And they "always shall be" out of stock. Called CIP yesterday, spoke with one of the nice young ladies there who got their buyer on the line and confirmed that what they had is gone, and won't be replaced. Should be deleted from the website soon. Don't forget to check you local dealers, though. Found one there a month ago. Scott Central Cal Coast 82 Westy & 81 Vanagon > And California Imports is "out of > stock" on these thermostats, as they always are. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Tom Young '81 Vanagon > Lafayette, CA 94549 '82 Westfalia > --------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jake Beaulieu" <jake_beaulieu@YAHOO.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 6:27 AM > Subject: Re: 1980 Thermostat > > > > The thermostat on my 1982 Westy is shot. I removed it and simply let the > cooling flaps spring back to their default position. Stan, if I read your > e-mail correctly it looks like you feel that it is better not to have the > airflaps at the default position. I sorda suspected this myself. It looks > like at the default position the cooling flaps pretty well close off the oil > cooler duct. What position do you tie off your cooling flaps at? > > By the way. I just received the catalog from California Imports > (www.cip1.com) and they have a limited number of thermostats for the 1980-83 > air cooled vanagons. They are pricey, about $60 if memory serves correctly. > |
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