Scott and others,

On Thu, 1998-12-10 00:32:28 EST, Scott Desanti wrote:

> ...
>                                                  Try moving the bottommost
> heater contol lever to the far right (no outside air in).  The next lever
> seems to work best when positioned fart left (function unknown).

Heater controls for a German Vanagon, from top to bottom:

  1. Amount of air  flow from outside through  heater core to windscreen
     defroster outlets.
     At far left: off.  At far right: fully open.

  2. Amount of water flow to heater core.
     At far left: off, that is cold.  At far right:  fully open, that is
     hot (or rather: warm :-)

  3. Amount of air flow from outside through heater core to driver's and
     front passenger's feet.
     At far left: fully open.  At far right: off.

  4. Amount of air flow from outside to the roof vents.
     At far left: fully open.  At far right: off.

Control #2 regulates  the temperature  for  both, windscreen  defrosting
(#1) and  normal  heating (#3)  while these  latter  two  controls  just
regulate the amount of air  flowing to these two  places.  Control #4 is
sort of a master control for  the roof vents  because each roof vent can
be controlled individually, too.

If you ask VW why controls #3 and #4 work the other way  round as #1 and
#2 and  as you'd normally expect, you'll   get the answer  that with the
controls designed this way it's  most easy to  set  up your Vanagon  for
quick defrosting  in winter by  simply pushing all  the  controls to the
utter right end and switching the fan to positions 2 or 3.

I hope this helps.

Sincerely
 Rainer

'89 Caravelle GL Syncro 16"

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