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  • Fresh Air Fan Blower (long)
    Historical mailing list - Tom Clein
    Wed, 3 Mar 1999 11:20:27 -0800
    ...working blower....gotta be careful about that! Also lubed up all heater control cables, used sewing machine oil on new fan motor before installation...
  • Re: Cabin Heat / Aux Heating / Propane Heater/ camping heater / pics
    Historical mailing list - T.M.
    Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:02:29 -0500
    ...Installing the combustion fan on the exhaust side and drawing a "vacuum" on the heater box is the best way to install a combustion...
  • Re: Sticky vent controls?
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
    Fri, 20 Aug 2021 11:53:39 -0500
    ...Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> If you take the heater box out you must take the cables loose and that >>>> means readjust them...
  • heater blower replacement
    Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
    Tue, 5 Aug 2003 12:19:39 -0600
    ...Be sure to mark the heater control cables when you're taking them off of the heater box...I neglected to do that, and...
  • Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Fri, 25 Jul 2014 17:00:02 -0400
    ...I wonder if this module controls the heater circuit under certain conditions. i.e. extended periods of idle on a cold day? Neil. On...
  • Re: WTB: heater switch
    Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
    Tue, 28 Dec 2004 01:36:45 -0600
    ...It would be nice to have heat controlled by the mometum of >>the fan rather than the Van. >> >> >> >> >> >> > >i have a box full of...
  • Re: Floor Duct
    Historical mailing list - Neil Crawford
    Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:50:05 -0700
    ...Then remove the crappy 82 diesel heater box and > replace it with a nice 83-86 version along with the cables and lever > assembly...
  • heater sale
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer 19618-5th Ave so Seattle WA 98148
    Thu, 12 Aug 1999 04:50:20 EDT
    ...controlled vented heater to keep your Westy warm when you are are stationary. Though you must find it hard to think about heaters when...
  • Re: Bentley wiring diagram. Questions on how to read.
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:16:28 -0800
    ...The fuel pump relay output also provides +12 power for the heater inside the OX sensor via the OX heater control module J208. Mark...
  • Re: Inserting Terry K heater shutoff valve
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Thu, 2 Aug 2007 14:22:30 -0700
    ...Inserting Terry K heater shutoff valve The only stock vanagon that has the heater cable inside the passenger compartment next to the glove box...
  • small part, BIG BUCKS!
    Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
    Wed, 4 May 94 8:26:05 PDT
    ...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: RoadHaus - Front AC Kit Install / Preliminary Report
    Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
    Fri, 15 Nov 2002 10:01:47 -0700
    ...blocked the outlets to these (door) vents from the heater box assembly as the heater and defroster still need fresh air to operate properly...
  • Propex installation questions
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 3 Dec 1996 08:35:41 -0500
    ...What about that black control box with the two sided tape? Can I just stick it to the furnace itself, or would that be...
  • Re: Heater valve
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Sat, 2 Oct 2010 15:50:29 -0500
    ...purchased a Meyle heater valve that was listed as oem. The valve was labeled as made in China on the box (I know it...
  • Re: LED Lighting upgrade: summary
    Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
    Mon, 8 Jun 2009 01:16:30 -0400
    ...Heater controls: Quantity: 2: Product: 74-x Wedge Base LED bulb > $ 1.19 (each): Options: White 74-W > 3). Interior light (above driver): 42mm...
  • Re: South African van differences - when they happened
    Historical mailing list - Brenton Tait
    Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:37:19 +0200
    ...it didn't differ from the > German; it also had slide heater controls. However I am in the process > of buying a 1993 RSA...
  • Re: Whistlin' ducks
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Thu, 2 Jul 1998 15:57:27 -0500
    ----------------- I replaced my front heater blower motor last spring. I have an 86 westy , 2wd, 4speed, with a/c. There was some foam rubber...
  • Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Sun, 8 Mar 2009 11:38:48 -0700
    ...box, whereas the Vanagon was designed to use a > >>> manually controlled coolant modulating valve (yes, even in the rear) > >>> controlling flow through the heater...
  • Re: Need 2 liter acvw FI system complete with fuel pump.
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Thu, 24 May 2001 22:02:58 -0500
    ...air shroud on your alternator to the two heater boxes. $40.00 Two heater boxes, very minor rust at exhaust double pipe next to...
  • Re: Hot Foot well
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Thu, 1 Jul 2021 00:39:30 +0000
    ...I went inside the cabin, dropped the glove box, clamped off the two hoses going down to the heater valve,removed the hoses and...
