[T3] A question about air vents

[David Sanderson]

Soren
Thanks - I'll give that a go
Dave

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On Sep 12, 2012, at 12:05 AM, Soren Jacobsen <snj at pobox.com> wrote:

> On Sep 11, 2012, at 8:58 PM, David Sanderson <djsanderson at telus.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Folks
>> I'm putting the car together, slowly but I am making progress. That is until I tried to put the fresh air vents under the dash. I have put in the plastic fittings in each corner. They also vent to one in the centre of the windscreen. But I cannot get mine to fit between the wiper motor nor will it fit on the other side of the wiper motor. In fact I cannot figure out how it goes in. I have one from the original 65 and also one from the 71 but neither fits. Does anyone have an under-the-dash photo of one of these things in place? I am specifically looking for a '65 vintage setup.
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Dave
>> notch build thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5600139&highlight=#5600139
> 
> 
> I'm assuming you are referring to the heater/defroster vents, not the fresh air vents.  There are three defroster vents: one at each far corner, and one dead center.  The fresh air vents are to the left and right of the center defroster vent.
> 
> I've got a 65 Squareback, and its defroster vents had disintegrated after sitting in the Southwest sun for 20+ years.  I replaced all three of them with pieces from a cloudy Northwest 1968 parts car (the plastic vent pieces are the same from 1965-1970).  I had to remove the wiper assembly to install the center vent.  It has to go in from the bottom, but there's not enough wiggle room with the wipers installed.  Just pull them out (it only takes a few minutes) and you'll be able to slide the center vent in rather easily.
> 
> Soren
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