at one point VOA was doing a recall and there is an updated bracket for the
housings

Bob Donalds

----- Original Message -----
From: "Max Wellhouse" <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: AC Ducts Repair

> If I'd decided to keep the AC in my Vanagon, I was entertaining the
> idea of laminating something our of kevlar, carbon, and epoxy in
> strap form as you described.
>
> It would look odd, having gold and black in those joint areas(unless
> I mixed resin colorant in the epoxy), but it would've been my way of
> thumbing my nose at VW for such a cheesy engineering job on  the
> overhead ducts.  Then again, the composition of the fiberglass
> bumpers on the later models has me baffled as well.
>
> DM&FS
>
> At 05:06 PM 4/13/2007, Robert Lilley wrote:
>
> >1988 Wolfsburg Edition with the AC Ducts down the center.
> >
> >My top ac ducts were cracking and falling down due to broken plastic
> >under the metal plate and along the top sides.  The ducts are being
> >held in place from the top and over time that starts to break
> >down.  To fix it, I put a thin aluminum band (1 inch wide by 1/8"
> >thick)around the outside of the duct and then put the ducts back in,
> >trapping the top of the band between the duct and the roof.
> >
> >Roof of Vanagon
> >Aluminum strip
> >plastic duct
> >metal plate
> >
> >
> >
> >The aluminum strip was easy to bend into shape and I did not have to
> >drill any holes in the strip either.
> >
> >It looks good and the best part is that the ducts should not fall off...
> >
> >If you want pictures email me...
> >
> >
> >Robert