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• Re: Alternative to Cover Camper Fridge Vent
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:43:48 -0500
  The fridge vent cover is only supposed to be used when washing the vehicle (to prevent water from the spray getting into the vent...
• Re: SLA AC Delco Deep Cycle? (vs Interstate)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth O'Connor
  Wed, 27 Mar 2019 08:40:33 -0700
  Hello David, I've had two Vanagons and have never had the vents. Do you have an image of how the vent lines route...
• Battery Box Vents Update
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 23:47:00 -0500
  I posted to the list recently concerning a second apparent vent hole in the battery box of my '87 Westy. To recap: the box...
• Re: Stock fridge vent delete option
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sat, 23 Jul 2022 21:11:12 -0700
  ...And I repurposed > the stock fridge vent . > https://shufti.blog/2022/07/23/vanagon-stock-fridge-vent-delete-option/ > > Alistair >
• Re: Vanagon Heat Vents.....
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Thu, 30 Jan 1997 10:56:26 -0600
  I believe that this was changed in 88, as my 87 has the cold air only vents on the dash, while my father in...
• Re: Roof Vent Fan Recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - pierre a. lachance
  Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:37:09 -0400
  hi! a nice lady, once on this list, had bought a solar roof vent fan which had enough energy to run a whole night...
• Re: water in fridge vent?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sun, 1 Feb 2009 19:23:58 -0800
  The fridge vent has a drain. Unscrew the small cap, under the fridge lower grill, inside the Westy. Mark pickle vanagon wrote: > I went...
• Re: Heater front dash vents
  Historical mailing list - Paul Mayfield
  Tue, 8 Jan 2002 11:37:09 +0000
  My '87 has cold air vents. My earlier Porsches also had them. You can keep the passenger cabin nice and toasty and have a...
• Re: battery with vent required?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 9 Jan 2015 08:30:29 -0800
  Thanks for confirming that vented battery is not required, Dennis and Jim. I picked up a battery at Wal-Mart, it was the same...
• Air Vents on Rear Windows
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 08:59:53 -0500
  The black plastic air vents on the rear-most windows of our '88 GL have what looks like a filter or a buffer of...
• Re: vent window adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Michael Nichols
  Thu, 20 Sep 2001 15:50:34 -0400
  ...vent window adjustment > I took the door panel off and pulled back the plastic in attempt to tighten > the drivers side vent window, I...
• battery with vent required?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 8 Jan 2015 07:12:51 -0800
  ...However, the battery did not have the small nipple for attaching a vent hose like every other group 41 battery that I've used...
• Re: Fuzzy Gasket
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Tue, 24 Jun 1997 15:26:34 -0400
  > > Removed "the vent at the rear of the door with the blue lever". > Used a flashlight with a small mech's mirror to brouse...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 19 Feb 2002 - Special issue (#2002-184)
  Historical mailing list - Phillip Bouton
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 23:10:35 EST
  ...Bottom ventilation lever > My 87 Westy has two vents above the sliding door. The bottom control lever opens and closes this vent. Not noticable...
• Re: cover for refrigerator outlet vent
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 30 May 2006 16:40:13 -0400
  ...However, I've heard that there are (or were) vent covers available for the refrigerator vent (the large round one) that would seal out...
• Re: cognitive dissonance and refrigerators
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:28:27 -0400
  ...Remove the chrome plate on the vent and plug up the inner intake vent while you blow into the exhaust vent that sticks out...
• Re: where does it go?!?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Apr 1990 20:18:08 -0400
  ...if i put my hand down there and then slide the vent back and forth i can feel the suction (how do i get...
• Re: venting question
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 8 May 2000 19:44:45 -0400
  ...venting question >> >> Hi All! >> >> With all the mail pertaining to venting, I thought I would >> add my question. >> >> I have an 84 GL. There...
• Re: Newbie question about auxiliary power
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:12:25 -0600
  ---- Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote: > What I mean, is, the last several Interstate batteries I have bought have a vent nibble, with a...
• Rain leaking in under dash: Windshield seal or heater/vent system?
  Historical mailing list - Eric
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:04:47 -0400
  ...It appears to be dripping from the large metal tube/body cross member that directs fresh air from the heater/vent box through the...