  • Re: Vent flapper noise?
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Mon, 5 May 2008 09:07:08 -0700
    ...grill (exterior) and two flaps in the heater/fresh air box get blown open. If heat control valve is open, and appropriate flaps open...
  • Re: Ventalation Controls (sp)
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Fri, 10 May 2002 15:57:08 -0700
    ...the back heater? <DIV></DIV>&gt; <DIV></DIV>&gt;Open the seat, reach into the slot on right side of box, rotate <DIV></DIV...
  • Re: Lumberyard Carb Conversion
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 01 Jul 1997 12:29 -0600 (MDT)
    ...I rigged some sort of "box-in-a-box" air cleaner to use some of this pre-warmed air in winter. I also used...
  • Re: vent question
    Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
    Tue, 20 Sep 94 8:36:24 PDT
    ...I was able to figure out that the defroster control wire goes to an armiture that controls the flap inside the main vent box...
  • Re: 81 Westy Heat/Air Distribution/Blower Box Rebuild
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
    Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:22:31 -0700
    ...The big M6 screws holding the heater box in are Phillips #3 and not #2, and if you use a #2 driver you're...
  • Re: Front heater valves, another junk part
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:59:03 -0500
    ...it goes into the heater box, behind the glove box. Then remove > the > 7mm bolt that clamps the heater control. Pull off the heat...
  • Re: Dash A/C in a T3, cool dreams
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Mon, 22 May 2006 13:51:43 -0700
    ...The stock heater box has an indentation molded into it > for the radio to go. > > > Mark > > > > ------------- wrote: > > > Mark, etal, > > Auto. AC in most cases...
  • Re: GoWesty heater valve--it just works
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Tue, 15 Mar 2016 14:12:55 +0000
    ...and release the cable that controls the heater valve. Drop the glove box and pull the two heater hoses. Now you can go underneath...
  • Re: [Syncro] Help! Igintion Won't shut off!
    Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
    Sat, 21 Oct 2000 11:50:50 -0700
    ...Though you also must have been playing around the black relay box and that also has both track 15 and 30 in it... Basicly...
  • Re: Truma heater, like propex, for cheap but...
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:37:09 -0700
    ...Also, there is no control device. The >> manual shows 2 different basic controls and mentions a bunch of >> others that can operate it. The...
  • Odds and Ends-Before the crusher
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Mon, 4 Feb 2002 08:18:25 -0600
    ...Any heater part. Heater Boxes, cables, flapper valves, ductwork. #2. * Heat shield above the muffler, exhaust crossover pipes or complete exhaust systems. #3. * Drivers...
  • Re: Front heater motor
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Sat, 11 Mar 2017 08:00:40 -0800
    ...control bulbs - replace the cigarette lighter with twin USB ports - replace the brake booster seal - replace all the flaps on the blower motor box...
  • Re: Vanagon AC - Here is another idea
    Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
    Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:44:09 -0700
    ...You use the existing vent/fan controls, and the heater fan would pull air through the evap and into the existing distribution system. So...
  • Re: Floor Duct
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:27:53 -0800
    ...Then remove the crappy 82 diesel heater box and >> replace it with a nice 83-86 version along with the cables and lever >> assembly...
  • Front AC installation INQUIRY REPORT > CONCLUSIONS
    Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
    Tue, 3 Sep 2002 19:08:49 -0700
    ...No cutting of the existing heater / fan assembly. They tap into the two fresh air vents coming from the heater box that can be...
  • Re: Sticky vent controls?
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 20 Aug 2021 10:09:00 -0700
    ...Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> If you take the heater box out you must take the cables loose and that >>>>> means readjust them...
  • Re: trip out west
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Thu, 5 Aug 2010 17:48:48 -0500
    ...Worse comes to worse a pair of cable pinch pliers applied behind the glove box or under the heater diffuser panel near the floor...
  • Re: Dash removal for AC access
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:26:32 -0500
    ...box and ash tray. - Remove the stereo. - Pull the nobs off the heater control levers (4 knobs) and remove the faceplate. - Unscrew the heater...
  • Re: Sticky vent controls?
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Fri, 20 Aug 2021 09:06:29 -0700
    ...Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> If you take the heater box out you must take the cables loose and that > >> means readjust them...
  • Re: Inserting Terry K heater shutoff valve
    Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
    Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:43:36 -0500
    ...This has permanently blocked access to the valve, which > > sits on top > > of the heater box, and a number of other little items. For...
  • 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...
