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• Re: removing rear heater
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:54:57 -0600
  I purchased a couple from Go Westy www.gowesty.com 861-819-297: O-ring for Rear Heater Valve $3.50 Gracias, Miguel
• Re: WAS:trip out west-NOW: Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:06:16 -0500
  ...Find the hose going from the valve up to the >> heater and drop it off the heater outlet inside the glove box opening. >> >> Now...
• Re: Leaking heater control valve
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 15 Sep 2021 21:01:04 -0700
  ...Leaking heater control valve > > I am a little concerned about having no quick ability to defog the > windshield. We are expecting cool temps and...
• Re: Rear heater core valve o-ring source?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:00:34 -0800
  ...Rear heater core valve o-ring source? Hi- is there a vendor who sells a rear heater core valve o-ring ? My heater core...
• Re: trip out west
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:33:51 -0700
  ...I saw that heater valve just sitting there on some heater hoses under the hood .. i think .. way cheap, that plastic part ........but SO...
• Rear heater system, 90 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Morrell, Edward
  Mon, 27 Oct 1997 11:49:23 -0700
  I know there has been some discussion on rear heater cores/systems, but as I am looking at the wet floor under my rear...
• Re: Auxiliary heater
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Sun, 5 Jan 1997 01:44:17 -0500 (EST)
  ...seat heater core in my 85 Vanagon with a Ford > heater core the same size and used a plumbers in-line valve instead of...
• 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: Heater core/exchanger valve R&R?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 6 May 2012 11:43:58 -0400
  At 09:13 AM 5/6/2012, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >How does one go about replacing the heater valve? The control cable >vanishes...
• Re: Rear heater coolant valve replacement completed
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 12 Jan 2004 14:49:58 -0800
  ...Malcolm --- developtrust <developtrust@COX.NET> wrote: > I just replaced the rear heater valve. I bought it > from the dealer with the > "O" ring $48...
• Re: GoWesty heater valve--it just works
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 15 Mar 2016 08:42:49 -0400
  ...I put an additional valve in the heater hose coming from the engine which I shut off in the summer so both heaters stay...
• Re: Rear Heater
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 3 Mar 2013 17:09:25 -0600
  ...The rear heater os leaking, and I am wondering if the valve tends to leak, the O ring, the core? If there is a...
• Re: How to bleed the cooling system???
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 19:00:28 -0800
  The heater system on the 82 is different than any other water cooled Vanagon. The heater valve placement and hose routing is different along...
• Re: Coolant leak. Rear heater control valve?
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 20:49:29 -0600
  ...Rear heater control valve? Hi, The Bus Depot lists the following parts to replace the the rear heater core plus the plastic end housing...
• Re: Hot Foot well
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 30 Jun 2021 20:55:11 -0500
  ...You have to > undo the little clamp on the heater valve control cable by removing the > instrument cluster and the slider plate if I...
• Re: Heater core valve in front
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:51:38 -0400
  Hello, I once thought I had a problem with this heater control valve. Took it out to see. I could blow through it when...
• leaky rear heater core
  Historical mailing list - Richard Ferguson
  Wed, 3 Jan 2001 02:01:50 -0800
  Hi, I have a leaky rear heater core and valve...will these leak even if the heater is not in use? Thanks for any...
• Re: Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 2 Oct 2010 14:15:01 -0700
  On Oct 2, 2010, at 1:38 PM, Bill M <billmonk@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > I testes the valve movement and it's pretty stiff...
• Front heater valve replacement procedures?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Meeking
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:31:27 -0600
  ...I looked up there, and the hose that is above the heater valve is completely clean, and there are signs indicating that the spare...
• was: Warm air from under dash, now: rear heater
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Jul 1996 23:43:32 -0500
  ...There should be a shut-off valve on the passenger side of the rear heater box. It's manually operated -- the controls on the...
• Re: FW: Green coolant hurt engine?
  Historical mailing list - T. Gadberry
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 18:46:51 -0700
  ...Green coolant hurt engine? > Dear Mark, > > There is no bleeder valve on any Vanagon rear heater! > There is only an on/off shutoff valve...
