Hey Jake, we've covered this before. I think my heater box is messed up,
or maybe you have a higher tolerance for hot air around your head than
I, or maybe it's just cooler where you live.

 > Summer settings in my '84 are:
 >
 > L---
 > L---
 > ---R
 > L---

At 55 mph, only a gentle waft of air comes from the defrost vents.
Enough to lift a Kleenex, but nowhere near powerful enough to be felt by
Yours Truly. Besides, when it's 90F outside, I want air moving even when
stopped at a red light. Maybe even more then. Thus a fan.

--
Rocky J Squirrel

Jake de Villiers wrote:
> Hey Mike, I can't believe that your dash end vents don't bring in enough
> air at 55 mph.
>
> Are they open, unobstructed, have you moved the 'Vent' slider from one
> side to the other?
>
> Summer settings in my '84 are:
>
> L---
> L---
> ---R
> L---
>
> Lots of air that way out the ends and on the feet.  Its Dixie's only
> drawback - the In-dash Behr AC usurps the end vents...
>
> Seeya, Jake
>
> On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Maybe someday the air conditioning fairy will pay a visit and tell me
>     that because I've been a good boy I'll have A/C in all my cars
>     forevermore. More likely not, though.
>
>     I have a dash-mounted fan like this one:
>
>     <http://www.overstock.com/Auto-Parts/All-Metal-12-volt-Dash-Fan/2672978/product.html>
>
>     And while it makes a quite pleasant whirring sound, the air doesn't
>     reach the driver. I've tinkered with the curvature of the blades but no
>     matter what I do, the fan is best-suited for blowing stuff off the dash,
>     not cooling the driver.
>
>     Now, if you take off the chrome wire cage and remove the blade assembly,
>     then the blade assembly from one of these pops right onto the shaft:
>
>     <http://www.amazon.com/Volt-Fan-12V-Suction-Base/dp/B001449QRY>
>
>     Better blade design, it moves more air, and the air reaches the driver.
>
>     Rather than stop there, though, I thought I'd ask the group if they have
>     had good success with some other fan, or have come up with a good way to
>      break up that bubble of hot air that seems to surround the driver and
>     passenger's faces and heads. (And no, I don't mean the hot air that I
>     emit when I express opinions!). At highway speeds, the wind wings are
>     far too noisy; and not enough air blows from the defrost vents or the
>     dash vents to do much good.
>     --
>     Rocky J Squirrel
>     84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>     74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
>     Bend, OR
>     KG6RCR
>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
>
> 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van'
> 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'
>
> Crescent Beach, BC
>
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>