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• Re: Raised floor heater duct in diesels
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 11:44:36 -0600
  ...I like to remove it and upgrade to the later > front heater assembly entirely. MUCH better controls and better heat. > > Mark > > >> On Tue, 25...
• Re: LED Lighting upgrade: summary
  Historical mailing list - Mario Montanez
  Mon, 8 Jun 2009 17:45:37 -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: Subject: German quality?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Monk
  Sat, 24 Aug 2013 13:03:52 -0400
  ...Heater valves leak,balljoints fail quickly,sensors like heater temp are way out of spec,etc... its a darn shame. I prefer Lemforder for...
• Re: Truma heater, like propex, for cheap but...
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:40:25 -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: Dash coming out. Any prev. maint tips?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:15:43 -0500
  ...I will :::> >inspect seals on heater box too. :::> > :::> >Too bad I didn't know what engine I might be swapping in. Now would be...
• Re: Raised floor heater duct in diesels
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:24:15 -0800
  ...I like to remove it and upgrade to the later > > front heater assembly entirely. MUCH better controls and better heat. > > > > Mark > > > > > >> On Tue, 25...
• Re: Heater hose ball valve behind glove compartment?
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sat, 1 Jul 2023 08:36:04 -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...
• It's getting colder, time to think about heat: Propex heaters anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 23:11:30 -0700
  ...a miserly 1.3 amps, all in a heater the size of a shoe-box. HS 1600 is the EU-spec unit, and adds...
• Re: pelonis ceramic heater
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 5 Feb 2003 22:55:36 -0500
  ...They are totally or nearly silent, rather large, quite safe (for a heater), have smooth heat control since they start and stop slowly, and...
• Re: Warming the oil in cold weather? Other options.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 3 Jan 2016 23:24:20 -0500
  ...Unfortunately > the Water Boxer does no lend itself to freeze plug heaters as most other engines do. > The non-pump heaters rely on thermal...
• Re: heater sale
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 07:57:15 -0400
  ...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: Things to put under the driver's seat, 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - mark seifert
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 08:44:13 +0000
  ...a tube of gasket sealant, window cranks, door handles, dome lights, heater control knobs, a spare dash clock, alternator belt, coolant temp sensor, and...
• Re: engine removal 71 bus
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Fri, 24 Nov 1995 08:21:46 -0700
  ...Of course, all this assumes that you've disconnected wires, fuel line, throttle cable, heater box controls and tubes, etc, before getting around to...
• Re: Heater core and airbox Q.& A
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:15:54 -0400
  ...If you look at the pictogram on the right of the heater controls, they show the lever settings for full defrost. Note there is...
• Re: LED Lighting upgrade: summary
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 9 Jun 2009 17:22:09 -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: FRONT HEATER / BLOWER FAN - Removal Instructions - EXTREMELY VERY LONG
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:42:16 -0500
  ...The >big M6 screws holding the heater box in are >Phillips #3. What I've actually done is use the >longest #3 I could...
• Re: A lot of hot air...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Schrope
  Mon, 20 Jul 1998 09:44:05 -0400
  ...Doesn't seem to matter how I have the vents or the heater/fan/AC controls... Though sometimes it seems to be worse than...
• Re: LED Refit
  Historical mailing list - Arthur,Dave
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:19:50 -0400
  ...All are direct plug-ins, with the exception of the heater control LEDs, which will require some dexterity with a soldering iron to assemble...
• Re: Load Reduction Relay: what's it do?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 02:31:52 -0500
  ...what's it do? > jeff, > I'm not sure exactly what it does, maybe it's just a little box full of > magic. I...
• Re: no fuse for fuel pump?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 11 Mar 2023 09:30:53 -0800
  ...idle boost switch along with the idle speed controller, > and for the 1.9L the heater for the auxiliary (warm up) air regulator. Note...
• Parting '86 Syncro / Westy Parts
  Historical mailing list - Benjita
  Tue, 19 May 1998 01:45:31 EDT
  ...Dashboard & related trim, Fuse box, Relays, Idle Control Unit '85 older, Horn, Bosch A/C blower motors, Ignition switch/ key, Syncro fuel Tank, Power...