• Re: another youtube video of a vanagon westy on fire
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:51:16 -0500
  ...If they encounter a tank on fire and venting, they do not want to put out the fire that is the venting gas burning...
• Re: Vent wing seals? Anybody?
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:20:32 -0500
  ...Vent wing seals? Anybody? Ken, the latch that keeps the vent closed is held by a screw that fastens through a lead piece. It...
• '88-'91 vented side rear windows....
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 May 1997 12:17:40 -0400 (EDT)
  Another window question from yours truly... :<) I was contemplating swapping the vented rear side windows on my '90 parts van to one of my...
• air vent
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Matthews
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 21:48:32 -0500
  1991 Vanagon Looking for the passenger side rear window vent to buy. please if some one knows where I can buy one let me...
• Re: Need to Replace Vent Window... Use Non-Vent Window?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 11 Apr 2005 09:30:15 -0600
  ...but I couldn't > find in the archives... > > Can the front vent windows (88-91) be replaced w/ a regular, non-moving > window? Did...
• Re: Under-Sink Battery Installation
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 10:39:23 -0700
  ...Did you do anything special in your > installation deal with venting? > The two original battery compartments under the deats are vented, they use a...
• Fw:Help for Oxnard,Ventura, West LA Repair shops
  Historical mailing list - stimler
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 10:54:17 +0100
  Isn�t anybody from te Oxnard, Ventura,West LA area reading this mailing list! To fix a fuel injection problem I need a good...
• Re: whistling vent window fix?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 30 Oct 2005 12:34:08 EST
  In a message dated 10/29/05 2:17:36 PM, wil@CHARMFX.COM writes: << The vent window in the driver's door of...
• Temporary email change for Westy Ventures, site down
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:08:56 -0500
  ...In the meantime, the Westy Ventures website will remain down. If you need to contact me please use karl.mullendore@... . Thanks, Karl Mullendore Westy...
• fresh air vent flaps don't close
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Darilek
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 11:42:35 -0600
  Does anyone know how to adjust the fresh air vent flaps on an '81 so that freezing cold air doesn't continually come in...
• Re: whistling vent window fix?
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Sun, 30 Oct 2005 17:45:57 -0500
  THX0001@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 10/29/05 2:17:36 PM, wil@CHARMFX.COM writes: > > << The vent window in the...
• empirical data on heating a bus
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Fri, 08 Sep 1995 21:31:37 -0600
  ...The metal around the vent is at the ambient temperature. - if the fresh air vent is closed, a small amount of air flows out...
• Re: Triangle vent window question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 9 Jun 2014 10:42:30 -0700
  ...Triangle vent window question Hi all, It's been awhile since I've been on the list, but back on and have a question...
• Re: 2nd battery; two questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:11:16 -0500
  Only the campers had the sealed and vented battery boxes. Why? I don't know. Beetles for years had the batteries under the back...
• Re: Door vents
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 1 Sep 1997 10:18:22 EDT
  ...The ductwork for fresh air ventilation does go through the doors, but does not connect with the vent in the door. From the doors...
• Re: New 12V fridge venting issues
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Thu, 5 Jun 2008 19:00:04 -0700
  ...So, does one just leave the old vent on the side of the van and thus avoid the scorn of the "fridge envious" or...
• Re: It's cold out there (Even in Florida)
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Wed, 3 Jan 2018 22:20:39 +0000
  ...At about 2000 rpm, windshield vent 160F rear blower vent 165F. A couple years ago in the summer I had an aluminum dryer vent...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 12:12:17 -0500
  ...Battery Venting > If you check you will find that the original setup from VW had a vent hole > and vent hose that attached to...
• Re: info needed on crancase ventilation systems (mostly I4)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:45:37 -0800
  ...It looks > different than stock, it is vented as per stock. should read: "but it is vented as per stock" -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta...
