  ...Opening the front heater box is covered in the archives. One has to BREAK the 'thing' apart along its 360 degree seam. There are...
• Re: Leaking heater control valve
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Wed, 15 Sep 2021 20:18:56 -0500
  ...This can be done in the cabin by dropping the glove box and center heater panel. Jim On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 8...
• Winter camping HEAT
  Historical mailing list - J. C.
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 13:43:15 -0800
  ...The connection at the rear of the heater-time-temperature control box (i.e., box w/ the green knob) has 8 wires; one of...
• Re: Question about front heater core removal... blower motor wires
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 22:11:35 -0600
  ...You either have to crack the heater box > open in the van and undo the wired at the motor, discount the wire at > the...
• Gas heater wiring
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 29 Oct 2015 06:29:49 -0400
  ...wiring for an auxiliary gas heater on a 1984 Westy. The wires on the back of the control box on the dash are off...
• Blower Motor Vibration Blues
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Sun, 9 Nov 2008 12:27:42 -0500
  ...The heater box is in good condition, and all the screws and clips that came out, went back in. Also, the sliders for the...
• Re: Lubrication of Heater/Ventilation Control Cables
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 16 Dec 2023 10:10:42 -0800
  ...I also hot glued a bottle cap on the exposed bushing to help keep it dust free when back in box. Box flap seal...
• Re: Question about front heater core removal... blower motor wires
  Historical mailing list - GMac999
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 20:58:12 -0800
  ...Question about front heater core removal... blower motor wires Jim- I faced the same problem. You either have to crack the heater box open...
• Re: The water heater project
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 12 Jan 95 8:47:19 PST
  ...It's got brand-new heater > boxes, with new pipes and it's all wonderfully sealed and it's CRAP! > Oops! Re-read you...
• Re: Gas heater wiring
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 30 Oct 2015 10:46:05 -0700
  ...That photo in the first link > shows the heater control switch with one of the spade terminals having a > brown (ground I will presume...
• Re: Recalls
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 17:30:39 -0700
  ...It primarily dealt with the asbestos issue of the insulation of the heater boxes and hot air hoses coming from the Heater Control Boxes...
• Re: Heater Fan)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 16 May 2013 06:07:41 -0400
  ...control flaps will need their seals replaced which involves a lot of CLEANING. And while on the subject of cleaning the entire heater box...
• Re: Hot Foot well
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:10:06 -0700
  ...Hot Foot well I went inside the cabin, dropped the glove box, clamped off the two hoses going down to the heater valve,removed...
• Re: Front Blower... resistor? Long babble
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:13:31 -0700
  ...Unfortunately the big resistor is located on the heater box housing right near the fan blower. You will need to remove the dash to...
• Re: Front heater motor
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Fri, 10 Mar 2017 11:27:11 -0800
  ...hold the heater box on the firewall plus adding new acres as necessary, repairing or replacing any of the four control cables, maybe replacing...
• Re: Parts Request
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 22:18:06 -0500
  ...hello list, > any folks out there with a left side heater control box to sell? > > i just removed both of mine as part of...
• Re: fresh air on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Mon, 8 Jan 1996 09:49:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...Most vehicles have recirculate/fresh control which > accomplishes this. I _think_ I understand the heater controls, but maybe > not. I just want to be...
• Re: 1982 Diesel Vanagon: Heater Core / Fan
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 5 Oct 2012 16:55:07 -0400
  ...If you're opening up the box to replace the heater core, I'd replace all the seals, clean the blower motor bushings (possibly...
• Re: Too much heat!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 6 Feb 1999 11:19:09 -0700
  Sounds like you're using your heater box as a radiator.. Maybe the radiator is filled with air or it is blocked. Have you...
• Re: Fuse Box Blues/1991 Resolved
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 25 May 2001 13:35:05 -0700
  ...cruise control, a/c, power >windows, aux heater, power mirrors, > aux heat exchanger, rear >hatch wiper >13. 20 amp ....................... fresh air fan (dash) >14...
• Re: The water heater project
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 12 Jan 95 8:40:48 PST
  ...heater > boxes, with new pipes and it's all wonderfully sealed and it's CRAP! > Hey Lee! Does your van have the air control...
• vennelayshun
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 May 94 11:48:41 PDT
  a few things that i have discovered... '82 diesel check the heater valve to the left of the glove box. it weeps when old...
• Re: Dashboard Removal Procedure: where in Bentley's?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 11:12:48 -0700
  ...all of the heater controls and the wiper control arms too. Also consider replacing the heater blower motor and heater core while you're...
• Re: Mistery Item
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Sep 1999 17:53:15 EDT
  ...it. Inside the van there is a temp. control rotary knob. Is it a heater or an air-con unit? >> doubtfully it's plastic...
• NEED HELP Olympian Catalytic heater installation
  Historical mailing list - Mark Howser
  Sat, 11 Jan 97 20:34:15 -0500
  ...The owner heater manual says "the heater is designed to operate with a manifold pressure(the gas pressure down stream from the appliance controls...
