They suck farts.

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
|Don Hanson
|Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 11:06 AM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Blue slider vents in doors? 84 GL...wazzit these supposed to do?
|
| I haven't been able to figure out exactly what these little sliders are
|supposed to do in my van, yet.  I'd guess, since they are blue in color
|they
|have something to do with outside or fresh unheated air.  I am speaking of
|the vent panels in the rear lower corners of the front doors in my normal
|(non-AC non-Westie) 84.  They are about 10" long and 3" high, with a blue
|sliding door/lever and a louvered grill.
|
|  Open or closed, I can't detect any difference in air inside the vehicle.
|The Vanagon heating and ventilation system, it's controls, it's basic
|design, the way the heated coolant is routed and the valves that direct it
|all around....it all seems a bit weird to me...It does work, somehow, when
|all is well with the valves and cables and hoses, but you almost seem to
|need an Ouiji Board to un-ravel how they were thinking when they built this
|system.
|
|  So what the heck to those slider's do?  I am guessing they may be an
|inlet
|to take cabin heated air into the defrost?  Or perhaps something to do with
|the vents on the dash corners?
|
|  Anybody?
|  Don Hanson