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On Sun, 2006-02-19 at 20:08, Jim Adney wrote: > It was designed by the US engineers who didn't have to be responsible > for its long term reliability or the effects it might have on the > long term reliability of the engine due to the compromised cooling > system (the holes in the cooling air intake) or the long term rust > problems caused by the hoses or the access problems caused by the > under dash unit. It was strictly designed to satisfy the short term > demands of the US consumers who insisted on having AC. The engineers did take into consideration the holes in the air intake. The installation kit included some self adhesive foam rubber pieces that were supposed to be slit and installed over the holes in the housing with the belt running thru the slits. The holes in the housing were only supposed to be 3/4" with 1/2" slots to the edge. Most installations that I have seen (other than mine) were hack jobs with 1 1/4" holes (that was the hole saw used for the hoses into the body)and slotted that way to the edge. And none of the foam. I wish I still had a copy of the installation instructions around, and I would post them. -- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~