At 06:26 PM 1/31/2002, Smola, Tony wrote:
>Jere,
>
>The vent controls are confusing.
>
>Here are some tips
>
>For heat at your feet.....move just the second lever from the top (lever
>that has a blue dot on the left and red dot on the      .
>right------this is your temp control)....the rest of the knobs should be on
>the left
>
>for defrost.....turn on A/C and put all of the levers to the right
>
>the bottom lever is for fresh air verses recirculated
>
>the second from the bottom is the lever that controls top or bottom air
>distribution.......pointed left=bottom
>
>lever pointed right=top

Umm, Tony...I think you're thinking of a different vehicle.  On the
(watercooled) Vanagon it's like this:

All the levers perform single functions, i.e. they open or close one thing.

Top lever -- open to the right -- opens the defrost vents in the dash.
#2 lever -- open to the right -- opens the hot-water valve.
#3 lever -- opens to the left -- opens the foot-level vents under the dash.
#4 lever -- opens to the left -- opens the fresh-air vents at the turn of
the roof in the main cabin.
Left and right dashboard vents each have their own shutoff at the vent.
Opening any set of vents takes away from the volume delivered by any others
that are opened.

That's all there is.  No cross-linkages, no blending, no cams, levers,
vacuum switches, no way to recirculate air (except the A/C and rear heater,
which have no connection to the ventilation system as such).

david

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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"