All the passenger Vanagons that had "factory AC" that came in on the East
Coast (Port of Wilmington, DE) were all installed at the Port of
Wilmington.  This is what my local dealer told me.  When I bought my '86
GL, it did not have AC.  The dealer said they would install it for
something like $2000.  Needless to say, we didn't have it installed.  This
probably explains why they all leak and the ceiling ducts fall off, and may
explain the SAE fasteners.  When I bought my '85 Westy with AC, I was
hoping it was installed at the factory.  Anyone know for sure?

                                                                  Jay

Myron Lind <mdlind@RICA.NET>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 06/05/2002 08:33:02 AM

Please respond to Myron Lind <mdlind@RICA.NET>

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Except all the AC mounting screws seem to be 1/4, 5/16, and some 8mm. Two
out of two vans. Caught me by surprise.

Myron Lind
82 Diesel Westy getting mechanical TDI

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
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Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 12:39 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Planning against on-road glitches

> * 1/4-inch ratchet and a selection of sockets

and just as a precaution ... i know most of you know, but there are
likely to be some list folkes who don't ....

all our buses, no matter what year, use only Metric tools. so if you
go buy a 1/4-inch
ratchet and selection of sockets, you need only get the metric/mm
sized sockets. :)