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Joshwa Samba Member
Joined: November 18, 2015 Posts: 810 Location: North Seattle WA
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:35 pm Post subject: Short nose van with long nose cabin air filter install |
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I've been wanting to do this for a long time on my short nose 93 weekender. I've seen some people rubber banding looser filtering fabric to keep out larger particles. I tried cutting some filters into the old style triangle with poor success.
I intended to buy some used cabin air housings online but was apprehensive as I thought that the long nose hood was somehow configured slightly different and that I would need the long nose engine air filter housing as well. Visiting my regular parts guy Peter in Auburn, WA, he had a VR6 with the cabin air filter housing there in tact for me to try. As it turns out, the later model cabin air filter was designed to work with the earlier model barrel style engine air filter housing.
First off, the cabin air filter housing back plate bolts onto the firewall with the same 3 bolts that holds the older style on. It is intentionally notched to account for the earlier engine air filter housing.
The only thing that stops this from being just a straight bolt on and go is the earlier model hood support that holds the hood open. When it scissors closed, inside leg of the support will contact the outer most edge causing the hood to not close. The housing has enough extra material at the edge to trim 1/4, allowing the support to clear and hood to close.
The completed work. Although the hood open and filter housing do match up, I did still need to add some weather stripping to underside of the hood opening to make a good seal, keeping the engine smells going in there.
_________________ 93 Weekender TDI conversion (AHU)
93 MV TDI conversion (1Z)
Weekender rear cot
Late model cabin air filter on 93
Euro spec bumper install on 93 |
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Zeitgeist 13 Samba Member
Joined: March 05, 2009 Posts: 12115 Location: Port Manteau
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:46 pm Post subject: Re: Short nose van with long nose cabin air filter install |
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Nice work. Will the long nose bellows fit? Ours was inexplicably installed on the driver side when we first got the van.
Does your intercooler function well in that location? _________________ Casey--
'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
y u rune klassik? |
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Joshwa Samba Member
Joined: November 18, 2015 Posts: 810 Location: North Seattle WA
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Zeitgeist 13 Samba Member
Joined: March 05, 2009 Posts: 12115 Location: Port Manteau
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 2:11 pm Post subject: Re: Short nose van with long nose cabin air filter install |
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Yep, it just snaps in place. _________________ Casey--
'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
y u rune klassik? |
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wildenbeast Samba Member
Joined: April 04, 2008 Posts: 680 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 11:27 am Post subject: Re: Short nose van with long nose cabin air filter install |
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I am contemplating doing this. Your '93 had no EGR / Secondary Air system but the '95 ACU engine vans did. I have a '95 ACU engine in my van.
Did you block off the port for the connection to the EGR system? I am assuming it is the smaller port in the middle of this photo:
For comparison, a '95 Eurovan with an EGR had this port on its airbox, connecting to the EGR system with the tube highlighted below:
The '93 airbox does not have this port. What I am really after is to know if I added a later model airbox, that a port exists for connecting to the EGR system. _________________ - Bill, '93 Eurovan Syncro Weekender (2.5 manual ACU) |
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Stripped66 Samba Member
Joined: May 31, 2005 Posts: 3470 Location: Charleston, SC
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 11:42 am Post subject: Re: Short nose van with long nose cabin air filter install |
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wildenbeast wrote: |
Did you block off the port for the connection to the EGR system? I am assuming it is the smaller port in the middle of this photo:
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Yes, that port will need to be blocked off. You can RTV in the cap from a 2L soda bottle...fits like it was made for it _________________
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Bodacious wrote: |
Why not just make a custom set of wires with a Y splice in them. Then you could just run one distributor. |
I don't think electrickery works that way |
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Joshwa Samba Member
Joined: November 18, 2015 Posts: 810 Location: North Seattle WA
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