If you pull it out to the 'normal' maximum and peer under the dash from the
LHS with a torch you can see the arc and check whether it has the extra
segment with cut-out. Watch out for any non-standard wiring that may be in
that area, and that goes for the usual two open positions as well.
Of course you get the prize - extra air on those hot hot hot days.
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
To: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; MGS Digest <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2000 8:41 PM
Subject: Re: early B's and air vents in the dash?
> Hmmm, I 'll have to check that out. One is always reluctant to give an
> "extra tug" to something as highly leveraged as that flap, especially
> when it's out-of-sight and potentially rusty. It's even harder to imagine
> what that extra position would be good for, but I believe you, it seems
> totally in character (over-engineered flap, under-engineered defroster).
>
> So this means I don't get the prize?
>
> ; )
>
>
> Paul Hunt had this to say:
>
> >Remember this?
> >
> > > Today's Trivia question: How many positions does the 'foot'-level
> >fresh-air
> >> flap have?
> >
> >I had a number of replies all saying the same thing: Three - open,
closed
> >and partially open or partially closed depending on whether the
respondent
> >was a pessimist or an optimist.
> >
> >Now I can't speak for anyone else but both my 73 roadster and 75 factory
V8
> >have four positions. The fourth requires a bit of an extra tug than the
> >others but it is definitely there, right down to the cut-out in the arc
that
> >controls the positioning.
> >
> >PaulH.
> >
> >
>
>
> --
>
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
>
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