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Vdubluver
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 Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 7:12 pm Post subject: heat/air levers |
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I'm needing to know how to connect the heat/air levers to the mechanism in the dash. I'm assuming nuts and bolts connect the two but I am not sure of this or of the size of the nuts/ bolts. my bus is a 71. Sorry this is kind of a stupid question but my bus was pulled out of a salvage yard and didn't have the levers but I have the levers now and am wanting to put them on this weekend.
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aeromech
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:07 pm Post subject: Re: heat/air levers |
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Spring clips keep tension on the levers. So you have two blue and two red levers and two spring clips. Originally there were four plastic push in “rivets” that prevent the levers from pulling out but once I remove those rivets I never reinstall them because it just makes pulling the instrument cluster easier later on.
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70Crew
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 5:26 am Post subject: Re: heat/air levers |
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| aeromech wrote: |
| Spring clips keep tension on the levers. So you have two blue and two red levers and two spring clips. Originally there were four plastic push in “rivets” that prevent the levers from pulling out but once I remove those rivets I never reinstall them because it just makes pulling the instrument cluster easier later on. |
x2 The plastic plugs that came from the factory are still available.
https://www.eisparts.com/plugmounting-heater-levers-to-the-armbus-68-73pair.html
However, the spring clips do a good job of securing the levers to the arm and leaving the clips off makes subsequent removal a LOT easier. And from experience, you WILL have to remove them again at some point.
More info: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=689778&highlight=heater+lever
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Vdubluver
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2018 6:26 pm Post subject: Re: heat/air levers |
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Thank you for the link(s).Are the compression springs out there anywhere? by chance 
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aeromech
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2018 6:30 pm Post subject: Re: heat/air levers |
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Nope. Not new. Contact Ken at thebusco
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Vdubluver
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2018 6:50 pm Post subject: Re: heat/air levers |
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| that's what I figured was coming. But that's ok. He's helped me several times in the past. |
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