On my '88 and '90 Westys, only the driver-side air vent to the rear is plugged (under
the dash). The rear air vents were replaced with the small shelf. The passenger-side
duct is still connected.
Jerry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Ovregaard" <kovregaard@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: Subject: getting cooler air to the front in a Westy

> On the subject of those side vents, I noticed the other day that both
> of them on my Westy are non-functional due to what appears to be
> factory-made foam rubber plugs on either side of each vent. That seems
> pretty weird considering that those vents worked fine on my 84 Westy. I
> know there were ventilation changes made to later models, but why would
> they have decided to render the vents useless and still go to the
> trouble/expense to install them?
>

>
> On Jun 28, 2006, at 9:00 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>
> > Date:    Wed, 28 Jun 2006 20:41:09 -0700
> > From:    Clint Kolda <clint_kolda@YAHOO.COM>
> > Subject: Re: Subject: getting cooler air to the front in a Westy
> >
> > Has anyone ever tried plumbing the rear A/C vent into the side vents
> > above the sliding door?  I would think that this would have been a
> > decent alternative to the original design.  It seems that the fan
> > would be strong enough to get at least some air to the front.  Perhaps
> > the system would require an additional fan for losses.
>