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- From: mfolivo@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Mark Newton-John)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw,rec.autos
- Subject: Re: replacing Climate Control unit in 1985 AUDI 5000S
- Keywords: Climate Control, replace, Manual Vent Control?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.090144.11412@sactoh0.sac.ca.us>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 09:01:44 GMT
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- In <1jjou8INNgsb@transfer.stratus.com> todd@zbt.sw.stratus.com (Todd Joseph) writes:
-
- >Hi,
-
- >I am plagued with the climate control in my 1985 Audi 5000S. I hate
- >the &%!#@ thing. I want to pull the whole thing out and install a
- >"manual vent control" box in its place. Does this make sense? I want
- >to have a bunch of levers, like you'd find in most any VW that control
- >heat, AC and bi-level, feet, vent, and defrost air flow. Has anyone
- >done this?
-
- Hmmmmmmmmm. Well, I hate to tell you, but that is a big "no can
- do". Why? It uses a vacuum system to get the various flaps going,
- and you might as well open a window if you don't like it.
-
- They use, I believe, a system derived from Cadillac's climate
- control system. (The control panel is identical) I have no idea if
- the parts are interchangable.
-
- Theres the control panel, and the (a-HEM) programmer that controls
- most of the show. Most of the time it is that bloody little box.
- Did yours make an incessant clicking noise? In anycase, it is
- expensive to work on the climate control system of ANY GERMAN car
- of the period. That is a common complaint with Mercedes-Benz owners
- who bought cars in the mid-80's.
-
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