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On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 20:42, Jim Adney wrote: > On 5 Jul 2005 at 21:10, Keith Park wrote: > > > Good tip about the heater boxes... I wouldnt want to be "pissed" on the > > first cold morning :-) > > Keep in mind that the heater boxes get air blown thru them any time the engine > is running. If you're not using the heater, then that air just gets spilled out > at the front of the engine. So the best thing for airing them out would be to > rinse them well, inside and out, before you install them, and then put some > miles on them before you need heated air inside. Ahhh, wrong Grasshooper. On early heater boxes, they don't circulate air like the later. http://classicvw.org/gallery/KeithP/mouse_nests The heater control valve is up at the body, and they have no mixer hose. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~