Air cooled Heater controls

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Jay Peg
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Air cooled Heater controls

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Hi,

I’ve recently reinstated my basic heating ducting and all the relevant gubbins, on my T25 ‘81 2.0 cu.
Does anyone have an explanation what the the three slide controls do on the dashboard?

Thanks

J

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This is how a water cooled works

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Thanks, I’m just pondering do the Aircooled do the same except water cooled have the electric fan..

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I have never been 100% but assumed they are temperature, fan speed and direction (windscreen, footwell etc?)
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W T F is a useful acronym to remember the downward order of the controls.
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Top slider is output direction, up to screen to the right, down to footwell to the left. 
Middle slider is temperature. 
Bottom is fresh air to the side and windscreen vents. Left is open, right is closed.
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Many thanks everyone cheers. Rosie n Jim 👍🏻

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