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• 91 Multivan lowering A/C evaporator housing
  Historical mailing list - Kun Chang
  Sun, 11 May 2003 12:06:42 EDT
  ...I am trying to lower the evaporator housing before sending the van to the shop Monday morning. I have successfully removed the front housing...
• A/C Evaporator Housing...
  Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
  Tue, 28 May 2002 17:17:47 EDT
  ...How easy is to change the housing for A/C Evaporator in my 88 Weekender beside its heavyweight? Anyone want to part a grey...
• AC evaporatorhouseing/side panels...
  Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
  Sun, 29 Jul 2001 22:13:41 EDT
  ...Anyone want to part with grey interior AC Evaporator housing and the L/R rear side panels? Mine in 1988 Weekender cracked and crumbled...
• AC leaks water from the evaporator tray?
  Historical mailing list - HOTZE, BRETT C [AG/1000]
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:07:46 -0500
  Has anyone experienced leaking of water from the evaporator tray? The shop manual states that to remove the evaporator housing you must start from...
• Re: 91 Multivan lowering A/C evaporator housing
  Historical mailing list - Chris Radcliffe
  Sun, 11 May 2003 10:43:32 -0700
  To avoid dropping the evaporator housing.... Use a large cardboard box, or two, and some flat cardboard "shims". 1. Measure the distance from the...
• AC Evaporator Housing...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Shinosky
  Tue, 3 May 2005 00:22:12 EDT
  ...I am looking for a grey huge plastic housing that covers the ac evaporator. It sits on the ceiling next to the rear hatchdoor...
• Re: later model vanagon parts needed
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 14 May 2004 00:50:27 -0400
  Are you speaking of the cover for the rear fan (evaporator housing)? Or the section immediately in front of it? If the evaporator housing...
• Re: AC Evaporator Housing...
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 3 May 2005 09:16:24 -0400
  ...That would be the rear plastic housing, the evaporator, the fans, and the two side pieces. When you add it up those pieces are...
• Re: later model vanagon parts needed
  Historical mailing list - Bike Florida
  Fri, 14 May 2004 08:09:12 -0400
  I am speaking of the evaporator housing, the plastic part that the speakers mount into, mine is cracked. Most of the time the water...
• technical bulletins for vanagons, campers, syncros
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 05 Apr 94 22:33:51 CDT
  ...Evaporator Housing - change Starting April 1988, a running change was made to the evaporator housing and introduced into production. To prevent cracking, the body...
• Air Conditioning... Add another evaporator?
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 14:30:08 -0500
  ...Any reason why I can't locate a small Air Conditioning evaporator to the inside of the heater blower motor housing hooking it up...
• Re: prop/driveshaft bad vibes; also A/C
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 09:06:59 -0500
  ...Check to see if you have some water collecting in the housing under the evaporator. This can happen if your drain hoses are plugged...
• Re: Installation of Spearker in an 87" Westy
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:08:43 -0600
  Terry wrote; >>The rear speaker's are a different story. >>The evaporator , housing , box, housing >>has to be dropped down to access >>the speaker...
• Re: Cleaning AC Evaporator
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Wed, 27 May 1998 02:17:03 EDT
  ...After these are out, you can CAREFULLY pry the plastic evaporator housing away from the studs the nuts came off of and CAREFULLY push...
• Re: Air Conditioning... Add another evaporator?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 15:25:13 -0700
  ...blower motor >housing please advise me on this one: >Any reason why I can't locate a small Air Conditioning evaporator to the >inside...
• Re: AC leaks water from the evaporator tray?
  Historical mailing list - Townsend, Michael D
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 10:36:01 -0400
  ...So the question is this lift system to lower the evaporator housing... how heavy will the evaporator be? After removing the 3 bolts at...
• Re: Lowering A/C cabinet in a Westy easier than bus ?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy J. Hannink
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 08:29:19 -0400
  I lowered the AC housing in my 87 Westy and the evaporator is bolted to the ceiling separately. In order to lower it, you...
• AC Evaporator housing
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 16 Aug 1998 02:04:36 EDT
  Blah! Well, I spent today replacing my A/C's evaporator housing (the old one had cracks in the original design mounting tabs). Taking...
• Re: RE.Advice on Evaporator Icing
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Aug 2000 11:12:09 EDT
  ...it and sticks into the housing with the evaporator. So there is a temperature control for the evaporator, just not a high/low pressure...
