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Date:         Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:07:13 -0800
Reply-To:     Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Defroster vents always open?
Comments: To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <71d9cdf90801171230y81a9bbbodae06a98e38f44fe@mail.gmail.com>
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The defroster vents located at the base of the windshield (forward edge of the dash) have slider thingies? Mine don't! Covered mine up with a rolled up towel this morning coming down the mountain.

-- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR

On 1/17/2008 12:30 PM Jake de Villiers wrote:

> My '84 has little slidey things right beside the vanes that close them off. > > Like these: > > On Jan 17, 2008 9:40 AM, Michael Elliott < camping.elliott@gmail.com > <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Getting a mite cold up in the mountains around San Diego these days. > Weather Service is promising 38F day, 28F night. Cold air leaks are not > welcome right now. > > I notice that the dash (defroster) vents on the dash seem to be always > open. I removed the glove box and peered upward and see that the upper > ventilation control moves a lever on the side of some plastic air > vent-looking assembly up there, so the cable seems to be working. What > else could cause air to always come out those vents? (1984) > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano > KG6RCR > > > > > -- > Jake > 1984 Vanagon GL > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" > Crescent Beach, BC > www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com> > http://subyjake.googlepages.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >


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