

| Subject: | Falling AC duct - heads up! |
| From: | Mark Dorm |
| Date: | Sun, 3 Sep 2000 22:25:51 PDT |
Hey do you have the part number for these so I don't have to explain to the person at the vw parts counter what I want... I have a 91 and don't think this was done to my van by the PO but then I'm not sure... >From: Rennie Wible <volksdragon@EARTHLINK.NET> > >Cochran wrote: >I have seen some posts about the A/C ducts falling down, I tried to get a >couple >of dealers to get me some info on the recall, but just got the runaround. >In >the mean time the duct work fell down and bopped my wife on the head, you >know >how they get when something like that happens. I just made a couple of >stainless steel strips about 2" X 7"--8" to reinforce the old mounting >holes, >and then I made new brackets for the rear A/C cabinet, which had broken the >plastic mounting tabs. A/C is now mounted securely. If anyone is >interested, I >could probably provide a picture of the cabinet brackets. > >There is a recall for these brackets. Although you could make these >yourself, >the Dealer brackets are real cheap and sometimes VW will even put these >for >free. Of course your vanagon has to be within the VIN # for that recall. > >We stock these at the Dealer I work at and they are cheap, under $10 if I >remember correctly. > > >Rennie >VolksDragon@earthlink.net >Los Angeles > >61 crew cab >65 convertible >84 vanagon >93 fox _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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