Re: [T2] 80 vanagon adventures

[H Steven Dolan <dworkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, al brase wrote:

> Steve:
> Well, that makes mine different than either of them. It has the  BA-6 but no
> fresh air  fans! and just the moulded parcel shelf instead of the glove box.
> Where I'm headed with all this is that I'd like to install a  fresh air fan,
> especially since an upcoming job is replacing one of the wiper transmissions,
> which means taking out the dash and air distributor box anyway. I have access
> to an 82 parts car.

I'll bet that (a) this will be easy) but (b) will involve swapping way
more bits than you think at the outset :-)

> I hope the whole air distributor box will just interchange.

Yeah, sure it will but you might have to swap the whole dash to get the
mount points you need :-)

> BTW, what's up with this metal 80-only air intake you mentioned?

OK, as I heard it....  the air intakes at the upper rear corners of the
bus were a metal grill in 1980 only.  In 1981 and later years, that was a
rectangular cutout with a plastic insert.  I am certain given VW's "mid
year change" policy that there is at least one 1981 out there with metal
vents.

                           Steve Dolan

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