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Date:         Thu, 2 Mar 1995 08:54:57 -0800 (PST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Schwarze <schwarze@superc.nosc.mil>
Subject:      Re: 1979 heater boxes

Joe Kearney writes: > > Well VW friends, it looks like VW has done it again. It appears that the > heater boxes for the 1979 Transporter are one year only. They are no > longer available new (Why would somebody make replacements for a part > that was only produced for eleven months??). They resemble the '72-74 > boxes and can be modified to fit the '79. > > However... > > Does anybody know if the muffler connections on the earlier heater boxes > will match up with a 1979 exhaust system?

If I recall correctly, the 1979 engine had squarer ("vanagon") exhaust ports, and so none of the earlier heater boxes will fit. The later ones should fit though...

-David

============================================================================= David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) San Diego, California '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) schwarze@nosc.mil http://papaya.nosc.mil/~schwarze =============================================================================


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