Date:         Thu, 5 May 1994 14:14:49 -0400
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         ab834@freenet.carleton.ca (Dan Moloughney)
Subject:      Re: small part, BIG BUCKS!

>
>> 
>> 
>> On my '78 bus there's a fan over the motor, in the engine compartment that
>> is used for the heater.  THis is controlled by a little box on it, that
>> has 5 or 6 leads, and a little plastic harness plugs onto it with all the
>> wires on the harness.  Well, I think it's broken (actually pretty darn
>> sure), but the local VW dealer wants over $60 Canadian for the part, and
>> no one else in the city has it.  Help, does anyone have a spare one they'd
>> sell?
>> There's a few numbers on it (part numbers?) one of them is "211963141A", 
>> and there are 5 connections, labled:  J,B,A,M,31.  And another number:
>> "R601.108".
>> I don't really need a heater, but if I could get the part cheap enough I
>> would like to get it. 
>> 			Thanks,  DAN.
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> 
>
>This is so typical of cars in general these days.  They really have the
>car buying public by the Gonads with parts replacement.  No small wonder
>people end up buying new cars sooner than they should have to.  Fortunately
>there are still wrecking yards where bits and pieces can still be had.
>If no one else wants to, I'll take a trip out to my local Pick-n-Pull
>and see if one can be found.  I suppose your wrecking yards are still
>under several feet of snow. ;)
>
>Steven
>----------------------
>Steven Johnson, Sacramento, CA
>sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com  
>'91 VW Camper GL, '86 Nissan Sentra
>Previously owned: '68 bug, '70 squareback, '74 Camper
>
>

Thanks Steve, got one for free from a friend, but that you very much for
the offer!    DAN
 
PS: We haven't had snow for a while now, today it's 20 C, and sunny, I'm
not sure what that is in Fahrenheit, but I'm wearing shorts.

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