Would be even cooler to have  the switch cut out the compressor when the
engine vaccum got down to under 4-5", but then you might not get much cold
air!!

DM&FS

At 03:55 PM 5/31/2004, Doug in Calif wrote:
>Well, I have to say this is my first vanagon with A/C.
>To all of those of you who have had A/C for years now, you have all been
>living a very spoiled life!
>Shame on you for not telling us how good this is and making us suffer in
>our hot navy blue vanagons!
>
>The A/C in this 89 wolfy (I just rebuilt the engine in), is working and
>working well with R-12.
>With all the vents in the back of the tunnel closed and those in the front
>pointed at me, it pretty much freezes me to a Popsicle in a matter of minutes.
>When it can make your teeth chatter, to where you have to turn it down or
>off, you know you have good A/C
>Gotta love that!!! what a concept compared to non AC, I have paid the
>price and baked in the vanagon ovens long enough. WOW!
>
>Well, this is also my first exposure to the rather unique A/C controls in
>the vanagon.
>I noticed that regardless of where you set the "fan control" (1-4) that
>the fan will shut down when you turn the A/C off momentarily.
>
>WELL<
>Given the somewhat limited (SPARINGLY LIMITED) amount of power on tap in
>the bone stock 89 wolfy, I tend to drive it the way I have driven all the other
>small displacement vehicles with A/C  (this included my 3 cyl 1000cc Geo
>Metro with AC) In that, I TURN OFF the A/C when I get slowed down on hills
>or trying to pass.
>Or even pulling away from a light with other beefy traffic like today's SUVs.
>
>My Porsche as well as the GEO have a very neat "press in" button with an
>"ice crystal" icon on it that turns the compressor on and off regardless
>of the fan blowing over the evaporator.
>This allows me to put all the power to the road whenever I need to without
>changing the temp setting.
>
>Has anybody wired up a cut out switch like this to the main dash console
>for easy reach to momentarily turn off the AC compressor without turning
>off the fans or changing the temp setting?
>
>Where would the best place to get at the wire to wire in such a switch?
>
>Thanks to all and have a VERY COOL summer.
>A working vanagon A/C system ROCKS!!
>
>--Chilling in California with a big smile-
>
>Doug