Yes, it will fit fine and work fine, assuming yours is a watercooled 82.
You should get the inner control lever assembly and cables with it, all
as a unit. The cable for the heater valve will need to be undone at the
valve end but the other cables can be left attached.

Mark

Bryant Baecht wrote:

>Hi all,
>     Anyone know if an '85 passenger compartment climate control apparatus
>( fan, intake, etc ) will work in an '82 vanagon?  My fan is out of my '82
>and there's an '85 at the pick -n- pull and I'm thinking I might try to pull
>it.  Thoughts?
>
>Bryant
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