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Subject:Re: ventilation controls
From:Don Hanson
Date:Wed, 11 May 2016 05:41:06 -0700

The cables are better than the lame vacuum actuators that many vehicles
use, but they didn't get the geometry exactly right, and the wire is wimpy,
but at least it always sortta works,
On May 10, 2016 8:21 PM, "David Beierl" <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
> At 09:17 PM 5/10/2016, Edward Maglott wrote:
>>
>> there is a lot of air pressure on the front of the van at speed.  I can
>> hear my flaps slapping shut but a lot of air still comes through if I try
>> to turn off all the air.  can you folks with new seals really shut all
the
>> air off?
>> Edward
>
>
> Shuts off very nicely when the foam is where it should be on the
> three main flaps controlled by the Bowden wires.  The two
> free-swinging flaps don't affect that and I don't think it's worth
> any effort to get foam on them unless you don't like to hear them
> slap closed if you suddenly turn the fan on.
>
> Yrs,
> d