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Subject:Re: Behind light storage was:vanagon Digest - 20 Feb 2020 to 21 Feb 2020 (#2020-66)
From:Dan N
Date:Sun, 23 Feb 2020 10:50:45 -0800

I did...

http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind2002d&L=vanagon&F=&S=&P=4743

*"it's a good idea to use that space for storage...*
*but I can't use it because on my syncro w. 2.1 WBX, the Vanistan (10 Cent)
oil cooler sits in there and it also has a cyclonic air filter too. there's
also the same space on the driver's side too..."*

On Sun, Feb 23, 2020 at 10:32 AM Michael Magnani <mfmagnani@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> I’m surprised that no one has mentioned the Vanistan oil cooler that
> perfectly fills the space we’re talking about.
> Mike M
> 1990 2.1 WBX
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Feb 23, 2020, at 6:54 AM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
> >
> > For some of us, that is where the battery is located.
> >
> >> On 22-Feb-2020, at 20:23, Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >>
> >> yes... it's where the battery's located in my Doka...
> >>
> >>> On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 4:10 PM vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@cox.net>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> VW didn't quite miss it. Starting in late 81 models they used it for
> the
> >>> battery location in diesel engine T3 with about 600,000 built that way.
> >>> These made up about half of the total production of T3 vehicles from
> >>> that point.
> >>>
> >>> Mark
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Dennis Haynes wrote:
> >>>> One of those VW missed opportunities. This could have been a place
> for a
> >>> battery.
> >>>>
> >>>> Dennis
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
>