At 12:56 AM 12/9/2001, developtrust wrote:
>Could someone who knows refresh my memory. The vents above the sliding
>side door on a pop top do not seem to function. I seem to recall that this
>is so because when the pop top was put in the camper version these air
>ducts became disabled.
>
>Am I correct? I'm considering putting a third Thin-Lite interior light
>fixture above the door and do not want to interfere with the air duct if
>it is still functional.

They should work and are controlled by the bottom slider on the heater
panel.  Left is on, right is off.  The air passes through a channel in the
door.  The left-side channel is blocked off at the dash in the Westies
because the left-side vents were sacrificed for the shelf over the stove.

david

David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"