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Subject:Re: Heating system
From:Gerald Skerbitz
Date:Tue, 20 Sep 1994 13:00:11 -0500 (CDT)

Gery skerbitz asked
> > > Can someone tell me exactly what the vents at the bottom of the front
> > > doors are for? 

On Tue, 20 Sep 1994, Jim Macklow wrote:
> Ha!  We now have a few answers:
> A.  They do nothing
> B.  They blow out air similar to the dash air
> C.  They suck stale air out of the cab

That's what I thought I heard <grin>

> Well, I can say (again) that on my Syncro, they definately suck air from the 
> cab and the air goes "somewhere else".  It sucks enough to blow out
> a lighted match at low speeds, and will consume all the smoke from a
> cigarette (when traveling at high speeds, and the cig is within 6 inches
> of the open part of the vent).

On mine, they absloutely do NOT do this.  If I open them up and put my 
hand by them, I can't figure out which way the air is going.  Geez, we 
have the fiche for this thing; we aught to be able to figure out what 
it's supposed to do.  Yikes!

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Gerry
Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@med.umn.edu> U of MN Med School Admin 6-5379
'84