Very astute of you, but what you may not know is I have a Beher under dash
AC unit. This has permanently blocked access to the valve, which sits on top
of the heater box, and a number of other little items. For me, there's no
other choice but to pull the dash. Something I hope only to do a couple of
times in my life. I'm on number 2 right now ;)

Ryan

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Drillock [mailto:mdrillock@cox.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 6:27 PM
To: Ryan Miller
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Inserting Terry K heater shutoff valve

Why would you do is as part of a dash removal? The heater valve is not
behind the dash. It is outside, behind the radiator. You change it by
dropping the spare tire and reaching up there while on your back on the
ground.

82 watercooled have it inside next to the glovebox but still no reason
to remove the dash.

Mark

Ryan Miller wrote:

> I replaced my valve the last time I had my dash off. No difference. Still
> got the hot foot. Problem (in my van) seems to be by adjusting the cable
the
> lever can either open the valve the whole way or close it the whole way.
Not
> both. To solve this I let it open the whole way for winter driving and
then
> will close off the coolant flow with the added valve in the summer.
>
> Ryan
>