Thanks for some ideas about this A/C.
Consens: Seems to be a -�79 Evaporator for the T2.

Raimund

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Walker" <jwalker17@earthlink.net>
To: "Raimund Feussner" <rfeussner@GMX.DE>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: A/C? Which one is this?

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http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2452393195&category=53932&
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> > Is this a T2 Baywindow version? Do they fit into the T3
> doublecab? I know
> > the early vanagon�s U.S. dealer installed A/Cs, they look
> different.
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> it appears to be the large portion of the front air conditioning
> housing that was used in the u.s. (don't know about elsewhere) in
> the 73-79 and 80-85 buses. but without the additional ducting
> that went forward to the windshield area, it's hard to tell.
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> in those years, the a/c evaporator and fan and drip pan
> (requiring hoses that ran down a BIG housing along the wall, and
> had to have large holes cut in the floor) were all up behind the
> driver's head, in a housing like the one in the picture that
> spanned from side to side. in the middle was a ducting that ran
> up to the windshield in a T-shape, and had vents that blew cold
> air back into the faces of the driver and passenger.
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> but that picture seems lacking some of the a/c stuff, to me.
> doesn't look like all of the parts are there. should be more
> bigger hoses hanging out of it. i'd almost think it's not a real
> 'air conditioner' but just a fan or something, but it does appear
> to have some freon hoses hanging off of it.
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> anyway, for what it's worth, the ones in the 78-79 buses were
> almost idential to the 80-85 buses.
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> hope it helps. good luck!
> joel
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