Date:         Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:52:31 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Heater knee bar cross beam
Comments: To: John Reynolds <transporterjr@YAHOO.COM>
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At 10:08 PM 6/14/2010, John Reynolds wrote:
>I'm deep into heater box re-hab  (86 non AC van) and I'm wondering
>why VW has a feed to the vents in the bottom of the front doors?
>
>Turns out that cross beam that provides that feed from the heater
>box is a mouse condo (as was the heater box and the intake space
>behind the heater box).

Dear John,

By "vents in the bottom of the doors" I presume you mean vents in the
door frame that match up with the hollow anti-collision beam.  This
entire system is to feed the two overhead fresh-air vents on each
side in the passenger compartment.  On Westys the left-side one is
blocked off because the overhead shelf on that side is where the
vents would be.

Yours,
David