I took my dashboard fresh air vents out = yesterday to see if I could stop the air leakage on mine. Getting them out of the = dash, disassembling, cleaning and re-assembly took a little less than a half = hour. If you want details for that procedure, please p-mail me and I will write = something up.

After I went through all of that and = re-installed them, I found that they still would not close completely without a = little help so I ended up doing the following:

Use a light to look inside the vent and = operate the lever to close the vent. There should be an oval flap that is controlled = by the lever. Stick a regular pencil, erasure end first, through the vent and = gently push on the side of the oval flap while pushing the lever to the closed position. You should be able to feel the lever come to a positive stop. = Try opening the vent. The lever should have some resistance before it opens = the vent. Close it again using the pencil. Test the seal by closing all the = heater control vents (Top lever to the right, bottom two levers to the left) = and putting the blower fan on high. You should have NO airflow through the = vent after you close it.

BTW, I fixed my vent for the opposite = reason, to keep hot outside air from coming through the vents making the A/C more effective, but I'm sure none of you up north want to hear about that:>)

Goldibox - 1987 Wolfsburg Edition = Westfalia Camper

Winter Park, Florida

Fellow Vanagonites,
Does anyone, have an idea of how to shut = down the artic blast coming
from the cold air vents on the dash of my 85 GL, = short of removing the
grills, and plugging them with foam rubber or something?
The flow levers are pushed towards the bottom of the = dash, but the L/H
one especially, is causing my left knee cap acute = frostbite!
Any ideas?