• Re: Auxillary Heater
  Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
  Sun, 13 Apr 1997 09:26:16 -0700 (PDT)
  ...In my 92 VW Fanatic >Camper, a propane heater was installed. It consisted of a furnace and a >small control box. It appeared that...
• erratic heater blower
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 06:44:46 EDT
  ...My *strong* suggestion is to try replacing the large relay above the fuse box that controls the blower motor. It is a quick, easy...
• RE: small part, BIG BUCKS!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 May 94 10:32:19 EST
  ...the engine compartment that >is used for the heater. THis is controlled by a little box on it, that >has 5 or 6 leads...
• Re: Leaking heater control valve
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 16 Sep 2021 01:49:52 +0000
  I guess there are 2 kinds of leaks on that front heater control valve.  The first one is where the valve doesn't quite...
• Re: Air leaks in ventilation system
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 22 Feb 1995 08:46:58 -0800 (PST)
  ...In my particular case, it was the actuator on the glove box side of the main air distribution box (ADB). This actuator is controlled...
• Re: install heater core in AC housing.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 23:26:43 -0800
  ...I want to install a front heater core for future > engine > > conversion toa Wasser. > > > > Currently have stock air cooled heater box PN: 251.259...
• Re: heater blower
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 21:08:55 -0500
  ...box, the dash and steering wheel to get to the heater box. (When you remove the dash, be carefull with the heater controls, it...
• Re: 5/8" heater hose questions (searched archive)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:25:18 -0800
  ...box ready) I may install heater hose > now. > > Obviously it's easier to connect heater hose to core with dash off. > But..... > > Can heater...
• Re: Front Heater Core Shutoff
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:02:07 -0700
  ...Fan not withstanding, heat is obviously >>>> controlled via flaps in heat exchange box. Not the best arrangement >>>> IMO. Especially if the flaps in the...
• Re: Heating system
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Sep 94 09:11:46 PDT
  ...the heater control cables had stretched (over time I guess). So I readjusted them by opening the dash (ash tray and glove box). unclamping...
• Vanagon-era technology..love it,
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:21:46 -0800
  ...the lever at the heater control. So I popped off the heater cover, pulled the radio, unscrewed the glove box hinge and there it...
• Re: Question about front heater core removal... blower motor wires
  Historical mailing list - Phil Stanhope
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:21:54 -0800
  ...the > wires that power and > > control the heater motor. > > Is there a connector I am not seeing? Do most > people just cut them and...
• Re: Possible funky smell solution.
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:56:00 -0700
  ...I took my stock heater out of commission. Control > flaps and cables were rusty. I have a 12V heater up > front. I stuffed newspaper...
• Heater Box Photos
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Thu, 30 Jan 2003 08:40:27 -0500
  ...Heater Box Photos There is another set of vents not visible in those photos. These are very large and face down just below the...
• Re: Air Cooled Rear Passenger Area Heat
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 22:11:44 -0600
  ...Proper adjustment and good seals on your heater box flaps will direct to heat to the proper ducts. If your heater boxes are in...
• Re: Climate Control Cable Meltdown - '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 15:55:24 -0700
  ...the air diversion flaps? > Eric > Malcolm Stebbins wrote: > I took the heater box apart and am replacing the foam on the air diversion flaps...
• Fwd: Front Blower... resistor? Long babble
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Blong
  Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:09:47 -0400
  ...Unfortunately the big resistor is located on the heater box housing right near the fan blower. You will need to remove the dash to...
• Questions about the installation of a BEHR frontal A/C
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sat, 12 Jul 2003 13:15:05 -0700
  ...vent and heater controls? Does it just tap into the air delivery from the 2 side vents at the the heater box? How will...
• Some cool upgrades we are doing on a Westy.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 17 Dec 2013 16:20:15 -0500
  ...Also just installed a 2nd battery, the GW glove box light, and dual propane tanks. Getting ready to install a Propex Heater under the...
• Re: Re-introduction & Dash Removal Question
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 23 Feb 2014 16:10:34 -0800
  You'll know when you get it open, but I would bank on having to reseal the control flaps in the heater box. Lube...
• Re: Please help me . . . / Cold Van
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 18 Jan 2004 10:40:46 EST
  ...i have the heater controls set to be the hottest i can get them. if im sitting its fine it will warm up the...
• Re: Blower Motor Vibration Blues
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sun, 9 Nov 2008 15:15:49 -0500
  ...They normally check this at the factory and I always check my fan motors after I have installed them in the heater box but...
• Re: Tips on sealing heater box flaps, and while the dash is out . . .
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 08:20:46 -0600
  ...You'll need to pull teh > cable control unit, the ashtray, and (at least) fully open the glove box. > Watch out for the Jesus...
• Re: Need Stuff!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Apr 2011 22:36:23 -0400
  ...First off, my apologies to all who were trying to tell me that the heater box's footwell air control cable cannot be replaced...
• Re: Cold air always
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Tue, 21 Dec 2004 10:43:08 -0800
  ...whenever I do want heat....it seems my heater has to "overcome" the cool air to deliver any heat.. Seems that the heater box...