Has anybody out the ever "de-air-conditioned" their westy? My 84 has the
factory installed set-up for the westy and quite honestly its a piece of
junk that sucks power, takes up space and adds unnecessary weight to the
vehicle.

I tried using it when I got the vanagon in 1990 but was unimpressed with
the cooling ability and when I turned the thing on while driving it felt
as if I had just thrown an anchor out the window. I realize that for
many of you on the list who live in areas that are "cool temperature
challenged" the air conditioner is very important, but up here near the
Canadian  border  it rarely gets so hot as to be uncomfortable. Its not
uncommon to be camping along Lake superior during the summer and have
the temps drop to 50 when the wind shifts and comes off the lake.
Anyway.... to make a long story short I'm thinking about taking the
thing out and trying to replace it with the overhead cabinet from a non
air-conditioned westy.

Anybody done this?

Bob
84 westy, "der bus"