First and formost INSTALL the thermostat. Second, move to the air-cooled
list. Type2@type2.com. They know everything you will ever need to keep your
Vanagon in top runnung shape. Please don't listen to the people who
say..."I've seen plenty of air-cooleds with out the thermostat or flaps
installed...No problem.." It will create LOADS of problems, from premature
wear(and I mean lots of it) to poor operation. The engineers at VW knew what
they were doing. And BTW, unless you live in an extreamly arid, hot climate,
the thermostat does cycle. Keep it the way it was susposed to be, and
remember, if the t-stat and air flaps were not needed, VW would not have
spent millions of dollars to design them in.
Beckett