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----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ Wolfe" <russella@prairieinet.net> To: <jadney@vwtype3.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 5:44 PM Subject: Re: [T3] Factory air. > > > I'd like to hear from Russ on a couple of things here: > > > > 1) To your knowledge, were there any truly factory installed type 3 > > A/Cs? > > > > 2) Have you ever seen a type 3 purchased thru the Tourist > > Purchase program with A/C? > > > > 3) If so, how did the installation compare? > > > > 4) Did the A/C installed on type 1 and 4 engines cause the same > > overheating problems that the type 3s had? > > > > - > Yes, I have seen Tourist delivery T-3's with A/C. If I remember right, VW, > Wolfsburg had an area that they did the pre-delivery on them, and they > installed the A/C. They were very good installations. No missing screws, no > holes in the wrong place, etc. I think because the installer was under the > scrutiny of the factory, they had to be. > > As for T-1 and T-4 A/C, they only had the additional load of the A/C and no > extra holes cut in the cooling tin. With the rear tin on the T-3, if you > carefully aligned the template provided, and made the holes the proper size, > you minimized the problem. There was even a piece of self-adhesive foam > rubber that was supposed to be installed over these holes to minimize them. > The problem was that there were too many installers that got in a hurry, and > butchered the job. I have installed many A/C's on VW, but someone had to do > it, (and there was good money in it.) As for the air cleaner being moved, > and the 2 halves being misaligned, there was a rubber adapter in the kit > that corrected the problem. There was also an adapter hose to get the air > intake back to its orginal source. The problem here was not necessarily the > installer, but the mechanic a couple years down the road, being lazy and not > reinstalling these pieces. > > Russ Wolfe > russw@classicvw.org > http://www.classicvw.org/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org