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On 21 Feb 2001, at 17:44, Russ Wolfe wrote: > 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. Sadly, I've never seen any of these parts. Thanks Russ - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Pitch in! Send your pledge of support! mailto:support@vwtype3.org