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RE: heater blower project
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Tue, 03 Oct 1995 09:34:00 -0700 (PDT)
...But it worked great, despite the fact that that little blower must have gotten hot as h*ll from the heated air blowing through...
Re: A hot question...
Historical mailing list
Mon, 22 Feb 1999 01:40:40 EST
...in a vanagon are the dash blower unit, and the blower under the back seat..... maybe youre referring to the fresh air vents... chris
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: fuses/air blower?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 7 May 2001 10:29:58 -0500
...You have to almost completely remove your dash to get to the air manifold that contains the blower. Start at the simple part, check...
Re: Front Heater Blower opinions
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 15 Apr 2019 14:18:12 -0400
...A/C blower works and has very heavily-constructed motor, but gives more noise for less air because the motor compromises the air intake...
engine heater blower question
Historical mailing list - Tim & Kim Dayton
Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:06:57 -0500
...air cooled engine. The heat coming from the defrost vents is warm yet not hot. This engine doesn't have the rear blower in...
Re: Aircooled Heat inline fan?
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:52:44 -0400
...not enough air movement, so what came out was hot but not enough came out. So I tried another bilge blower, thinking that this...
Re: heater blower project
Historical mailing list
4 Oct 95 17:34
...This meant that the hot air was blown by the engine and sucked by the fan, and also that the fan could be swithed...
Re: engine heater blower question
Historical mailing list - Vanagon in Seattle
Tue, 12 Feb 2002 18:21:36 -0800
...air cooled engine. The heat coming from the defrost vents is warm yet not hot. This engine doesn't have the rear blower in...
heating project..
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Wed, 19 Apr 2017 08:56:02 -0700
...the hot coolant will run thru the A/C core and the warm air will be pushed to the front the same way as...
AC Blower Fan 87 Westy
Historical mailing list - Tim
Fri, 26 May 2000 20:55:20 -0400
I noticed that I wasn't getting as much airflow out of the right side of the AC ducts as the left. I removed...
blower fan and resealing air box
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Fri, 5 Dec 2003 13:11:09 +0000
I have done the blower fan several times and recently resealed an airbox as well. The blower fan replacement requires the following parts: New...
Re: Rear Heater Motor Problem - burny smell
Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
Sat, 20 Nov 1999 12:15:48 -0700
...Marshall, Check the air outlet vent. Mine is warped from extreme heat, and could have been hot enough to smell. Larry
Re: Front heater blower
Historical mailing list - neil N
Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:52:48 -0700
...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" (Bustorius) http://web.mac.com/tubaneil Please send fav Vanagon/Westfalia links to me at: musomuso1963@hotmail.com
Re: heating project..
Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
Wed, 19 Apr 2017 18:17:13 +0200
...the hot coolant will run thru the A/C core and > the warm air will be pushed to the front the same way as...
Re: Rear a/c blower motor resistor
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 12 Jun 2017 14:59:26 -0400
...I haven't studied this point but I presume it gets some airflow from > the blower intake. Newer versions of this resistor have a...
Re: heating project..
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Wed, 19 Apr 2017 13:06:09 -0300
...the hot coolant will run thru the A/C core and > the warm air will be pushed to the front the same way as...
Chilly Diesel
Historical mailing list - Michael E. Pidcoe
Thu, 28 Dec 2000 20:54:45 -0500
...The blower is working great but the air just is not hot. Is this normal? The temp gauge on the dash is just below...
Re: fresh air intake(s)
Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
Fri, 8 Nov 2013 22:48:37 -0800
...it's amazingly quiet ! �the overhead air mover (a/c fan) is very much not so quiet. the rear floor blower is between the...
Re: Heater whine
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sat, 7 Dec 2002 16:46:51 -0600
Over the past eight years I have removed about six of the complete fresh air distribution blower boxes and a couple of Waser boxer...
Re: Winters in the van... HYDRONIC HEAT
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 19 Nov 2002 20:50:02 -0600
...a squirrel cage blower was monuted on the engine shaft and the blower drew fresh cool air across the hot cylinder and blew it...