• Re: A/C evaporator housing removal
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Jul 1997 03:09:05 -0400 (EDT)
  ...assembly and housing to the cieling.... brace it up there w/ a piece of wood.. chris
• Lowering A/C cabinet in a Westy easier than bus ?
  Historical mailing list - Dave L
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 17:58:46 -0400
  ...Had a buddy who is an HVAC mechanic for commercial buildings charge it and test for leaks - found it coming from evaporator housing. Bentley...
• Re: AC housing reconstruction...
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:17:26 -0400
  The tabs on the rear evaporator housing were only in the early years. In later years, they were removed and a different mount point...
• Re: A/C evaporator housing removal
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Jul 1997 21:00:51 -0400 (EDT)
  ...assembly and housing to the cieling.... That's not correct. They are only part of the evaporator support and I think provide relatively little...
• Re: a/c ducting - Cracked Evaporator Housing
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 15:25:50 -0500
  ...I don't think dealer will do the evaporator plastic-housing fix for free. It's not under any recalls. Like I said VW...
• Re: a/c ducting - Cracked Evaporator Housing
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:58:37 -0500
  ...I don't think dealer will do the evaporator plastic-housing fix for free. It's not under any recalls. Like I said VW...
• Re: Accessing the A/C Expansion Valve
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 12:28:54 -0400
  ...The housing itself is separate and comes free without any > connection to the evaporator itself. > > Bentley says support the plastic evap housing with a...
• Removing 1990+ Westy Evaporator housing
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
  Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:16:37 -0700
  Has anyone removed the evap housing on a 90 or 91 Westy? This one has the ducting that runs to the end of the...
• Re: Air Conditioning... Add another evaporator?
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 23:45:09 -0400
  ...Any reason why I can't locate a small Air Conditioning evaporator to the inside of the heater blower motor housing hooking it up...
• Accessing the A/C Expansion Valve
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 08:45:41 -0500
  ...The housing itself is separate and comes free without any connection to the evaporator itself. Bentley says support the plastic evap housing with a...
• Re: A/C in a Doka
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 15 May 2006 21:40:43 -0400
  ...I never considered trying to install that in a Tristar due to weight of the evaporator/fans and housing (and due to it would...
• Re: A/C noisy racket
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Tue, 10 Feb 2015 21:41:12 -0800
  ...Either way you have to pull the entire cabinet and evaporator housing down to get the fan motor out. You can juggle it around...
• Evaperator housing fixes
  Historical mailing list - C. Chris Snyder
  Sun, 24 May 2009 15:08:30 -0400
  I really need some input on fixing the evaporator housing on my '87 van. the plastic "Ears" that hold the case up is cracked...
• Re: a/c ducting
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 23:37:36 EDT
  ...Evaporator housing - modified Starting April 1988 a running change was made to the evaporator housing and introduced into production. To prevent cracking, the body...
• Need picture of 1984-era interior AC Evaporator Housing
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
  Sun, 19 Mar 2000 16:54:04 -0500
  Dear List, Does anyone have an image of the interior air conditioner Evaporator Housing from a 1983-1984-1985 Vanagon? It sits BEHIND the...
• Re: AC Removal
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Thu, 26 Jun 2014 18:39:42 -0700
  ...Then while supporting the evaporator and fan housing, remove the cabinet. This is a PITA alone, but doable (i've used a bar stool...
• Re: Accessing the A/C Expansion Valve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 11:30:39 -0400
  ...The housing itself is separate and comes free without any connection to the evaporator itself. Bentley says support the plastic evap housing with a...
• A/C tunnel
  Historical mailing list - C. Chris Snyder
  Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:28:07 -0500
  ...a god one they would be will to sell? also, the evaporator housing as well. Mine has cracked (the tabs that hold the sections...
• A/C evaporator housing removal
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sun, 6 Jul 1997 15:38:45 +0000
  ...Anyway, I started taking the left and right rear panels off and discovered that the evaporator housing flange on the right was cracked-no...
• Re: a/c ducting - Cracked Evaporator Housing
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:37:37 -0700
  Ray Pic didn't come thru.All I got was a long yellow line. Marcus > Name: pic09663.pcx > pic09663.pcx Type: PCX Image Document...