• Re: Smelling coolant suspect rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Sun, 23 Nov 2014 12:23:54 -0800
  ...Also, I would only open the valve part way. Coolant that flows to >>> the rear heater is not available for the front heater and...
• Re: Attn: Successful Subaru transplants: heater control solution?
  Historical mailing list - John Fleming
  Sat, 20 May 2000 19:12:48 -0500
  Karl, I suspect it won't allow enough through the heater when you need it as it will try to find the path of...
• Rear Heater Core Valve-84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Tue, 24 Feb 1998 11:35:10 -0800
  listees, Does anyone know if there is a substitute for the Rear Heater Core Valve on an 84 Westy that can be obtained from...
• Heater Valve Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 15:16:21 -0500
  ...It is a BEAR to get to that heater valve up over the spare in my 85 Westy! I've got the hoses squeezed...
• Fwd: Auxiliary heater
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Jan 1997 06:50:30 -0500
  ...seat heater core in my 85 Vanagon with a Ford heater core the same size and used a plumbers in-line valve instead of...
• Re: Heater Cable from Bus Depot?
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:33:52 -0400
  ...I have read of a better (more robust?) heater valve that fits and works well, although quality German-made OE-style valves seem to...
• Re: Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 30 Jul 2006 16:15:36 -0700
  > Do you know if the metal ball valve types are any easier to actuate?? > The vlave on my van is really stiff, and difficult...
• Re: Inserting Terry K heater shutoff valve
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 1 Aug 2007 17:27:14 -0700
  Why would you do is as part of a dash removal? The heater valve is not behind the dash. It is outside, behind the...
• Re: Heater?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 12 Oct 2018 07:55:21 -0400
  ...Vanagon heater fail? Mine doesn't leak, the dash lever moves > the valve just fine and hot coolant gets to the check valve, at...
• Rear heater core valve o-ring source?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:45:00 -0800
  Hi- is there a vendor who sells a rear heater core valve o-ring ? My heater core is fine, just that it leaks at...
• Re: Leaking heater control valve
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:22:01 -0600
  ...It looks like it is dripping from the heater control valve. I shut the >> valve and that has stopped the drips for now. I...
• Re: Back heater problem
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 18 Dec 2005 00:07:51 -0500
  heater valve in the correct spot? barring a blocked heat exchanger or a leak, that's the only thing I could think of as...
• the diameter of front heater lines?
  Historical mailing list - Justin & Gia
  Mon, 14 May 2007 12:54:58 -0700
  want to make a shutoff valve to put inline on the front heater for summer i think 1/2" id but not sure thanks!
• Re: Leaky Heater Valve
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:55:53 -0600
  Roger, I got my heater valve from NAPA. It does not leak as you describe, and it cost me less than one from the...
• Re: Hot Foot Syndrome...what is solution?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 11:09:30 -0400
  ...Buy one of the cheapo T fittings at your FLAPS and put it in place of > the heater valve, no cutting of the coolant...
• Re: Very little heat from the front heater
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 2 Dec 2011 08:31:12 -0800
  ...The rear heater is OK. I�ve checked the operation of the valve and everything looks good. I recently took the power pack (engine...
• Re: Some potentially stupid actions
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 5 Nov 2010 09:23:07 -0700
  ...default is valve closed/gas off. TC > keeps it open, barely > > > home furnaces and water heaters are not an apt example in this case...
• Re: Rear heater core valve o-ring source?
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:53:25 -0700
  ...Rear heater core valve o-ring source? > > That is correct. The o-ring is round & squared to fit. Only a > Vanagon > could have a...
• Front Heater Control Valve Replacement Tricks?
  Historical mailing list - Vince P.
  Wed, 24 May 2000 13:36:47 -0700
  I am replacing the heater control valve on my 85 Vanogon. I spent one hour last night trying to get the upper spring hose...
