>Hello,
>
>        I have a quick question for some of the air-cooled experts out
>there. I am missing the heat ducting elbow that extends from the heater
>blower down thru the sheet metal fitting into the right heat exchanger.
>This is an 80 Vanagon bye the bye.  Don't ask me how i lost it, but
>my question is can I drive without it?  I have called every dealer in
>the area and I leave tommorrow (24 hours) on a trip to Wyomming.  Without
>this piece I have noticed that the right heat exchanger gets much hotter
>than the left one, seemingly since no cooler air is blowing thru it.  I
>realize of course that i am sacrificing some of my van's heating
>capabilities without this piece, i think i can deal with that, I want to
>know if i am possibly hurting anything else?
>
>        I would greatly appreciate any help and advice any of you could
>give me.  Happy Holidays.
>
>Peter Ruggiero
>

My '71 Bus was driven for quite some time with those hoses--they kept
breaking on the previous owner...I just ordered new paper hoses from The
Bus Stop, but I've never had any problems...

Good luck and happy huntin--I mean happy holidays!

J89

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