I replaced one heater box with a used one
and one new front heater core on the last 200 vanagons I've worked on.

'mostly' the hang inthere pretty well.
I have my own version of lube trick, and I do that every once in a great
while.
oh wait .
ok...my 83 5-speed sunroof diesel vanagon ( FS btw )does have a
non-working front fan.
so 3 vans out of many many dozens of them.

On 12/21/2012 7:59 AM, Robert Clemmer wrote:
> Yes, I've never opened the heater box on my young 91.  Fan does squeal at
> times and occasionally I get a hint of "ode de antifreeze".  Been this way
> for two years.  Hoping to get this one last winter out of it as it is just
> too cold to work on it.
>
> Bob
> 91 2.1 Auto tin top.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> george jannini
> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 10:36 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Series resistance unti question
>
>>> Are there really vans out there that have not had the heater boxes
> opened yet? <<
>
> Yep.  We''ve gotten by  just fine for the past 3 seasons with shots of
> Tri-Flo applied through the K-hole, AKA Mullendore Port.
>
> Geo/ATL
> '89 Westy
>