• Re: Please help me with my bleeding problem.. although i did get the fan 2 work!
  Historical mailing list - Ron Sem
  Mon, 19 Jan 2004 01:17:11 -0500
  ...could very well be your cables from the heater control. if you don't already know, drop the spare, and look up into the...
• Re: small part, BIG BUCKS!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 5 May 1994 14:14:49 -0400
  ...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: Coolant Leak
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 16:50:57 -0600
  ...I got a heater control valve from NAPA, and it solved the problem I had of the valve not closing completely. That was four...
• Re: Exaust Systems
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 28 May 2002 09:29:20 -0500
  ...Exaust Systems > > Here's my take on the situation. > > First of all, get yourself a new pair of heater boxes. The heater > boxes > (or...
• Re: Subject: German quality?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 24 Aug 2013 20:37:07 -0400
  ...Heater valves leak,balljoints fail quickly,sensors like heater temp are way out of spec,etc... its a darn shame. I prefer Lemforder for...
• Re: Cupholders
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 1 Jan 2010 18:03:39 -0600
  ...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: Silly question on AC vs WC Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 5 Feb 2011 10:07:35 -0800
  ...that way you'll have the whole dash area- heater box with heater core, fan, controls, etc. and the radiator and it's fan...
• Re: Vanagon AC - Here is another idea
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:42:34 -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...
• Finding Air leaks was Re: Engine Temperature in Winter
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 25 Dec 1999 13:06:06 -0800
  ...control levers) creates gaps which allows fresh (cold) air to > > sneak past. Since it is a huge pain to remove the entire heater/plenum...
• Re: Front heater motor
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 11 Mar 2017 13:27:51 -0600
  ...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: Power Steering Relay
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 16:23:15 -0600
  Hi All, There are 2 relays in the box on top of the coil. One ( digifant relay) supplies power to the ecu, o2 heater...
• Re: Bypass coolant pipes under van for rear heater
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Fri, 6 Jun 2008 14:53:04 -0700
  Removing that rear stock heater is an excellent idea - when it leaks it soaks your carpet and the cork-whatever underneath it, then when...
• Re: Truma heater, like propex, for cheap but...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:40:53 -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: Syncro Engine Block Heater Mystery Solved!! (long story, happy en ding)
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 20:52:41 -0500
  ...alternative to the aforementioned pan heater is a heater that gets inserted into a rad hose. (thermostat controlled) They really work! Pretty expensive here...
• Re: Warming the oil in cold weather? Other options.
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 4 Jan 2016 18:21:00 -0800
  ...Unfortunately >> the Water Boxer does no lend itself to freeze plug heaters as most other > engines do. >> The non-pump heaters rely on thermal...
• Re: Free parts from 1985 Westy-you pay shipping
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 20 Oct 2014 19:56:58 -0400
  ...box. > > Window wiper motor > > 2 Brown tables with rotating leg > > Steering wheel, column exterior plastic, steering wheel guts, > horn pad (all brown) > > Heater/Defrost...
• Re: [Syncro] AC Barrier Hose
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 22 Apr 2003 09:25:57 -0400
  ...I had all the > seals in my front air box replaced when the dealer fixed my "heat won't > turn off" problem last year...
• Re: Insulating a bus ceiling
  Historical mailing list - Yvonne Reineke
  Sun, 12 Nov 1995 13:35:01 +1300
  ...It was very loud and had all of the problems that uninsulaated steel boxes have. I ended up buying two hot water heater insulating...
• Re: Help in northern Ontario...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:02:30 -0700
  ...I believe. > > Really.....they did a lot of really good improvements in 85, - the sliding > door, > Cast iron lower control arms, plastic cooling main...
• Re: Cold-weather camping/propane heater report
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 30 Oct 2001 17:04:42 -0700
  ...Is there no > end? > > To sum it up: > > -- nice heater, minimum smell > -- seems to have little heat control > -- more than adequate heat output at...
• Propex probs (& need manufacturer's phone #)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Fri, 12 Dec 1997 22:08:16 -0800
  ...As it is, if the fan is turned on manually (at the heater control panel), hot air blasts out for a good 30 seconds...