Re: Clinton Engine
Historical mailing list - J McCavitt
Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:51:29 -0800
...a squirrel cage blower was monuted on the engine shaft and the blower drew fresh cool air across the hot cylinder and blew it...
Re: alternator alternate
Historical mailing list - Amy and Andrew
Thu, 14 Feb 2002 22:33:21 -0500
...trip on a hot July and had the fridge, front blower, a/c blower (just for air circulation, no freon), and rear heater fan...
Re: 1990 Carat...Overheating Saga that won't end....Help????
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Fri, 6 Sep 2002 21:44:19 -0400
...I've been using the rear blower/heater >to pull heat off the engine when she gets hot. When I >do this the vent...
Re: Re: 1.9L running hot....ideas ? UPDATE running a 70� t-stat instead of 87�?
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:54:31 -0800
...turned blower motor off. wanted to see how hot the truck would get. sat in line for 5-8 mins, needle creeps up to...
Re: heater boosters
Historical mailing list - JonR
Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:29:12 -0500
Karen Cunningham wrote: > Questions for the air-cooleds. I saw an ad in Hot VW's by Barney's Import Parts for booster fans...
Re: 1.9L running hot....ideas ? UP DATE running a 70� t-stat instead of 87� ?
Historical mailing list
Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:35:09 EST
...turned blower motor off. wanted to see how hot the truck would get. sat in line for 5-8 mins, needle creeps up to...
Re: heater vs fan
Historical mailing list
Tue, 15 Nov 94 20:45:21 EST
...The consensus is that is that the two dash vents at the front are a mixture of fresh and hot air. Hot air can...
Rear heater control
Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
Thu, 24 Feb 2000 17:12:26 -0800
...both seem to blow hot air) I'm also getting a bit of coolant smell when I run the blower too... Brent Christensen '89...
Re: engine heater blower question
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 12 Feb 2002 22:27:40 -0600
...air cooled engine. The heat > coming from the defrost vents is warm yet not hot. This engine > doesn't have the rear blower in...
Re: What Vanagon years will this heater distribution box fit?
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Thu, 5 Dec 2013 07:19:39 -0700
...I have an '81 air-cooled. It has a blower in it. The '80s didn't; that's what my (pre-Bentley) VW repair...
Re: heater blower switch
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 8 Oct 2001 14:16:09 -0500
...Stan Wilder 83 Westfalia Air Cooled On Mon, 8 Oct 2001 12:53:06 -0500 Dart 330 <dart330@HOTMAIL.COM> writes: > With all the...
Re: Aircooled Heat inline fan?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 25 Oct 2002 00:11:31 -0500
...My fresh air blower flaps leak so my fresh air blower also blows heat that escapes into that portion of the box. In summer...
Re: Aircooled Heat inline fan?
Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
Fri, 25 Oct 2002 08:55:47 -0500
...By pushing air through the system like the standard VW OEM blower, any leaks in the system will leak air out, and it is...
Replaced blower motor/ alternator out
Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
Wed, 13 Oct 1999 20:54:22 EDT
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Re: Heater Refurbished Still Questions
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:27:17 EST
In a message dated 1/30/05 4:35:09 PM, vwdormer@HOTMAIL.COM writes: << Where does the air come from? >> The gravity damper...
Re: Blower motor balance
Historical mailing list - Tom C
Sat, 12 Mar 2022 10:16:25 -0500
...I installed the ram air control so On super hot days I was closing down the outside are and just recirculating cabin air. On...
Re: Blower motor balance
Historical mailing list - Tom C
Sat, 12 Mar 2022 13:02:21 -0500
...I > installed the ram air control so On super hot days I was closing down the > outside are and just recirculating cabin air. > > On...
Re: short circuit
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Thu, 21 Jun 2001 00:03:20 -0700
...Some, including me, have had this fusible link get so hot, while running the blowers on high, that it melts the plastic terminal block...
Re: misc
Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
Tue, 30 Aug 94 14:21:54 PDT
...I did just that, except for the blower. I took off my heat exchangers and air pipes, had them hot-tanked, and changed my...
Re: heating project..
Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:07:55 -0500
...the hot coolant will run thru the A/C core and > the warm air will be pushed to the front the same way as...
Re: Blower motor balance
Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
Sat, 12 Mar 2022 20:04:32 +0100
...I >> installed the ram air control so On super hot days I was closing down the >> outside are and just recirculating cabin air. >> >> On...
Re: fresh air intake(s)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 8 Nov 2013 21:29:18 -0500
...In fact once the van is moving at any speed you can turn the blower off and the ram air will give you all...
Re: Series resistance unti question
Historical mailing list - Mike B
Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:01:31 -0500
...On 12/18/2012 3:04 PM, HotelWestfalia wrote: > Hi to all, > > The blower in front only works in the high position. The slow...
Re: [Re: Strange AC sighting in MD junkyard]
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Sun, 24 Oct 1999 02:05:09 -0400
...two air vents in the center of the dash, > the two outer vents were re-ducted to provide conditioned air only, two blower > switches...
Re: under rear seat AC and heat
Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:28:52 -0500
...it has a 2 blower squirrel cage fan, and moves anlot of air. From: Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM> Subject: Re: Under Seat AC...
Re: spare tire gas tank
Historical mailing list - pensioner
Wed, 23 Oct 2002 14:50:17 -0700
...If you put a fuel can in that space it won't get hot enough to hurt anything but airflow will be changed. For...
Re: Please help me . . . / Cold Van
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Sun, 18 Jan 2004 10:40:46 EST
...hottest i can get them. if im sitting its fine it will warm up the interior okay. but when im driving.. somehow cold air...
Re: Aircooled Heat inline fan?
Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:57:30 -0400
...By pushing air through the system like the standard VW OEM blower, any leaks in the system will leak air out, and it is...
Front blower motor workaround?
Historical mailing list - Sean O'Neil
Sun, 24 Oct 1999 17:34:53 -0300
...Perhaps for a cleaner installation a 12v muffin fan could be mounted under or above the hot air distribution outlet? Anyone else tried a...
Re: This is BS, right?
Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:57:56 -0700
Looks like the blower fans that were installed in my parents house back in the early 50s (forced hot air), before Dad re-plumbed...
Re: Dan H's Heater
Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
Tue, 14 Feb 1995 16:06:03 -0600 (CST)
...I never open the back FRESH AIR vents in the winter. Also, pushing hot air up is cunterintuitive to me. I leave the windshield...
Re: BA^ Heater Booster #6 ducts
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:23:23 -0500
...This will keep hot air made in the heater box, from going to the engine compartment.Second is relocating the blower fan. I think...
Re: removing dash / replacing front blower motor
Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
Tue, 29 Jul 2003 20:08:34 -0400
...at joe_lucca@HOTMAIL.COM wrote: > can someone lead me inthe right direction to remove my dash to replace the > blower motor and rewire...
Hanging flaps in heater box
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 4 Oct 2000 15:44:30 -0400
...cold air inlet, cold air plenum, hot air plenum, arranged top to bottom. The blower is the obvious connection between the inlet and cold...
Air Cooled heat----the quick, cheap and dirty way
Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
Sat, 18 Dec 1999 16:32:01 EST
...Temporary Temp control will be by blending fresh air into the airbox, just like them water boxers do! ANYWAY, it gets pretty dang hot...
Re: Blower motor balance
Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
Sat, 12 Mar 2022 17:33:30 +0100
...I > installed the ram air control so On super hot days I was closing down the > outside are and just recirculating cabin air. > > On...
Re: airflow management in hot weather driving
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:01:35 -0400
...seems to get very little airflow and gets >hotter and hotter, especially on a sunny day. The fresh air vents over the door side...
Re: Hanging flaps in heater box
Historical mailing list - M Kaz
Thu, 5 Oct 2000 09:46:16 -0400
...cold air inlet, cold air plenum, hot > air plenum, arranged top to bottom. The blower is the obvious connection > between the inlet and cold...
FW: Heater
Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
Thu, 21 Jan 1999 00:13:42 -0600
...Heater Jason I assume you are referring to the electric blower switch and not the heater slider that allows hot coolant to circulate through...