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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: Jeff Strickrott [mailto:jstric01@cs.fiu.edu]
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 2:07 PM
To: G. Matthew Bulley
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
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