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>Reply-To:     Ed Stevens <ejstevens@EARTHLINK.NET>
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>From:         Ed Stevens <ejstevens@EARTHLINK.NET>
>Subject:      Re: 84 Wolfsberg westie roof outlets
>To:           Vanagon@GERRY.SDSC.EDU
>
>>> I have an 84 Wolfsberg Westfalia GL and I am not getting any
ventilation
>>> from the two roof outlets above the sliding door. I slide the lever
D in
>>> the operating controls and nothing happens.
>>>
>>> I looked up there above the slider and into the vents and see foam
>>> blocking the ventilation channel in front of, behind,  and between
the
>>> two ventilation channels.  No surprise why there is no outside air
flow.
>>>
>>> Is this foam suppose to be there?
>>
>>My guess is no.  I'll also guess that you usually leave lever D in
open
>>position.  What happens as our van approach that age is the foam
>>deteriorates, which is why we can't shut off the air flow entirely.
My
>>foam came up the defroster outlet.  Yours jamed up in the roof vents.
>>
>>To see if I'm right, look see if the foam is in little pieces or in
one
>>big hunk.
>
>it is 3 big hunks which block the air channel entirely (fore, aft and
>between the two vents)  I cannot imagine this foam coming up from
>anywhere else.  Looks like it was put there for the purpose of blocking
>the channel.
>
>Also another list member with the same model (84 wolfsberg westie GL)
>emailed me privately to say he too had the foam.  So it doesn't look
the
>work of a prior owner.
>
>So maybe we are onto the question of whether the dealer was suppose to
>remove it?
>
>Does any 84 wolfsberg westie not have the foam and enjoy ventilation
>through these vents?
>
>I would hate to take the time to take it out only to find out nothing
>happens.
>
>-peace
>
>Ed Stevens
>Valey Forge, PA
>
>
I may be wrong, but aren't those two outlets meant to work only with AC
? My '86 Syncro has AC and those vents are working fine...

Felix

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