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Date:         Tue, 18 Mar 97 14:15:05 PST
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Nick Pace <nickpace@rand.org>
Subject:      VW-HELP! I'M GOING TO CUT AN ACCESS PANEL IN MY '71 BUS

The always helpful Tom Peterson suggested that I contact you all. I'm not a member of this list (though I should be) so any replies should come back directly to me at nickpace@rand.org.

This is a cry for help dealing with experiences you might have had with cutting an access panel into the rear deck of a '71 Bus in order to make removing the fan housing possible with the engine still in the van. At 6:00pm PST today, unless someone tells me that I'm about to open a horrible can of worms, I'm going to plug in the sabre saw and begin the creation of a rectangular opening directly above the fan housing. I've seen a similar set-up in '74 and later busses. I figure I could sheet metal screw a larger plate on top of the piece I've removed and then screw that onto the rear deck when I didn't need it open.

If you have had direct experience with this sort of thing, please email me ASAP. I'm tired of dropping the engine to perform fairly routine work and I've got to check my oil cooler seals. My generator is also just about due for a change and it would be easier if I could have the housing out before extracting the generator. Yeah, I can get the engine out and on the ground in just over an hour but it's not fun and it's a lot of extra effort that I don't need. I'll drop the engine, though, if someone tells me that the hatch lets in cold, fumes, noise, etc.

Thanks for your quick response. If I go ahead and do this, I'll post a note to the NG about what happened.

Nick


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