Date:         Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:02:28 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: replacing Front heater motor
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
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Jim Felder and I opened the heater housing to get at the faulty motor in my
van. When he put it  back together, the tabs were drilled, then small
zip-ties were used to tightened the two halves together. Easy-peasey. Now,
in the future, there will be no more messing wilth glued joints and clips.
Just snip-snip of the zip ties and apart it comes. Use new tid to put it
together again!

John

On Jan 23, 2017 12:06, "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

If you  don't have the clips, drilling the tabs and using small cable ties
does a pretty fine job.

Jim

On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 11:43 AM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> It's strange but the last two heater boxes I have done were sealed/welded
> but also had the clips.
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> I just took it as a little tip o' the hat from vw.
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> -
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> Alistair
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> > On Jan 23, 2017, at 9:16 AM, vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@COX.NET> wrote:
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> >
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> > The heater comes new without any clips. It is held together by glue or
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> > plastic welds. Once you split the upper and lower sections you need
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> > something to hold them together again. That is what the clips are for.
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> >
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> > There are other ways to hold the sections together again but the clips
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> > are the VW way.
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> > If your heater already has clips you can use them again.
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> >
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> > Mark
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> >
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> > Dan N wrote:
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> >> hi all,
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> >>
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> >> I am about to replace the Front heater motor... on VC site they suggest
> to
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> >> get the heater box clips. I didn't get to there yet.. so my question...
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> >>
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> >> are those clips (metal) break easily and need to be replaced? Could I
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> >> re-use the clips or they a one time use items?
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> >>
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> >> thanks for you help
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> >>
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> >> dan
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> >>
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