• Re: Hot Foot well
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 1 Jul 2021 01:37:03 -0500
  ...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: Leaking heater control valve
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 15 Sep 2021 19:36:42 -0700
  ...2 kinds of leaks on that front heater control valve. > The first one is where the valve doesn't quite shut off all the...
• Re: Newbie question: coolant/anti-freeze
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:41:58 -0700
  ...coolant/anti-freeze > > >> ( oh. !...your rear heater....SO MANY VANAGON OWNER'S DON'T KNOW about >> this..... >> It MUST either have the valve under...
• Re: Front heater valves, another junk part
  Historical mailing list - Bill Monk
  Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:04:48 -0400
  ...Just ordered OEM valve from VW, $60. You get what you pay for. >>> >>> I got a NAPA front heater valve two years ago. No...
• Re: WAS:trip out west-NOW: Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:43:22 -0500
  ...Heater valve > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Saturday, August 21, 2010, 2:09 PM > > Might help to pinch off the heater hoses with...
• Re: rear heater coolant smell
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 3 Jan 2005 23:08:04 -0500
  ...I'd say you either have a small weep in the heater core or at the sealing ring for the valve. After you warm...
• Re: Very little heat from the front heater
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 1 Dec 2011 22:22:09 -0600
  ...Bad heater valve, kinked control wire would be the biggest suspect. John John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker 88'GL VW Bus Driver Chelsea, AL...
• Re: Rear Vanagon Removal
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 2 Mar 2011 12:48:36 -0500
  ...the > > front heater core. > > > > that's super obvious. > > so, does that mean that opening the valve to heat the rear heater would be > dumb...
• Re: Heater not stopping problem #
  Historical mailing list - Durby Suniga
  Thu, 3 Aug 2000 16:21:13 -0700
  ...Heater not stopping problem # Hello Volks, My front heater doesn't stop heating even with the valve closed. I suspected it's the cable...
• Re: GoWesty heater valve--it just works
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 14 Mar 2016 21:24:15 -0400
  ...I have been through three aftermarket heater valves in my 83 in > the last > two years. None of them worked well in any way...
• Re: Front Heater Core Shutoff
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:34:39 -0500
  ...However, it typically is not necessary, or there would be no heater shutoff valve. If it were necessary, driving any vehicle in summer would...
• Re: heater valve
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:43:09 -0700
  > Is there a place to install the ball valve where it is accessible from > inside the vehicle, or better yet can be controlled on...
• Re: Possilbe coolant leak in heater core vicinity
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:49:07 -0700
  Don't overlook the front heater valve, since it is up high between the radiator and heater box areas. The valve can leak and...
• Re: FW: Green coolant hurt engine?
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 13:04:44 -0400
  Dear Mark, There is no bleeder valve on any Vanagon rear heater! There is only an on/off shutoff valve. The only "bleeder valve...
• '90 Syncro rear heater leak
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Sun, 24 Mar 1996 20:05:53 +0000
  ...make me insane! Does anybody know if these valves can be changed independently from the heater core?.. it looks like it all comes apart...
• Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Sat, 2 Oct 2010 16:38:47 -0400
  I purchased a Meyle heater valve that was listed as oem. The valve was labeled as made in China on the box (I know...
• Re: Leaky rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 15 May 2020 15:25:27 -0500
  ...Leaky rear heater > > Yes, it was not fun to clean up. But the valve isn’t usually replaced along with the core. The core...
• Re: Question regarding coolant flow and front heater
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 23 May 2005 15:31:53 EDT
  On my bus the heater valve, which is accessed by removing the spare tire, moved very stiffly because of age. I cleaned it with...
• Re: Hot Foot well
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Wed, 30 Jun 2021 07:45:19 -0400
  Terry Kay sells a Front Heater Shut Off Valve here: http://vanagonwestfaliaaccessories.com/. It doesn't look like it would be too hard to...
• Heater core front and rear inline? Has anyone done this mod?
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:38:01 -0500
  ...Anyone out there ever try this type of mod? I would like to control both front and rear heat with front heater control valve...