Steve,
To get more A/C up front in my 85 westy I did two things:

-inserted a flexible dryer hose (brown to match my interior!) into the
"storage tray" that runs under upper bed and over stove area on
driver's side.  Attached inlet of hose where one of the large vents
was in the plastic A/C panel.  The hose outlet is mounted right behind
driver's head! :)

-mounted a small JC Whitney oscillating "trucker" fan on ceiling just
behind front passenger seat- brings rear air nicely upwards!  Ran wire
from the front, under passenger side windshield seal, then under
topliner to the fan.  Switch mounted in dash.  Nice!

Steve
85 westy
reston VA

>
> > From: sneakers@OZ.NET (Stephen Arbaugh)
> > To:   Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
> >
> > I'm looking for some brainstorming here (and I think this is the
right
> > place!:)
> >
> > I have an '85 westy with the A/C blower in the back (like most
others), and
> > while the weather up here in the Seattle area doesn't get too hot
for too
> > long, travels in the southwest have made me wonder about ducting
some of
> > that nice cool air up to the front. My thoughts are to use the
duct over
> > the sliding door: block off the vents in the roof that come from
the fresh
> > air inlet, and use the added space to pipe air from the ac unit to
behind
> > the passengers head, put a vent opening there. (If you look behind
the two
> > vents over the sliding door, you'll see some space between the
actual roof
> > vent outlets and the added metal for the curtain track) I have
also looked
> > at the drivers side, maybe doing something similar there, but have
not come
> > up with any really good ideas yet. Any thoughts?
> >
> > The a/c seems to be up to snuff, gets the rear of the van cool,
but even
> > with the vents aimed straight at the space between front seats, it
just
> > doesn't beat the heat of sun thru the windshield. I've even tried
to think
> > of somehow modifying the front section of the roof ac from a
non-westy van,
> > but again, no brilliant ideas. Whadda y'all think?
> >
> > steve
> > '85 westy
> > kent, wa
>

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