If I could do 75 in my splitty without it trying to go airborne and roll over, I would. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sammie Smith" <slsmith@xxxxxxxxx> To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 4:31 PM Subject: @CHECK+ [tcb] Re: Oh Vanagon God... > > The answer to the heat is: Carry the right friend and you don't need > anymore heat than that. The answer to the 75mph is: that's illegal. At > least in Tx. And if you in that big of a hurry you don't need a VW. > At 02:17 PM 4/20/2005, you wrote: > >>But: having heat in the winter and being able to cruise at 75 is nice. >>Sammie Smith <slsmith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:BUT; the easiest solution is to buy >>an AIRCOOLED split window and not have >>to mess with any of that coolant stuff. >>Sammie Smith >> >> >>At 01:54 PM 4/20/2005, you wrote: >> >> >water pumps on a vanagon are a pain in the ass. the best thing to do is >> >remove the compressor, all of the A/C brackets, remove the pulley from >> >the >> >water pump and then access the remaining bolts. don't forget that after >> >you replace the pump, you have to bleed the air out of radiator. there >> >is >> >a bleeder screw on top of the radiator behind the upper grill on the >> >passenger side. jack the front end up about 8 inches, start the engine, >> >get it warmed up so the thermostat is open and then slowly open the >> >bleeder until all of the air is removed. hope this helps. if not, I know >> >that BAP/GEON carries the bentley manual/bible for vanagons. The next >> >available time I have is about 3 weeks away. ---mark aka "the vanagon >> >guy" >> >jumpinjoe wrote: >> > >> >Mark maybe you can help? >> > >> >http://www.aircoolers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=2896 >> > >> > >> >http://www.jumpinjoebarnett.com >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >________________________________________________________________ >> >Sent via the EV1 webmail system at mail.ev1.net > > > >