Date:         Mon, 22 Sep 1997 19:53:33 -0400
Reply-To:     Ed Stevens <ejstevens@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Ed Stevens <ejstevens@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: 84 Wolfsberg westie roof outlets
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>> I have an 84 Wolfsberg Westfalia GL and I am not getting any ventilation
>> from the two roof outlets above the sliding door. I slide the lever D in
>> the operating controls and nothing happens.
>>
>> I looked up there above the slider and into the vents and see foam
>> blocking the ventilation channel in front of, behind,  and between the
>> two ventilation channels.  No surprise why there is no outside air flow.
>>
>> Is this foam suppose to be there?
>
>My guess is no.  I'll also guess that you usually leave lever D in open
>position.  What happens as our van approach that age is the foam
>deteriorates, which is why we can't shut off the air flow entirely.  My
>foam came up the defroster outlet.  Yours jamed up in the roof vents.
>
>To see if I'm right, look see if the foam is in little pieces or in one
>big hunk.

it is 3 big hunks which block the air channel entirely (fore, aft and
between the two vents)  I cannot imagine this foam coming up from
anywhere else.  Looks like it was put there for the purpose of blocking
the channel.

Also another list member with the same model (84 wolfsberg westie GL)
emailed me privately to say he too had the foam.  So it doesn't look the
work of a prior owner.

So maybe we are onto the question of whether the dealer was suppose to
remove it?

Does any 84 wolfsberg westie not have the foam and enjoy ventilation
through these vents?

I would hate to take the time to take it out only to find out nothing
happens.

-peace

Ed Stevens
Valey Forge, PA