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• Re: Name that Vanagon Part......
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 21:32:58 -0600
  Blower motor step resistor. On Sun, 17 Mar 2002 21:12:39 -0600 andrewbell <andrewbell@QWEST.NET> writes: > Looks like a huge resistor to...
• Fwd: [vanagon] need tech info for tach cluster circuit board
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 14 Oct 1999 02:56:38 -0400
  ...If >so, can it be replaced? Anyone know the ohm values for other resistors in >this foil? The one in queston is black with...
• Re: NVC: measuring impedance of a speaker?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 07:15:42 -0500
  ...With a non-inductive > resistor Z (impedance) should be the same as R at any reasonable frequency, > so multiply that by the ratio. > > Since...
• Re: A/C fan and burning smell
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Wed, 12 Aug 2015 01:21:46 -0700
  ...The 2 resistors get hot and each is cooled by their corresponding fan. If a fan goes bad the resistor will eventually cook. The...
• Re: Richards fog light query, inside look
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 5 Apr 2020 10:19:04 -0700
  ...https://tinyurl.com/vcctm5f Even with a resistor in series to that bulb, I had to put a piece of tape over it to...
• Re: Heater fan CHIRP!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 9 Apr 2013 12:28:39 -0400
  ...wrote: > Just get a used stock fan and its 4 speed resistor/wiring from 86+ air > conditioning. I pull them from junked vans for...
• Re: another oil temp. gauge question
  Historical mailing list - Edge
  Sun, 26 May 96 00:23:59 -0500
  ...You really need to install it through the resistor that turns down the dash lights, but it is probably 10 times brighter than my...
• Radiator Fan Problem
  Historical mailing list - Warner, Jeffrey (Jeff) S (J6C)
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 14:14:54 -0400
  ...I sent him home to try putting power to the fan directly, check the fuses again and check the connections at the resistor pack...
• ECU repair
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 10:54:29 -0500
  ...There are 3 ceramic resistors in a small group at the top/right side of the main circuit board. One resistor was getting really...
• Re: Radiator Fan Resistor Question
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:30:25 -0600
  ...So I retested the switch, same result and was moving through to the resistor and relay - does that make sense? Fuse is fine, as...
• Re: Front Heater shutoff options
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Sat, 26 May 2012 15:20:25 -0500
  ...I devised a high-watt resistor to drop the voltage (down to 3 or 6 volts, can't remember) but the cooling fins on...
• Re: LED replacement for westy
  Historical mailing list - MC
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 11:58:31 -0700
  ...There is a current limiting resistor which you can find by tracing the circuit board trace from the LED. You may need to adjust...
• Re: variable speed blower fan
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 20 Apr 2017 19:44:11 -0700
  ...if I remove the switch connector and replace it with a DC 12V variable > speed resistor like this one > http://www.ebay.com/itm...
• Re: Cool Lighting
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 18:38:05 EDT
  ...The resistor in the LED circuit makes the LEDs dim enough to provide just enough light to make the cupholders easily visible and not...
• Re: ARRRGGGHHH Re: Tantalum capacitors to stop blinking temp LED
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:48:04 -0700
  ...It's the same as a resistor, and if the capacitor is being charged through another resistor until it reaches the shutoff trigger voltage...
• Blower motor balance
  Historical mailing list - Tom C
  Thu, 10 Mar 2022 13:58:48 -0500
  ...Wonder what your guys opinion on that is? Last I was thinking of replacing the resistor with a keep resistor. Read up on it...
• basic electronics question
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 13:37:40 CST6CDT
  ...i have a super bright , jumbo LED that reqires 2.6v @ 50ma how do i figure the resistance of the dropping resistor for a...
• Re: Where we are, still broke
  Historical mailing list - joe Hunt
  Sat, 2 Oct 1999 00:00:47 EDT
  ...proble starts runs about three seconds and dies,will run longer if I manually hold the air vane about 60% up the variable resistor. ?
• Re: Radiator Fan
  Historical mailing list - Scott De Santi
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 01:39:22 EDT
  ...speed? Might indicate a short somewhere or a screwy BFR ( big fan resistor). Scott De Santi 86 Vanagon 2WD (The Wobbly Bus) Anchorage, Alaska
• Re: LED's burnt out
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 21:15:48 -0500
  ...You should find some resistors, or at least one. The resistor will drop the voltage to the LED. What is the value of that...
