Re: Heater???/ GM parts in VW/Audi

[avi@cosmoslink.net]

Todd, 
I am impressed.....all that work.......
You must not like Delco/Delphi too much?......
Are you aware that VW/Audi agreed to buy 1 billion $ worth of parts from
GM?......(the Lopez fiasco)?.....
Avi 



At 09:31 AM 1/8/98 -0500, you wrote:
>That Delco piece of &%^#$ is a real pain in the tucas.  I finally got
>sick of it and did my own thing -- replacing most of it on my '86
>Quattro with three choke cables which give me full control of which
>vents the air goes to and what the temp of the air is -- regardless of
>the vent.  The three choke cables go to the three levers on the heater
>box (one to the left under the dash, one to the right undewr the dash,
>and one on the top right -- accessable under the hood and then under the
>cover at the base of the windsheild).
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>I use the Delco thing to adjust the blower to be "high" or "low" and to
>"auto" to adjust high/low on it's own.  It seems to perform that
>function just fine (no gears in the Delco thing to wear out).  If you
>opt to do this, be sure to keep the vacuum lines which controlled the
>levers sealed (guess that goes without saying).  On my dash, I found
>that a good installation for the choke cables was where the ABS,
>Defrost, Seat Warmer, and Blank switches are (replacing three of the
>blank switches) bolting support arms for the choke cables to the metal
>supports for the Delco thing, radio, etc.  I did have to drill a couple
>of holes in the metal supports.
>
>Todd Joseph
>todd@connact.com
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