Dear Bert,

Then I would fit the one without the hardware on top, since this would be
more correct for non-smog cars..

Anil


On 5/16/09, Bert Knupp <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Anil,
>
> Correct.  The North American models had a lot of additional
> emissions-control stuff attached to them -- charcoal canisters, ventilation
> hoses, etc. -- that the rest of the world didn't have.  Original-USA wasn't
> always the same as Original-Europe.  I'm going for the "Original-Europe"
> package as much as possible.
>
> The USA model had a gadget with hoses attached to the driver-side wall of
> the engine compartment; mine doesn't.  It might have connected to the
> nipples on the air cleaner -- I don't know.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bert
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anil Nair
> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 1:28 AM
> To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Which air cleaner?
>
> Dear Bert,
>
> Don't know the answer but if the one with the air nipples is original, you
> would need to know where they connected to as well, otherwise it wouldn't
> be..um..original?
>
> Anil
>
>
> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 3:42 AM, Bert Knupp <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Volks,
> >
> > I have somehow ended up with two air cleaners for my 1970 bug.  Which
> > one is the correct, factory-authentic air cleaner for a German 1500
> > engine (it's an "H" block)?  Both need some cleaning up, so I need to
> > know which one to focus on.
> >
> > One has a smooth lid on the main oval-shaped body.  I can't find any
> > visible part number.
> >
> > The other has two small air-hose nipples on the top center of the lid.
> > Looking inside from underneath, it reads 113 129 828 A on the
> > underside of the plastic nipple connector.
> >
> > What air cleaner goes on what engine?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bert Knupp in Music City
> >
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> >    ü ° ° ü
> > Polizeikäfer '70
> >
> >
>
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