• 85 Westfalia heater controls
  Historical mailing list - garyowen
  Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:06:09 -0500
  ...Think its to help rear ventilation. Rear vents and finally position of lever for under seat heater to turn off and on. GO
• Gas line vent kit
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Fri, 21 May 2004 17:49:11 -0500
  >Which vendor has the gas tank vent line replacement kit?< VolksCafe has a kit. Warren Lail 88 Westy "Billy Bones" 87 GL "Long John"
• Flow thru rear ventinlated sidewindows for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Oct 2006 00:02:47 EDT
  speaking of the current topic, i have some of the rear sidewindows w/ the plastic vents if anyone is interested.. chris
• Re: Taking out the dash for BEHR unit / Radio relocation
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Mon, 20 Jan 2003 21:34:57 -0500
  ...It may be possible to leave the radio in its original location and use a vent mounted on top of the dashboard. The center...
• Re: New 12V fridge venting issues
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Thu, 5 Jun 2008 18:30:18 -0700
  ...As a result there is less heat to get rid of and less reason to worry about it, so the existing cabinet vents are...
• Re: Leaking rear side window
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 08:15:05 -0700
  Stephen, I have never taken my vents as they never give me problem. Here are my thoughts with the problem. 1) There should be...
• Re: Leaking rear side window
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 13:05:31 -0700
  Stephen, I took a closer look at my rear vent this morning. Like I mention it does has a spring loaded flap. You can...
• LP vent cover
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:59:34 -0800
  Does anyone know where to get the plastic LP vent cover for the Vanagon camper? The VW dealer wants $23 for this part. Is...
• Re: FS 1990 Volkswagen Vanagon - Hannover Edition
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 11:11:20 EDT
  ...No? > those are fresh air vents. all vans have them except for base model kombis, pickups, and panelvans. robert, you still havent found a...
• Re: Batteries and solar panels!
  Historical mailing list - Raceing Cajun
  Sat, 4 Jul 2015 21:12:41 -0500
  ...Aim your drill well !!! Skipper >Very few available batteries have the vents on the ends to vent hydrogen >gas to the outside of the...
• Re: Transmission Vent Hole Location?
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:18:02 -0700
  Michael.The vent is a tiny hole on the drivers side front top corner kinda above the mount.. Its not very large or obvious...
• Re: Passenger Vent Window ASAP
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 11 Apr 2005 16:00:46 -0700
  ...Passenger Vent Window ASAP Okay, per list advice, I'll try sticking w/ the vent window (vs swapping it for a stationary window) and...
• Re: 87 Westy Roof Vent
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Sep 1995 10:13:33 -0400
  Bus Boys has replacement parts for roof vents as well as other parts for bus, vanagon, westy, EV, and pickup. Phone 800.792.BOYS
• leaky air vents
  Historical mailing list - James Vidal
  Mon, 7 Mar 2005 15:53:14 -0500
  Is there a quick fix for stopping air vents from leaking? Summer is coming and I would love to stop the hot air from...
• Re: At long last protype waterbox bleeding, draining and purging installed and operating
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:55:51 PDT
  ...the air is displaced out the vents >almost >totally.... As the coolant starts coming out of each vent you >shut it down >until the...
• Useless vent contest
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 4 Aug 2014 08:42:50 -0700
  ...edge puckers around curves and at corners, and where the useless vent above the door is." I, for one, think it's high time...
• Re: Which way do the end vents mount in the dashboard?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:41:43 -0700
  ...got the end vents (the ones on > each end of the dash, on the top surface, rectangular, with a vent > hole at each end...
• Selling on the Vanagon site. ( a lesson )
  Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
  Fri, 6 Sep 2002 16:44:13 -0400
  Fellow listies More then two months ago I sold some window vents thru the Vanagon list to a person named Cary Chiang ( I do...
• "plastic vents" was: Re: '81 Westy for sale...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Wed, 22 May 2002 08:14:21 -0400
  ...Question for the list----the rear engine air intake vents are not the black plastic insert type found on '81 and later air cooled...
• Re: It's cold out there
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 12:32:17 -0500
  ...At about 2000 rpm, windshield vent 160F rear blower vent 165F. A couple years ago in the summer I had an aluminum dryer vent...
• Re: 89 + Rear window vents transplanted in an 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:35:20 -0600
  I'm pretty sure that the main purpose of the 88 & later rear window vents was to eliminate the exhaust vents that were previously...