My 88 Wolfsburg had the middle and front section fall last winter
while I was driving, scared me half to death as it occurred abruptly
when I hit a pot hole.

I went to home depot and bought bunch of  2" or 2.5" wide industrial
washers to put in between the sections. I did the repair myself with
the help of another person and took me 45 minutes but has been rock
solid ever since.

Robert
NY

On Dec 19, 2008, at 11:11 AM, Michael Sullivan wrote:

> Mine sags a little in the middle(not bad but not perfect).  I think
> that if
> id did fall, it would be from the front or the back.
>
> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 9:45 AM, M'obeechi <obeechi@runbox.com> wrote:
>
>> Where exactly does it fall? Which section?
>>
>> From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Recall for A/C Duct on 91GL
>>
>>> I think the free repair is long since past. I had it done by the
>>> local
>>> stealership. While it worked, I wasn't happy with the attitude I
>>> got (
>>> they didn't want to acknowledge the recall nor look for it) nor
>>> with the
>>> repair. Part of my gripe was that the tunnel actually fell, and
>>> shattered the ends of the tunnel segments. The stealership managed
>>> to
>>> get the kit to work, but they refused any responsibility on the
>>> part of
>>> VW for repair/replacement of the damaged tubes. And it looked like
>>> crap!
>>> I made a couple of aluminum straps three inches wide, wrapped them
>>> under
>>> the tube as support. Painted and padded them. Looks fairly decent.
>>> Covers the broken out chunks of plastic that broke when falling and
>>> prevents air leaks. Fastened the straps to the cross beam in the
>>> ceiling
>>> with a big screw and wide washer - one on each side of the tunnel.
>>> Best
>>> I was able to do. But it works better than the two dinky little
>>> plates
>>> they used in the recall kit.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> John Rodgers
>>> 88 GL Driver
>>>
>>> Michael Sullivan wrote:
>>>> I noticed that my A/C duct was a little loose a few months ago and
>> there is
>>>> a recall for this.  I only have recs from 1997(stealership didn't
>>>> copy
>> the
>>>> ones from 1991 to 1997, but I will get them). Anyway, they say the
>> recall
>>>> was done on 4/20/1994 and if the repair failed, it is my
>>>> responsibility
>> to
>>>> re-fix.  Part can be ordered for 12.00.  I was givein VW
>>>> Relations #
>> and
>>>> told to mention SU00 as the recall status.  Opinions, please.
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Michael in San Antonio
>>>> 91GL AT 'Gringo'
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>
>
> --
> Michael in San Antonio
> 91GL AT 'Gringo'