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Subject:Bun Warmer ---> Was Re: Seat heaters
From:Todd P Last
Date:Sun, 8 Feb 2009 13:43:24 -0800

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<font face="Century Gothic">Please keep us posted with your experience
installing the bun warmers!<br>
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Todd<br>
'88 Westy<br>
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Kim Brennan wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:DE2652E5-ECD7-4AEB-929F-AF7ADF0212F1@mac.com"
 type="cite">On US Vanagons apparentlty VW never offered this, but on
Canada (and
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presumably European) driver seat heaters were an option.
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It is still possible to get the steering column shroud that has a
  <br>
place for the switch.
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Of course the VW switch is about $100. You might score (as I did) on
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the whole shebang (minus the heating pads) from someone in Europe. But
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there are other alternatives.
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<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.autowarm.com/products.php">&lt;http://www.autowarm.com/products.php&gt;</a>
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This is the place I ordered from. One of their products has a multi-
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dial switch, much like the OEM VW switch. Similar, but not identical.
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Those similarities are annoying. Physically, it is about the same
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size, but the spring clips on the side, are tiny and not like the OEM
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switch, so if you put it into the shroud, it will be loose.
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Also the multidial switch they send is designed to be vertically
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oriented, whereas the OEM VW switch is designed to be horizontal.
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I may yet try to use the OEM switch in place of that supplied with the
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kit.
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