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

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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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