jeff,
try this  http://www.bulley-hewlett.com/VWindex/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Strickrott" <jstric01@CS.FIU.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: HEAT glorious heat!!!

> Hello:
>
> I am the owner of a new 82 Westy without a heater booster and I have been
> following  the messages on heat in an air-cooled. I would like to know
more
> about proven methods to increase my heat. Growing up in upstate NY with a
72
> bus I can remember many days without heat and I do not want that to happen
> in this one.
>
> I looked at your web pages quickly but did not see anything on heat in an
> air-cooled. IS this published anywhere?
>
> Regards
> --Jeff Strickrott
> 82 Westy
>
> "G. Matthew Bulley" wrote:
>
> > Don't get me started on this whole "air-cooled heat" issue.  As I wrote
> > is note a few moments ago, there is PLENTY of heat available in the
> > air-cooled vans.
> >
> > What there is NOT is plenty of people (mechanics) who take the time to
> > understand how the system works so they can fix it when it breaks. They
> > perpetrate the myth "air cooled vans have no heat. The BatsTurds.
> >
> > There is also a lack of distributed knowledge about how to improve the
> > heat using fairly simple means; though I have tried to distribute some
> > of my knowledge on the subject through my website.
> >
> > Bottom line is this: your exhaust headers reaches 400-500 degrees
> > routinely, even in the winter. If you pass enough air through new heat
> > exchangers and into the van, and if you keep that air warm during its
> > trip through the ducts, you can have copious 275 degree heat coming out
> > of your ducts within minutes of starting the van. If you re-circulate
> > some of the heated air, and insulate the van, you can push that up to
> > 325 or higher.
> >
> > Our 1982 Vanagon Westy has only the slightest modification to the
> > heating system; the central duct is insulated. The heater boxes are new,

> > and the motor is about 9k on a rebuild.
> >
> > I challenge anyone to come to Mount Olive, and with an outside
> > temperature between 30 and 35 degrees, lets put this thing on the
> > highway... after 10 minutes running, if you can keep your hand within 1"
> > of the heater outlet for more than 5 seconds, I'll buy you lunch. You
> > won't need your jacket, but you will need your wallet.
> >
> > >From historic, walkable Mount Olive, NC,
> >
> > G. Matthew Bulley
> > Bulley-Hewlett
> > Corporate Communications
> > Business: www.bulley-hewlett.com
> > Alliance: www.ntara.com
> > Home: www.MountOliveNC.info
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> > Of Rico Sapolich
> > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 11:41 AM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: HEAT glorious heat!!!
> >
> > In a message dated 2/15/02 11:20:44 AM, SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU writes:
> >
> > << My 1981 also has the best heat I have ever had in a vehicle. It is
> > delivered
> >
> > to the front floor vents HOT and faster than any water-cooled vehicle I
> > have
> >
> > ever owned. >>
> >
> > OK, what's the real story on these air-cooled Vanagons?  Do they REALLY
> > heat
> > or not?  My only point of reference comes from the hours of misery I
> > spent
> > wiping the inside of the windshield in my girlfriend's Beetle many
> > winters
> > ago.  If we had waited for the defrosters to clear the windows after we
> > stopped for some fun and games, we would still be sitting there
> > shivering and
> > smoking our cigarettes.
> >
> > Rich
>