Sounds like the thermostat needs replacing. It's an inexpensive try at fixing
the problem and even if it turned out you still don't have the heat proper,
it's one more thing out of the way.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Richard Golen wrote:

> In the immortal words of one of Batman's arch-enemies...."riddle me this"
>
> My son's 84 Vanagon will overheat in the summer when driven slowly....and
> in the winter he barely gets heat. Is it the water pump....is it the
> thermostat or is it both?
>
> He's coming home from Rochester NY for Thanksgiving this week and I want to
> see if I can send him back with a bit more heat than he's had in the past
> year or so....
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ric