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Subject:Re: SA T3 Ventilation System
From:Raimund Feussner
Date:Sun, 4 May 2008 14:00:16 +0200

I have these two pictures of the SA-dash:
www.v6bus.de/Bild0658.jpg
www.v6bus.de/Bild0659.jpg

Regards
Raimund

Am 03.05.2008 19:32, Alistair Bell schrieb:
> 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"
>>
>