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Highland Piper
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 Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 1:48 pm Post subject: 84 Westy heater on all of the time |
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| I just bought an 84 Westy. The PO replaced the dash with a newer dash. There are no heater controls. I have warm air blowing all of the time on my feet. Any ideas? |
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geo_tonz
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 1:55 pm Post subject: Re: 84 Westy heater on all of the time |
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| The PO replaced the dash with a newer dash. There are no heater controls. |
Huh? All the water cooled vanagon dashes through all the years had controls for HVAC...pretty ridiculous if they didn't! Not sure what you are saying?
The stock location for the heater control valve is above the spare tire underneath the van...you could manually shut it off there if the valve is still there and still working. Are you sure you're driving a vanagon? 
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PocketRocket
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:44 pm Post subject: can't turn ioff the heat |
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| Pull off the vent in front of the bottom dash. Find the water hose hot side, get a valve with hose barbed nipples, I think they are 1/2 cut the hose install the valve with nipples now you can turn off the hot water to the front heater core. I make about the same thing for the rear seat heater valve. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1407932 Thanks Rocky |
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Highland Piper
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Am I sure I'm driving a vanagon? Its bright orange says vanagon on the back and westfalia on the top. What do you think? I think those are pretty good indicators. The PO didn't put the levers in their place on the heater control panel on the dash. Thank you others for your helpful comments. |
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dhaavers
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe you can find some used control levers - they pop up her (classifieds) or ebay from time to time.
FWIW: Perhaps geo_tons' sarcasm indicator is out - maybe a bad ground connection...???
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geo_tonz
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| dhaavers wrote: |
Maybe you can find some used control levers - they pop up her (classifieds) or ebay from time to time.
FWIW: Perhaps geo_tons' sarcasm indicator is out - maybe a bad ground connection...???
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I think it might be a relay, but I'll clean the grounds anyway... 
That aside my advice was legit in spite of being summarily dismissed. Crawl underneath, drop your spare and shut the heater off manually until you can fix your mess.
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SyncroBilly
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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You could use a small pair of vice grips on the hose until you valved the line. I'm pretty sure a pex ball valve with a couple clamps would do the trick. I did read somewhere that the ball valve should never be all the way closed. Not sure about that info though. I think someone said the line could get airbound.
Hope you sort it out. Hotfoot sucks |
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Highland Piper
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Thank you all for the good information. |
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Vanagator
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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| To my knowledge they all have controls. Look up HOT FOOT fix. Buy a shut-off valve from T.K. |
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Highland Piper
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Think I'm definitely going to have to get the T K shut off valve.fiddled with that crap under spare and still blows hot. Not as much but still does. |
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Terry Kay
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No--don't mount the valve up front.
Mount it in the feed heater hoses before heater in back--this will shut down all of the heat for the front & rear heater with the flip of your finger.
Best way to get it all off, all summer.
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