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Subject:[EDIT] Baffles next to headlamps
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Mon, 14 May 2012 20:11:20 -0700

UPDATE: Chris S. sent me a shot of the item(s) in question. Thank you,
Chris.

If the linkage is correct (and Picasaweb has gone through some changes
since last time I visited), one of the two mystery baffles should be
visible at
<https://picasaweb.google.com/116691745702392292959/May142012?authkey=Gv1sRgCMvSkMWq2fPiVw>
-- it says here.

So,
(A) what does this thing do for a living?,
(2) what is it called?
(iii) is it in Bentley?,
(D) how come it has, like, six screw holes but doesn't appear to screw
to anything?
(5) how is it that only Chris S. and I are the only ones on this august
and sage list who are willing to acknowledge the existance of these
thingies?

======== Update ends ============

In addition to the two radiator side baffles and that lower deflector
baffle, my '84 also has a couple of smaller baffles that go next to the
headlights.

What do these two pieces do for a living?

How do the two smaller baffles mount? They were kinda flopping about
when I started working on the rad, now that it's time for to re-install
and I can't figure out where they go? They're kind of chewed up but I
can find three screw holes on each one, but no matching holes near the
rad. Anyone got a picture?

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
Bend, Ore.
1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.