Date:         Sun, 28 Jul 2002 12:11:15 -0500
Reply-To:     Larry Alofs <lalofs@ENTERACT.COM>
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From:         Larry Alofs <lalofs@ENTERACT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Collapse!!!! AC Duct system
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Patrick Rueb wrote:
>
> driving last night when i thought bus was gonna explode when i heard the
> entire ducting fall down. I believe the recall was done . what is the best
> was to but it back up any ideas
> thanks
> patrick
> 87 gon wolfs

The ducting on mine fell down about 2 months after I received the recall
letter from VW.  I thought it looked secure and hadn't bothered to take
it in.  After I did the 134a conversion and got the AC working, we found
that it worked quite well without the duct.  With the fan on 2 or 3, the
air reaches the front quite well, bounces off the remaining AC assembly
and visors and comes down onto the driver and front passenger.  The
stream of cold air entrains some warm air from the surrounding cabin and
is thus tempered so that it is not unpleasantly cold.
  The biggest advantage to this duct "removal" is that I no longer bang
my head on it when we are "sleeping" in the back.  ;-)

Larry A.