FWIW my 91 MultiVan (220K mi) didn't have one when I bought it new.
John Meeks

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:

> All the time.  My 90 with over 300k miles has one on it.  Only means
> someone didn't chuck it at some point not that the van is cherry.
>
> John Meeks wrote:
>
>> First time I've seen that cowling piece on a Vanagon AC compressor (engine
>> pic). Has anyone else seen these?
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Ken Lewis <kdlewis@northstate.net>
>> wrote:
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>>
>>> http://charlotte.craigslist.org/ctd/1430195580.html
>>>
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