• Re: LED turn signals blinking fast
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 12 Apr 2020 21:24:51 -0400
  ...you have to add a >> 470 ohm resistor, or use a standard bulb at one end and an LED at the >> other." >> >> >> >> My question...
• Re: 2.1L coolant light problem
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 09:36:30 -0700
  ...In high speed, no resistor is in the circuit. Low and middle middle use 2 and 1 resistor respectively. Mark SStones wrote: > > > Power is...
• Re: Vanagon Radiator Fan Resistor Available at Van-Again
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 15:12:30 -0700
  ...On 08/09/2011 10:54 AM, Robert Stevens wrote: > On Aug 9, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Ken Wilford wrote: > >> The resistor has...
• Re: Fuel injector operating voltage
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 13:59:51 -0500
  ...Bentley says that the AFC engines have a ~6 ohm resistor in series with each pair of injectors, and that the injector resistance is...
• Rad fan ballast resistors
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 21 May 2010 06:55:43 EDT
  Folks, as some of you may be aware the ballast resistors for the rad fan, both for vans with A/C and without are...
• Re: yet another oil temp. gauge question\breadloafs.
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Durstewitz
  Mon, 27 May 1996 10:53:19 -0800 (PST)
  ...If you wire gauge AND dashboard lights through the resistor you'll almost extinguish the remaining dashboard lights when you dim the gauge light...
• Re: Wiring Harness Differences
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:09:37 +0000
  ...The Federal model has connectors for the external resistor packs. Since the resistor packs are inside the ECU on the California versions the wiring...
• Re: AFM test readings
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 4 Jul 2014 08:02:08 -0400
  ...Those are >>>> resistors, and >>>> the lines are where the trimming laser burned away parts of the >>>> resistor to >>>> increase its resistance to the correct...
• LEDs in 12V systems
  Historical mailing list - Mike D.
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:42:22 -0700
  ...So basically, in a circuit you treat an LED as if it has a fixed voltage drop and wire a resistor in-series to...
• Re: VW AFM Harness, pictures of inside, vanagon syndrome
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 19:38:41 -0600
  4 resistors and 3 capacitors, looks like. Has anyone ever run a frequency response test on this thing? Bet it rolls off at about...
• Re: Fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:27:35 -0400
  At 04:49 PM 7/30/2011, Robert Fisher wrote: >My Vanagon does this all the time after in-town, stop-and-go driving...
• Re: Moderator Re: Rad fan ballast resistors
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 21 May 2010 13:00:26 -0400
  At 12:20 PM 5/21/2010, Michael Sullivan wrote: >but I really appreciate list discounts and fast shipping. Maybe all listers >get expedited...
• Front heater blower ballast part number
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 08:18:38 -0600
  The part number of the ballast resistor for the front heater blower motor is 251-971-281 and it is known on VW parts...
• Re: Heater fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 9 May 2001 21:38:43 -0400
  At 08:38 PM 5/9/2001, Double-Cab Guy wrote: >Is it in the box that the heater core is? Yup. Sorry... d...
• Re: Gurgling after engine shutoff... normal?
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:28:58 -0600
  $20 says either your radiator is clogged to the point it's not cooling optimally or the fan resistor is burned out, and the...
• Re: Rear a/c blower motor resistor
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Mon, 12 Jun 2017 15:48:42 -0400
  ...It made no difference. >> Is there a resistor in back near the blower motor that I should change? >> Six months ago I removed the...
• Re: Red LED bulb
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 20 Aug 2015 19:57:12 -0400
  ...An LED must have a series resistor to limit the current. About 800 ohms or so would be reasonable. Trying to test an LED...
• Re: Unorthodox Inst. Cluster Electrical Question
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:07:48 -0700
  ...You could install a > temporary potentiometer to calibrate the gauge then solder an > appropriate resistor to match resistance of the calibrated pot. > > Or, like...
• Re: World parts Radiator Fan Solution.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 19 Oct 2017 10:32:13 -0600
  On 19 Oct , 2017, at 8:57 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > If the motor and resistor represent .7 ohm each (theory) then current will...
