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• '85 Westy B2L Eberspacher cabin heater-fire hazard?
  Historical mailing list - James Rasmussen
  Sat, 7 Aug 2004 08:56:35 -0700
  ...heater that heats the cabin/living area. It was installed at the factory/dealer in Germany where the van was purchased new. The controls...
• Re: interesting vanagon for sale in victoria
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:14:58 -0600
  ...This type of thing is used on small airplanes for throttle and propeller control. Why not heater controls? John On 2/18/2014 1...
• Re: Replaced that heater valve today!
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 08:33:41 -0500
  How do you control it? Do you have any pictures? Larry A. Robert Cardo wrote: > Jim, > Why not take another simpler route to no...
• Re: Leaking heater control valve
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 17 Sep 2021 20:09:59 -0700
  ...shell this afternoon. > > It looks like it is dripping from the heater control valve. I shut the > valve and that has stopped the drips...
• Re: interesting vanagon for sale in victoria
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Feb 2014 08:56:29 -0800
  The thing that caught my eyes I was the heater controls....no sliders...just knobs! I'll be making that mod next! Sent from...
• Re: Lube for heater control cable?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:36:41 -0500
  On 11/19/2012 11:21 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > What kind of lube is recommended for this application? I use the cable...
• Aux heater removal from 1982
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 3 Oct 2003 10:02:27 -0700
  ...dash control knob does not seem to want to come off. A thought just hit me... I want to put in my 81 so...
• Re: trip out west
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 12:40:58 -0500
  ...So, I took out the cover below the heater controls and in front of the shifter. Lots of wires, pipes, and presumably cables running...
• Re: SA vanagon heater/vent controls
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:27:19 +1200
  ...is a link to a close up pic of the rotary controls on south > african T3s. > > http://www.sa-teile.de/drehknop.jpg The...
• 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...
• 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...
• Subject: Re: Engine Heaters
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 22:57:57 -0600
  ...These heaters are expensive, but are a marvel of engineering. Stainless steel, TIG welding, electronic controls. There are simple propane fueled coolant heaters also...
• Re: Ventilation Controls
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 19:09:53 -0700
  ...also a lever on the heater core under the rear seat that controls > temperature for the rear heater. Forward is on, to the rear...
• Re: Such a splendid waste of time
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:09:15 -0600
  ...Thus began a spout of obsessive > behavior during which I pulled out the radio, the lighter, the > instrument panel, and the heater control face...
• Re: Lubrication of Heater/Ventilation Control Cables
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 18 Dec 2023 21:28:34 -0500
  I have used one of these for the past 50 years on motorcycle and automotive cables. Works fantastic. https://www.amazon.com/KiWAV-Lubricator...
• Re: Heater Ventilation Slider Controls
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 18:45:15 +0000
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• RE: Heater Blower Resistor Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Mon, 6 Jan 1997 12:08:08 -0700
  ...No one has posted or sent me any schematics for a DIY pulse width control yet though. Thanks, Mike
• Re: Webasto control panel for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 04:46:07 -0400
  ...Hey-I am removing the digital control panel that is mounted in the dash of our 84 Westfalia. It is available to anyone that...
• Re: 1982 Diesel Vanagon: Heater Core / Fan
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 5 Oct 2012 16:55:07 -0400
  ...Same 82 Diesel Camper (is yours > yellow?) > Heater controls > Heat core > Wiper shafts > Speaker wire? > Ground star? > Gages? > > What is the definitive complete list...
• Auxiliary Heater Control problem. Name that diode!
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Sat, 6 Oct 2007 11:49:59 -0700
  ...It's getting a little cold here in Canada, so I'm thinking it's time to get my aux heater going again. It...
• Re: Heat!
  Historical mailing list - Gary Liess
  Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:40:13 -0500
  ...The heater has a fan but uses little electricity and its controlled by a wall mounted thermostat just like in a home heating system...
• Re: The tale of the '87 Westy - Brand New! - Chapter 3 - Loss of power
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 08:26:20 -0500
  ...The heater will not affect the ECU, unless of course it is leaking and blowing coolant right on the control unit. But as you...
• 85 Westfalia heater controls
  Historical mailing list - garyowen
  Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:06:09 -0500
  ...Rear vents and finally position of lever for under seat heater to turn off and on. GO
• Re: interesting vanagon for sale in victoria
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Tue, 18 Feb 2014 09:54:11 -0800
  ...COM> wrote: > > The thing that caught my eyes I was the heater controls....no sliders...just knobs! I'll be making that mod next...
• 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: trip out west
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 14:22:50 -0700
  ...On most automotive heaters, the lever on the dash directly > controls the heater coolant valve, no cables involved. I'll take another > look, boy...
• Re: Front heater never shuts off
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 24 May 2024 11:51:15 -0700
  ...Front heater never shuts off > > My 91 is so uncomfortable in the summer. > Heat pours out of the dash with the heat control fully...
• Re: Lube for heater control cable?
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:19:43 -0800
  ...Lube for heater control cable? Hi Jack, mainly as long as one uses something half decent or better ..it will be fine. I would...
• South African van differences - when they happened
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:28:14 +1300
  ...I bid on a 1990 RSA Caravelle recently; it didn't differ from the German; it also had slide heater controls. However I am...
• stupid little bulb!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 25 Aug 2002 01:19:45 -0500
  Ok, what's the trick for inserting one of those bulbs that lights up the heater controls? It seems like you only get one...
• manual thermostat / heaterflap control?
  Historical mailing list - aircooledchris
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 07:23:01 -0800
  oh yea, id go there. =) anyway I can go out in the AM, manually close the flaps while it warms up, then flip them...
