Re: [T3] BA4

["Mark Seaton" <mark.seaton2@ntlworld.com>]

<x-charset Windows-1252>Hi Andre, Thanks for the link!
Have you any pictures of the blower and HE junctions. I'd be really
interested to see how it goes.
Cheers,
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Canadian" <cndt3@shaw.ca>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 5:52 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] BA4


> My '69 has the BA4 but I've never pulled the engine and tranny to look
> closely at it!  Anthony Baker has pictures on his website of his car:
>
> http://home.pacbell.net/abakr/notch.htm
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> The blower mounts in a whole in the rear airbox next to the large main
> engine bellows!  It then directs air through a plastic 'Y' and hoses into
> specially-made upper heat exchanger junctions with a flap in each of them
to
> prevent the air from going the wrong way.  Cars fitted with this option
were
> a very special breed...  The exhaust sytem, body and even chassis had
> special modifications, I imagine that they must have had a special
> production line for them!  The coolest part of the whole sytem is the way
> you turn it on...  When you pull the right-hand side heat control lever
all
> the way up it contacts a switch that closes an open circuit.  No dash
switch
> is requirted although there is an indicator light on the dash almost
> identical to the brake warning light.
>
> Andre
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> I seem to remember also seeing someones website where they had
> > photos of this installation. Anyone still know the link?. Does anyone
know
> > how the blower was installed for a type3? I guess it would have to
> interface
> > to the "banana" tubes that go from the fan housing into the upper H/Es?
> How
> > was this acheived?
>
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