Hi all:

I have a VERY obscure question for the true air-cooled Vanagon expert....

I've assembled the two 2.0l Vanagon engines I'm rebuilding to the
longblock stage, and I'm continuing to build one of them up to "turnkey"
status.  (When I snatched the engine from the '81 California donor van I
also took everything in the engine compartment.)

I THINK I'm missing a piece of cooling tin, one that, as I recall, goes
between the right rear heating air duct and the cooling fan housing.  I
have a vague recollection of this piece from the last time I disassembled
/ reassembled my own '81 Cal Vanagon; it has an "L" shaped portion that
attaches with a screw into the front (FIF) of the fan housing, requiring
that you put the screw in blind, and using a stubby screwdriver because
of the close quarters.  A real PITA.

I know I've looked for this piece in the various manuals own, and it
doesn't show up in any of them.  Because of its position in the engine
compartment I can't see it on the current engine in the van without quite
a bit of disassembly, which I don't feel like doing.

Anybody recognize this bit I'm talking about?  Or am I smoking my socks?

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Tom Young               young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
Lafayette, CA  94549    '81 Vanagon
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