I thought so. My 82 diesel Westy has an 85 front air box/heater assembly
installed in it. Much better! The controls on the 82 heater are poor by
comparison. Get the cables and lever bracket with the heater box. Don't
unhook any of the cables other than the one to the heater valve. The 82
heater hoses will connect perfectly as will the 82 valve.

Mark

Bryant Baecht wrote:

>Yes, my vanagon is an '82 diesel westy.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: mark drillock [mailto:drillock@earthlink.net]
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>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.
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>Mark
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>Bryant Baecht wrote:
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>>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
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>>Bryant
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