• Re: A/C evaporator housing removal
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 8 Jul 1997 02:24:34 -0400 (EDT)
  ...They are only part of the evaporator support and I think provide relatively little of the support. There is also a series of fasteners...
• adding a/c to a Doublecab...?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Mar 2005 10:34:33 EST
  ...since Dokas dont have the sliding soor track, how do you support the passenger side of the evaporator housing?? anyone done it or know...
• Re: A/C leaking
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 29 May 2008 09:23:43 -0400
  ...The evaporator housing is different there. Best access to one of the drip lines is the cabinet on the drivers side. Open the door...
• Re: A/C leaking
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 27 May 2008 22:27:42 -0400
  ...Lowering the plastic housing that holds the evaporator can gain you access to the rubber tubes. Be careful as the evaporator is fairly heavy...
• AC Removal
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Thu, 26 Jun 2014 18:15:24 -0400
  ...I've started removing the AC cabinet but it looks like the evaporator, evaporator housing, and fan will all come out with the cabinet...
• A/C drip pan '85 Westy question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 5 Jul 2003 23:41:12 -0400
  ...the cabinet under the evaporator or is it supposed to be attached to the A/C's plastic housing in some way? I lowered...
• Re: a/c ducting
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 17:25:45 EDT
  ...The evaporator housing design was changed in VW's production run (it actually notes this in the Bentley). There was no recall for the...
• Re: RE.Advice on Evaporator Icing
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 4 Aug 2000 11:27:29 -0400
  ...it and sticks into the housing with the evaporator. So there is a temperature control for the evaporator, just not a high/low pressure...
• Re: adding a/c to a Doublecab...?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 4 Mar 2005 17:17:24 -0800
  ...since Dokas dont have the sliding soor > track, how do you support the passenger side of the evaporator housing?? > > anyone done it or know...
• Re: air-conditioner sealant
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 05:33:50 -0800
  ...are the ones on the expansion valve and evaporator which require disassembly of the rear housing. If your hoses are leaking, I would recommend...
• Re: AC Removal
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Fri, 27 Jun 2014 13:38:39 -0700
  ...both tubes up and into the evap housing cabinet.� Then while > supporting the evaporator and fan housing, remove the cabinet.� This is a > PITA...
• Dripping A/C (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Tue, 1 Jun 1999 22:10:29 -0700
  ...Really crazy thing to do, flushing the evaporator housing from one side to the other. Condense at will. Regards, Tom Neal '87 syncro > From...
• Re: A/C leaking
  Historical mailing list - R DIXON
  Thu, 29 May 2008 10:17:15 +0000
  ...Lowering the plastic housing that holds the evaporator can gain you access >to the rubber tubes. Be careful as the evaporator is fairly heavy...
• Re: Removing A/C Unit?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Fri, 2 Aug 2002 13:31:17 -0400
  ...Remove the rearmost bolt holding the evaporator cover to the rear cabinet. Remove the rear grill cover. Remove the front bolt holding the evaporator...
• Re: Rear A/C Housing
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Fri, 29 Sep 2000 10:57:17 -0700
  ...I think someone tried to have the rear evaporator housing fixed under this recall and the dealer laughed at them. However, dealers vary so...
• Re: AC Removal
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 27 Jun 2014 18:47:01 -0500
  ...I've started removing the AC cabinet >> but it looks like the >> evaporator, evaporator housing, and fan will all come out >> with the cabinet...
• Re: AC Removal
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:48:21 -0400
  ...I've started removing the AC cabinet > but it looks like the > evaporator, evaporator housing, and fan will all come out > with the cabinet...
• Re: AC Evaporator access question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:57:24 -0500
  ...housing down--heh heh, I thought it was a plastic shell covering the evaporator. It's not, it's the MOUNT for the evaporator...
• Re: Dripping A/C
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Mon, 24 May 1999 19:30:36 EDT
  ...In my case, the cause of the frequent clogs was that pretty much every bit of weatherstripping inside the evaporator housing was wet and...
• Re: A/C water leak
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 7 Jul 1998 11:13:27 EDT
  ...gotten disconnected at the evaporator (happened to me, and to fix it you will need to let the evaporator housing down a little to...
• Westy Closet Removal
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 11:11:24 -0500
  Just a quick question--- Can the rear closet be removed, without disturbing, or removing the overhead Ac evaporator / housing? It's time for the...