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Subject:Re: heater cointrol lever differences by year?
From:Jeffrey Lubin
Date:Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:44:24 -0400

So there's no difference in the knobs/levers  themselves?
Could be just a bad dream, but I thought I read that the later ones are
all interchangeable but the earlier ones are not, or something like that...

Jake de Villiers wrote:
> That was in reference to the air cooled models' ability to apportion
> air up and down.
>
> The pre-'88 WBX vans duct outdoor ambient air through the dash end
> vents at all times, the post '88 supplies heated air at those vents.
>
> I prefer the earlier choice - lets me point cool air at my face while
> keeping my wife warm.   :)
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Jeffrey Lubin
> <visionwizard@verizon.net <mailto:visionwizard@verizon.net>> wrote:
>
>     If only to distract us all from further comments on Mr. Squirrel's
>     thought-provoking typo, I'd like to ask the following:
>     Are there any early-late model year differences in the heater control
>     levers?
>     I thought I read here recently that the early ones were somehow
>     better,
>     but I can't seem to find the relevant post in the archives.
>     Thanks.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> Crescent Beach, BC
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