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Subject:Re: A/C switches are hidden and unaccessable
From:kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Date:Fri, 17 May 2013 12:23:06 -0400

Everything electrical is in the front of the van under the dash above the
fuse panel.

Good luck with this system.  It stinks in my opinion.  Spent a bunch of
time and effort on one last year for the customer retrofitting the newer
version fans into the rear housing to try to overcome the crappy, weak fan
of this version.  It helps a little but the system is still only OK if you
run it at full blast.  Compressor, Condensor, and evaporator just don't
work well enough to cool the interior of the van (not enough BTUs).  The
newer system is a marked improvement in every way.  The next customer I
have that wants to put a bunch of effort/money into one of these and I am
going to pass on it.

Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com

On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 11:22 AM, thewestyman <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote:

> My �85 Westy has A/C trouble and I would like to access the area where the
> switches and the fuse is.  But the whole thing is blocked by the cabinet
> and the shelves.  I could cut the vinyl, which would look ugly, but I�m not
> sure that would help.  In the Bentley I can�t find anything that would
> help.  The later models with gray interior had removable shelves and a
> removable panel to access the area.
> So, the question is; what to do in this case?  These shelves are not
> removable.  The cabinet and the over head cabinet is a very big job to
> remove just to get to change a fuse or switch.
> My best wishes to the List.
> Zoltan
>

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Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com