Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:40:08 -0500
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From: GMac999 <gmac999@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
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I know that with my '84 in North Dakota, anything and everything I could
plug on the front was plugged in the winter.
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Joy Hecht
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 8:05 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
My A/C hasn't worked for years, but not being able to shut off the heat is a
nuisance at times.
Joy
and Matilda, now back in Newfoundland perhaps for a while...
(and back on the list after a long time off)
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Chris S
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 9:57 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
RE: blocked air fresh air intake.
Once the foam seals break down inside of the air distribution box you can't
shut off the flow of air. If the Vanagon has A/C this greatly reduces its
effectiveness. The cheap fix is to seal off the outside air intake instead
of slightly longer method: http://www.knology.net/~vw/vanagon/dash/
Chris S.
2008/8/5 Oliver Mueller-Heubach <groundhogging@mac.com>
> I noticed on the Craig's '80 parts Westy that someone crammed cloth
> behind the screen inside the front grill. My own '80 Westy had,
> similarly, the screen closed off with layers of black tape. Is this
> something to do with non-functioning vents? Cold air in winter? Bees/
> Insects getting in? The cloth in the parts van intake made me wonder
> if pouring water into the vents onto this "sponge" would create a
> rudimentary swamp cooler- but mold would be insane (then again, the
> cloth was more dirty than moldy..).
>
> Also, I have one piece of card/chipboard heat-welded to the back of
> my grill- the other, which there appears to have been, is gone. I
> assume these are for directing air into the aforementioned intake.
> 1-how much more airflow is there with both boards in place, and 2-
> how have folks attached a new board when the plastic heat welds have
> broken off?
> Thanks!
> ollie
>
> Oliver Mueller-Heubach
> groundhogging@mac.com