  • Cupholders
    Historical mailing list - C B
    Fri, 1 Jan 2010 15:41:59 -0800
    ...heater vents cover, widely spaced to clear the shift lever, but not interfering with either the driver's right leg nor the glove box...
  • Re: SMOKE! After I turn off my BA6 Gas Heater
    Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
    Mon, 20 May 2002 18:01:05 -0400
    ...heater boxes burning -check your valve covers- >>any leaking whatsoever is not acceptable. >>>Moving the lever to the left shuts off the heater boxes...
  • Re: Parting '86 Syncro / Westy Parts
    Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
    Fri, 22 May 1998 06:42:28 -0400
    ...will sell for a reasonable offer: > >Dashboard & related trim, Fuse box, Relays, Idle Control Unit '85 older, >Horn, Bosch A/C blower motors, Ignition...
  • Re: Sticky vent controls?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Fri, 20 Aug 2021 12:07:21 -0500
    ...Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> If you take the heater box out you must take the cables loose and that >>>>> means readjust them...
  • Re: How to keep cool in your van
    Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
    Fri, 18 Apr 2003 22:31:23 -0400
    ...Temp control. Move it left to close the valve that allows coolant to run through the heater core in your ventilation box. Problem here...
  • Re: Heater core hose
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:37:07 -0800
    ...It's interesting that both locations take the same heater control cable, if I am correct about that. The in-cockpit location is easier...
  • Dometic Fridge question
    Historical mailing list - John Graham
    Wed, 2 Apr 1997 21:39:47 -0500
    ...DC operation, there is just a heater coil that does the 'business'. So when you put the controls in either of these positions, you...
  • Re: Truma heater, like propex, for cheap but...
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:39:43 -0700
    ...Also, there is no control device. The >>> manual shows 2 different basic controls and mentions a bunch of >>> others that can operate it. The...
  • Re: Heater hose ball valve behind glove compartment?
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
    Sat, 1 Jul 2023 08:31:10 -0700
    ...the heater hose. > > I've heard you can do that behind the glove box. > > > > What is the internal diameter of the heater hose? > > > > What...
  • Re: 86 Westy Electrical Questions/Problems
    Historical mailing list - K & K
    Wed, 4 Sep 1996 20:24:55 -0400
    ...The items you listed are probably >controlled by the load reduction relay. What you have to determine is, did >the relay quit working? Did...
  • Re: Bentley wiring diagram. Questions on how to read.
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:55:45 -0800
    ...output also provides +12 power for the heater inside > the OX sensor via the OX heater control module J208. > > > Mark > > > > > neil N wrote: > > Hi...
  • Re: Parting out advice
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Mon, 21 Apr 2003 19:37:52 -0500
    ...7) Engine sheet metal (contact Boston Bob, he's an occasional buyer) 8) Heater boxes, flapper valves 9) Heads if they are good (worth...
  • Re: alt stereo intall
    Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
    Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:00:50 -0700
    Before reconditioning my under dash A/C I had dreamt of combining the heater box with the A/C and making it all one...
  • Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
    Historical mailing list - David Milo
    Sat, 7 Mar 2009 12:33:02 -0500
    ...box, whereas the Vanagon was designed to use a >> manually controlled coolant modulating valve (yes, even in the rear) >> controlling flow through the heater...
  • Re: Air Conditioning... Add another evaporator?
    Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
    Thu, 11 Jul 2002 11:09:52 -0400
    ...The original kit had a nice plastic molded box to mount vertically onto the heater cover in front of the gearshift. These are now...
  • FS: 89 Syncro Westy - Rochester NY.
    Historical mailing list - Cort, Joel
    Mon, 16 Apr 2001 12:41:59 -0400
    ...box) * Service and repack the front CVs in and out (got new boots sitting in a box) * Replace the upper and lower control arm...
  • Re: Vanagon AC - Here is another idea
    Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
    Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:02:23 -0700
    ...You use the existing vent/fan controls, and the heater fan would pull air through the evap and into the existing distribution system. So...
  • Re: Free parts from 1985 Westy-you pay shipping
    Historical mailing list - C. Pius Weibel
    Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:17:19 -0500
    ...Window wiper motor 2 Brown tables with rotating leg Steering wheel, column exterior plastic, steering wheel guts, horn pad (all brown) Heater/Defrost control...
  • Re: Load Reduction Relay/X-Contact Info
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 27 Feb 2002 16:09:37 -0500
    ...pictures of the fuse box and relays--'85 Nothin'. It is not >even clear to me what circuits are controlled by the X-contact...