• Circuit 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - jon durham
  Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:47:34 -0600
  I need to know what circuit(s) control the dash lights, O2 Sensor diode, and heater switch light. -- "Until one has loved an animal...
• Hot water heater
  Historical mailing list - Greg Pratt
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 12:20:57 EDT
  ...thinking these heaters could be used for a hydronic heating system inline with a low wattage pump and a thermostatic control. I ran across...
• Re: Heater control lever
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:55:24 -0300
  ...Vanagon Mailing List on behalf of Mark Hoffmann So one of my four heater/air control levers has had the tip get loose and...
• Re: Very Hot Blowing over Accelerator Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 21:16:52 -0700
  Nope - there's a very clear on/off feeling to the heater control switch(s) (been there/done that with English cars) I think...
• Re: Exhaust Parts
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 07 Dec 1994 10:21:05 -0500 (EST)
  Mike, Just replaced my muffler, heater control boxes (NOT exchangers) and main heater pipe on my '78 T2. Got my parts from Rocky Mountain...
• Re: replacing lightbulb for heater control levers AAAK!
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 08:06:07 -0400
  ...out > yesterday, and thought I'd get the light behind the heater control levers > going again. I have power to the bulb socket. I...
• Re: rear heater core in front, was: New thermostat funky?
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 11:01:04 -0500
  ...heater core mounted in >there, but do I recall correctly that the black plastic portion on the >core which mates to the heater control...
• Re: front heater valve
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:07:48 -0600
  ...They work the valve much like the "seasonal" valve on the rear heater. Turned "OF" in summer and "ON" in winter. The control valve...
• Vanagon heater controls
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Mon, 25 May 2009 13:56:41 -0800
  <<What do each of the 4 heater controls do starting from the top moving down?>> Simplest lever first, the 2nd controls the amount of...
• 5/8" heater hose questions (searched archive)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:36:11 -0700
  ...At this stage, (dash off, air/heat box ready) I may install heater hose now. Obviously it's easier to connect heater hose to...
• Re: Looking for dash removal procedure
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 8 Jul 2009 21:02:57 -0500
  ...steering column to chassis > Remove 3 screws holding heater controls to dash (two at heater levers and > one at r/h side of hole...
• Platinum Cat propane vented heater for sale $300/obo
  Historical mailing list - matt bezark
  Tue, 13 May 2003 22:32:39 -0600
  ...heater was built for use in motorhomes and trailers and is extremely efficient. It has a built in blower and includes the thermostat controls...
• Re: Attn: Successful Subaru transplants: heater control solution?
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Bryson
  Sat, 20 May 2000 09:50:54 -0700
  ...heater control solution? > In a message dated 5/20/00 1:55:39 AM, thewestyman@MINDSPRING.COM writes: > ><< One oddity of the Subaru engine...
• European "Vanagon" and Bentley
  Historical mailing list - Marc Wettstein
  Fri, 27 Oct 2000 21:43:33 +0200
  ...It's a perfect van except some little electrical problems as built-in Webasto heater doesn't work (lost real-time clock when engine...
• Re: instrument panel lights
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 18 Jul 1994 11:46:43 -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: Emergency engine cooling, related story
  Historical mailing list - Samuel L. Walters
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 10:24:18 -0400
  ...The heater control wasn't working and his wife had to crouch down on the floor by the front seat and hold it full...
• Re: Gas vs diesel Heaters
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 11:02:32 -0700
  ...Gas vs diesel Heaters I picked up (2) BN4 Gas heaters this summer at a car show. One fuel pump, and no controls. I...
• Re: NEED HELP Olympian Catalytic heater installation
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 12 Jan 1997 09:27:31 -0800
  ...A gas supply pressure of 11" w.c. (0.40 psig) > minimum is required at the heater controls. The supply line must be > equipped...
• Re: Looking for correct name or terminology f or a push-pull
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Mon, 2 Dec 2013 13:26:28 -0800
  ...the geometry of the heater temp lever and that control cable is very poor .. at full max temp there's over an inch of...
• Re: Hot Foot well
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Wed, 30 Jun 2021 08:09:56 -0400
  ...I added the vanistan ram air control also and replaced my blower motor and heater core. Having a functioning blower fan with no hot...
• 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...
• Front Heater
  Historical mailing list - Slloth
  Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:57:53 -0700
  I don't think any of my heater controls work how they are supposed to. When I turn the little defrost switch I don...
• Re: Leaking heater control valve
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:22:01 -0600
  ...full time Heat,, But that can be controlled by Clamping Either of the Hoses to the Heater Core between Floor Pass Through & Dash,, Just...
• 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: Gas Heater & Thanks Robert Keezer!!
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 16:31:05 -0600
  ...heater and it cannot run continuously. With the engine off, it will run about 10 min on a timer built in the temp control...
• Re: trip out west
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 11:28:53 -0700
  ...Closing the > vents doesn't keep absolutely all the hot air out. > > So, I took out the cover below the heater controls and in...
• Re: trip out west
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 15:54:20 -0500
  ...On most automotive heaters, the lever on the dash directly controls the heater coolant valve, no cables involved. I'll take another look, boy...
• Re: BA6 heater questions
  Historical mailing list - Rob Wright
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 04:34:05 -0600
  ...I've already tried the Heaterman...his control modules sound > interesting but $$$$. Does anyone have any experience with these controls? > > Thanks in advance, > Mark...
• Re: Another dumb question, air control slider lighting
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:06:42 -0800
  ...Another dumb question, air control slider lighting sure, I gave it a go http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/vanagon-heater-control-light...