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StanDahl
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 Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2025 9:25 am Post subject: Mystery spacers(?) fell from dash |
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1969 bus...during dash removal, these two bits fell out of the works at different times during the process. I have no idea where they fell from, but it seems like they were more on the passenger side of center.
Notthing else in there is rusty like that. Do they belong anywhere or are they just random bits that were needed for something once and then left behind? Any ideas?
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timvw7476
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2025 12:03 pm Post subject: Re: Mystery spacers(?) fell from dash |
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| Never pulled a '69 dash but if I had to guess I'd say some kind of stand-offs for a windshield wiper motor gearcase. |
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KTPhil 
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 8:56 am Post subject: Re: Mystery spacers(?) fell from dash |
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Did you disassemble the e-brake parts? I don't know Buses but maybe a pivot bushing for the pull handle mechanism?
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kreemoweet
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 10:25 am Post subject: Re: Mystery spacers(?) fell from dash |
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The only similar parts I could find in my VW Type 2 parts manual in the front dash area was (6) #211-959-225, bush/bearing, for mounting optional ventilation fans (M121, up to chassis #219098974) in the heater ducts down below the dash.
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StanDahl
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 2:38 pm Post subject: Re: Mystery spacers(?) fell from dash |
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Thank you for your diligence, my body number is 229 xxx xxx, so too new! I didn't mess with the e-brake, but I'm about to remove all of the windshield wiper parts to refurbish them because they work very slowly.
I did find an unconnected wire with a little bitty spade connector hanging off of the motor, not sure where it goes or if it's essential:
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70bus
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 3:15 pm Post subject: Re: Mystery spacers(?) fell from dash |
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Ground; either to frame tab just under and left of left arm of air box Y, or your wiper switch.
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StanDahl
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 3:20 pm Post subject: Re: Mystery spacers(?) fell from dash |
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Yes, this looks like a situation where my wiring matches the 1970 electrical diagram better then the 1969. It seems to go to some common ground on the frame or something. It's odd because there's a larger ground right alongside it.
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NASkeet
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2025 12:53 pm Post subject: Re: Mystery spacers(?) fell from dash |
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| StanDahl wrote: |
1969 bus...during dash removal, these two bits fell out of the works at different times during the process. I have no idea where they fell from, but it seems like they were more on the passenger side of center.
Nothing else in there is rusty like that. Do they belong anywhere or are they just random bits that were needed for something once and then left behind? Any ideas? |
| kreemoweet wrote: |
| The only similar parts I could find in my VW Type 2 parts manual in the front dash area was (6) #211-959-225, bush/bearing, for mounting optional ventilation fans (M121, up to chassis #219098974) in the heater ducts down below the dash. |
In the past, I have acquired both early & late type intra-duct ventilation booster fans for 1968~79 VW Type 2s, which just slide inside the ventilation duct and have no metal mounting bushes like those you illustrated.
These intra-duct, two-speed, ventilation booster-fans (VW Part No. 211 959 113 E), known to some in North America as "ambulance fans", fit behind the inspection plates, inside the ventilation ducts, in the cab, above the kickboards and beneath the dashboard.
This is the dashboard-mounted, double-throw, rotary switch (VW Part No. 211 959 511 A) associated with the pair of two-speed, intra-duct ventilation fans (VW Part No. 211 959 113 E) which fit inside the 1968~79 VW Type 2, ventilation ducts, behind the inspection covers, beneath the dashboard, in the cab.
1968~72 VW Type 2, dashboard, twin ventilation control-lever assembly, substituted in place of the single ventilation control-lever assembly, in my British specification, 1973 VW "1600" Type 2 campervan. This allows me to independently control the opening, of the left-hand and right-hand, ventilation flaps.
Also shown, are two white nylon spacers, with ΒΌ inch ground terminal, on the dashboard, ventilation control-lever, spindle bracket, which fits behind the instrument panel. These provide the ground, for my intra-duct ventilation fans, so the fans will only operate, when the front ventilation flaps are open.
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