Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 14:18:30 -0700
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From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: [EDIT] Baffles next to headlamps
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(Chris S: thanks for answering, I know this isn't as interesting a
subject as How To Remove Input Shaft Seal -- that job does not look easy
at all.)
I'm sure you're right about the function of the baffles.
The two side baffles and the underside deflector shown on 19.12 must
reduce hot air blown behind the rad by the fan from being sucked around
the sides of the rad, and back through the rad when the van isn't moving
(is my guess; at speed, they are probably not needed).
But I've got these two others Mystery Baffles that I think sat somewhere
between the headlights and the rad, but I can't figure out how they
mounted no matter how I orient them. They were flopping loose when we
pulled the rad.
They are rectangles, about 7-1/2'' x 10'', each has a corner cut off,
mine are kinda chewed up but I think each has six holes in it for screws
or buttons or something, and they are mirror images of each other. They
are the same material as the 19.12 deflectors, and the same vintage, so
they are OEM.
But I can't find them in Bentley. Nor are they part of alternate baffles
that are part of the "Hot Footwell Kit" shown on 19.20-22.
Anyone know where they live and how are they mounted?
--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
Bend, Ore.
1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.
On 05/14/2012 01:52 PM, Chris S. wrote:
> I always though they keep the bugs out and block some air so that air will move through the radiator instead of around it.
>
> Chris.
>
> Wysłane z iPhone'a
>
> Dnia May 14, 2012 o godz. 14:48 Rocket J Squirrel<camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a):
>
>> In addition to the two radiator side baffles and that lower deflector
>> baffle, my '84 also has a couple of smaller baffles that go next to the
>> headlights.
>>
>> What do these two pieces do for a living?
>>
>> How do the two smaller baffles mount? They were kinda flopping about
>> when I started working on the rad, now that it's time for to re-install
>> and I can't figure out where they go? They're kind of chewed up but I
>> can find three screw holes on each one, but no matching holes near the
>> rad. Anyone got a picture?
>>
>> --
>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>> Bend, Ore.
>> 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
>> 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
>> San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.
