John,

Does your dealer installed AC work very well? My 85 has the AC but it was
not running when I bought the Van.

The PO told me the area was too large to really cool very well. Also I have
heard about seals leaking, so I was sort of feeling it was more trouble than
it was worth. Plus I figured the stock engine didn't need to work any
harder.

Is it worth it to keep the dealer installed AC working?

Mark Ingalls

>From: jhlauterbach <jhlauterbach@MSN.COM>
>Reply-To: jhlauterbach <jhlauterbach@MSN.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Retrofit AC?
>Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 21:26:47 -0400
>
>I have an '84 with AC and my understanding it was a dealer installed
>option.
>I do not now how difficult it is putting all the parts together.
>
>John Lauterbach
>Macon, GA
>'84 DL
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Klun" <jklun@GJ.NET>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 9:10 PM
>Subject: Retrofit AC?
>
>
> > My mechanic has completely rebuilt an '84 GL and I will own it in a
> > couple of weeks.  (In fact he asked me to make sure he sees it after I
> > break it in for 500 miles.)  This is a 'plain jane' GL, no AC or other
> > fancy stuff.  Does anyone know if an AC system can be retrofitted to
> > this?  Or will I have to buy a window mount evaporative cooler from RMMW
> > for it for about $500?  Answers would be appreciated and thanks in
> > advance.
> >
> > John Klun
> > 86 Jetta GL and
> > soon to be 84 Vanagon GL

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