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Re: (Ba4) [T3] "gasoline heater"


On 4 Jan 2002, at 0:03, Ned glenn wrote:

> I'm finally getting around to getting my ba4 [from a 411/412]
> installed in my 69 t3.  As covered a while back (a year ago) the ba4
> was factory installed in some 69 Canadian/scandinavian t3s. To
> illustrate, if you have a 69 squareback, look under the carpet, and
> you'll see an oval "pop out" in the sound deadening.  This "pop-out"
> would be for the ba4 service port as found on 411/412 squarebacks.

I think I remember seeing this "pop-out" and wondering what it was 
for.

> Anyway, long story short, there is a second metal layer between the
> floor of the squarback cargo area and the transmission.
> 
> Was this double layer also installed on the cars that had a factory
> Ba4, and if not, should I take a saw to remove the second layer prior
> to installing my ba4?

I think it was there for all models and it probably adds to the 
stiffness of the body. The microfilm shows it as being added shortly 
after the beginning of production, without exception.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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