I know someone with the SA rotary control "panel" in his vanagon.

They do not operate servos or the like, but rather push/pull control
"wires" similar to our set up.

Additionally, the hole in the dash to accommodate the control panel
is larger.

Alistair
'82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94
http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/

On 2-May-08, at 6:21 PM, craig cowan wrote:

I do believe the heater controls have a much cooler layout. Dial
Knobs! Like
you'd find on a modern vehicle.
I've always wondered if this could be adapted to any vanagon. I
assume the
physical valve layout is the same.....the cables are surely
different, but
are they even connected directly to the knobs? Or do the knobs control
servos that control the valves.......

My mind was also racing while the list was down.
Bring me a SA heater control panel!!!! I WANT ONE!
Or am i just kidding myself and they didn't have this? If so.....
where did
i see this?
It's friday.....

-Craig
'85GL

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 9:08 PM, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote:

> As I was moping around the internet while Gerry was down, I ran across
> a few sites that reference the South African T3. A number of them say
> that (among other things) the SA T3 had slightly larger side windows
> and an improved ventilation system. I've seen the larger windows in
> the VWSA brocheres, but I can't find a single reference to exactly
> WHAT is improved in the ventilation system. The pics I find seem to
> indicate they did away with the vents just forward of the D pillar in
> order to make room for sliding windows back there. So where did they
> send the exiting cabin air? These are the kinds of stupid questions
> that keep me awake at night.... well, they're ehat I think about when
> I can't sleep, anyway...
>
> --
> John Bange
> '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
> '90 Vanagon GL - "Wiesel"
>