• Re: Hot air from the dash? (how to fix it)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Jun 2000 02:49:32 EDT
  ...Heater valve is PN 171819809E and costs $7 Heater valve control cable is PN 251265473A and costs $10 Buy these parts at our on...
• Re: Propex installation questions
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 3 Dec 1996 08:39:45 -0800 (PST)
  ...What about that black control box with the two sided tape? Can I just > stick it to the furnace itself, or would that be...
• FS Last Call Before E* bay air cooled parts, Engine, Transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 15 Jun 2002 08:02:18 -0500
  ...Vanagon or Westy heater flapper boxes, the design with the bell on top. The flapper boxes are used, one box has been rebuilt, zero...
• Re: Chinese Diesel Heater for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 13 Apr 2020 15:35:08 -0700
  ...rear heater >> used to be. >>> Combustion exhaust and intake thru floor. Had to be careful cutting due >> to AC hoses and Mortar box storage...
• Re: Owner's Manual for '73 Westphalia?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Jul 94 11:05:20 PDT
  ...Is this some sort of heater/fresh air control? At first I thought it >might be a manual choke, but the van has an...
• Wombat/Gerbil update
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Sun, 19 Nov 1995 09:23:06 -0700
  ...Crawl back under, disconnect the control cables and attachment tubes from the heater boxes, and start taking the lower two engine mounting nuts off...
• @%^%$@ Dansk Exchangers
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 28 Jun 1997 23:15:17 +0000
  ...And one more gripe, no bolts and no little cable connection toggle thingy for the heater control cable lever. Better hope your old come...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 6 May 2012 - Special issue (#2012-274)
  Historical mailing list - ZedEE Scooby
  Sun, 6 May 2012 20:59:35 -0400
  ...Heater box opened, flaps tinkered with. New blower motor installed. New heater core installed. Wiper running gear lubed. Grounding stars cleaned, dialectrically greased. Additional...
• Re: Mulititude of questions (dash out now...)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 6 Jul 2009 19:51:21 -0700
  ...Now that they're apart I have a new heater unit, brake master cylinder and heater control valve on order from europarts direct. > > I...
• Re: Raised floor heater duct in diesels
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:52:04 -0800
  ...I like to remove it and upgrade to the later >> front heater assembly entirely. MUCH better controls and better heat. >> >> Mark >> >> >>> On Tue, 25...
• Re: Warming the oil in cold weather? Other options.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 4 Jan 2016 23:10:26 -0700
  ...Unfortunately >>> the Water Boxer does no lend itself to freeze plug heaters as most other >> engines do. >>> The non-pump heaters rely on thermal...
• Re: Blower Fan troubles
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:12:54 -0500
  At 01:56 PM 12/1/2009, neil n wrote: >I ended up mounting my resistor pack outside the box up by the rad...
• Re: Small Vanagon parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Tue, 30 Jan 2018 12:01:08 -0800
  ...rear heater (1) new > > Electric mirror control switch in bezel with plug socket (1) > > Diesel Vanagon speedometer assembly 870 rev. > > Glove box lamps, 1...
• Re: It's getting colder, time to think about heat: Propex heaters anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 20:35:44 -0700
  ...a miserly 1.3 amps, >all >in a heater the size of a shoe-box. >HS 1600 is the EU-spec unit, and adds...
• Re: Heater Box Question and Front Air Conditioning Revisited
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 09:15:30 -0800
  This is an idea that I have been toying with for front ventilation control: Install a damper on the front of the airbox to...
• Re: Bypass coolant pipes under van for rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 6 Jun 2008 20:23:30 -0700
  re disconnecting the rear heater from the cooling system........ Just plugging the hoses to it with smooth shanked bolts ( the threaded parts will leak...
• Re: Now that the dash is off . . .
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Sun, 18 Jun 2000 07:45:23 -0400
  ...there's no better way to actually > visualize what all those little heater/vent controls are doing, than to > actually hold the flapper unit...
• Re: Syncro Engine Block Heater Mystery Solved!! (long story, happy en ding)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 21:01:23 -0700
  ...alternative to the aforementioned pan heater is a heater that >gets inserted into a rad hose. (thermostat controlled) They really work! >Pretty expensive here...