Mk1 A/C vs. non-A/C heater boxes

[nealtovsen@yahoo.com (Neal Tovsen)]

Dude, thank you! You just saved me from a ton of trouble. I think I'll
stick with the A/C version.

...so the **chassis** actually has different cutouts?? Freaky Germans...

Neal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org 
> [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Night Shadow
> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 8:00 PM
> To: Neal Tovsen
> Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Mk1 A/C vs. non-A/C heater boxes
> 
> 
> 
> 
> No, fans are different.  This is what you will need from the 
> NON ac car: Box, controls with cables and the vent hoses, 
> including the one for defrost that is riveted to the inside 
> of the dash.  Then you get to make a plate for both the A/C 
> fresh air thing (passenger side rain tray) to cover 
> that...and to top it all off, the non-A/C box is a smaller 
> square than the hole in your rain tray...get to make a plate 
> for that too....fans may be the same, but not worth digging 
> out the A/C one..it is mounted down inside the box...where as 
> the non-A/C one is up high, sticks into the rain tray a bit.
> 
> Been there, done that, wouldn't go through the hassle again. 
> heater cores are the same as far as I remember.
> 
> Eric
> 
> On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Neal Tovsen wrote:
> 
> > Anybody know how different the heater box (the housing around the 
> > heater
> > core) is for A/C vs. non-A/C Mk1's? Is the heater core 
> different? Is the
> > blower fan different? How about the air flapper thingies?
> > 
> > My car (I'm pretty sure) had A/C, but I need to replace the 
> box that 
> > was hacked-up from a half-assed roll cage installation. I'm not 
> > planning on running A/C. Can I just get a non-A/C box and use my 
> > heater core and fan? No?
> > 
> > Neal
> > 
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