• What Ohm value should a dash LED measure?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:48:35 -0500
  ...The little yellow (resistors?) in the foil circuitry seem to be about .6 Ohm. Thanks, Jim
• Okay, now mine is running hot too!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Warner
  Tue, 10 Apr 2001 17:56:04 GMT
  ...I've had the usual problems - leaking heads, blown hoses, thermostat housing and other plastic bits, rusted out pipe, bad 2-stage fan resistor...
• basic electronics/deer poaching
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 29 Jul 1996 14:01:59 CST6CDT
  ...and i expect to do this by hooking LEDs in series instead of the dropping resistor. and as far as premature failure goes... maybe...
• Re: What to do for a dim dashboard light?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 15:28:42 -0500
  ...It is fed directly from the high-beam supply voltage for one headlamp, and has a series resistor btw the indicator bulb and ground...
• Re: AC Blower problem
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:07:26 -0700
  ...I have already > trbl shot the switch up fwd and it IS good. > > So is this a problem with the evaporator fan resistors ? or...
• Another AFM pathology
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 4 Oct 1999 07:07:05 -0400
  ...A laser trimmed resistor stick with eleven taps over >to a parallel thick film resistor. Presumably the resistor stick is >trimmed to give a...
• Re: coolant blinking, refresh my memory...
  Historical mailing list - Steven Smith
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 06:47:52 -0800
  ...My conclusion was that either the gauge was faulty or the resistor in the temp circuit (on the back of the instrument cluster) had...
• Re: Coolant Temp Sensor Problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:16:52 -0500
  At 06:23 PM 11/30/2010, mark drillock wrote: >It is easy enough to test the gauge circuit with $1 pack of resistors...
• Re: Engine died, ecu quick look
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 30 Mar 2020 11:58:07 -0400
  ...That's quite possible -- but all the ones I saw had a matching soldered one a resistor or jumper length away, with the leads...
• conclusion of thrid stage only radiator fan
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Rueb
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 17:29:25 EDT
  it was the resistor spent the $20 (nice to work at dealer) installed connection very coredded. it was not the therno switch for one...
• Vanagon + Platinum = VROOM!
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 06:45:42 +0000
  ...the platinums are resistor type plugs. The wires in the van are also resistor type (resistor ends). I was never able to determine what...
• Re: 85 Vanagon dying while driving
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 9 Jul 1999 06:32:29 -0500
  ...Pop off the plastic top, you will see a wiper contact that slides on a black carbon track (variable resistor). Look for a worn...
• Re: generator questions
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 22:30:33 -0600
  ...In particular, check the connections to the bleeder resistor that's mentioned below. Chances are the resistor, or the connections to it have an...
• Re: AFM test readings
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 4 Jul 2014 08:06:36 -0400
  ...Those are >>>>> resistors, and >>>>> the lines are where the trimming laser burned away parts of the >>>>> resistor to >>>>> increase its resistance to the correct...
• Re: AFM test readings
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 5 Jul 2014 01:48:46 -0400
  ...Those are >> resistors, and the lines are where the trimming laser burned away >> parts of the resistor to increase its resistance to the correct...
• Re: A/C and High Radiator Fan Questions
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:35:33 +0300
  ...Turned out that the reason was a broken fan speed resistor (it's a dual resistor for low and high). The low speed part...
• Re: AIR FLOW METER
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:11:45 -0500
  At 10:40 AM 3/6/2010, Tom Hargrave wrote: >The fact that the carbon resistor is laser trimmed is what I was eluding...
• Re: Fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:18:39 -0700
  I seem to recall VW-ClassicParts.de returned this item into production. Unfortunately, they seem to only post new products on their site. You...
• Re: gotta keep moving - radiator fan question
  Historical mailing list - J Roth
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:58:24 -0500
  ...What is the best way to check the switch and/or resistor? I've tried searching the archives many times and it always times...
• Thermo switch or resistor?
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:29:15 -0500
  ...2 face=Tahoma>So, I think I am looking at the resistor as the culprit.&nbsp; It seems the original type is not available...
• Re: AC Blower Fan Speed
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:51:03 -0400
  ...It is not the resistor because it would be bad on all of the lower speeds. It is either the relay (both could be...