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• Heater removal
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 20 Feb 1995 11:41:55 -0600 (CST)
  ...Is there a way to remove the blower fan without breaking the case on the heater stuff? I see a suspicious looking screw near...
• Mullendore Port
  Historical mailing list - Roman Haag
  Sat, 22 Apr 2017 13:41:45 -0400
  Is this the mod where you drill a hole in a certain place behind the grill to access the blower motet with WD-40...
• Re: Blower Knobs -- is this normal?
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 22 May 2012 17:30:07 -0400
  >> Ah, well, no. No, I don't have "climate control." << Sure you do Jack- at least you can alter winter a little bit. Geo...
• Re: To Add Insult To Injury
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:01:15 -0500
  At 12:08 PM 12/29/2011, J Stewart wrote... >Old blower motor...it took off running (squealing like a banshee >though). Oil the...
• WTB Webasto heater (or parts)
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 15:35:21 -0400
  ...I am most interested in the combustion air blower. Please pmail me at mailto:larry_avery.johnson@sympatico.ca Larry
• Re: Fan motor Lube: What do you use and where?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:07:58 -0500
  ...E-mail message For those of you who've been keeping old blower's alive: I remember plenty of posts about lubricating blower motors...
• Re: Heater Blower Motor Taking a Dump?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:48:39 EST
  ...The most difficult part of the job for me was splitting the plastic fan housing to remove the old blower motor. Splitting the housing...
• Re: BLOWER MOTORS
  Historical mailing list - Mbob1950
  Sun, 12 Sep 2021 07:41:56 -0500
  ...23, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is the rear heater blower motor the same as the one on the dash? My dash > motor...
• Re: /fff Re- heater blower p
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  4 Oct 1995 09:06:33 -0700
  ...heater blower project 10/4/95 > And no smart remarks from water-pumper drivers and Floridians, ok? That > coolant leak is your penance for...
• '85 Westy Heater Booster Won't Shut Off
  Historical mailing list - MMunn
  Sun, 26 Jan 2003 22:19:42 -0800
  ...I don't know if I'm hearing the Combustion Air Blower, or the heater fuel pump, or the Air Circulation Blower or what...
• Heater switch was Re: heater motor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:23:30 -0400
  ...And if you get a switch from a junkyard, make sure it's from the rear blower and not the front. The rear blower...
• Re: Front heater blower
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 17 Jul 1999 10:25:48 -0400
  ...The blowers fail relatively commonly. The cores less commonly, although if/when one does, it alone would cost you more than the $250. The...
• Re: High and low pressure zones on a Vanagon - ideas for my intercooler anyon...
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Fri, 8 Jun 2001 07:58:23 -0400
  ...Yes, that's what I was thinking -- a blower. This reminded me of a guy who intercooled his converted turbo diesel Rabbit Pick up...
• 1982 Westy auxillary heater
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Mon, 29 Sep 2003 17:07:17 -0700
  ...When I turn it on the combustion blower and the fresh air fan (the fan that takes in fresh air from beneath the bench...
• Carat front blower repair
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 22 Nov 2014 07:41:03 -0600
  Front blower never worked since I have had the Carat, and with winter coming on, something had to be done. I couldn't do...
• Re: Rich running incident puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:03:37 -0800
  ...Since everything (wiring, blower motors, etc) is old, running the > blowers caused a voltage drop across the whole electrical system. With all > the FI...
• Re: Ground wire from heater blower warm
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 00:19:49 -0500
  ...In '83 they swapped blower and defroster, I presume because people kept blowing the fuse. The fuse will be too hot to touch, probably...
• Re: Inoperative front blower issue.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:15:00 -0500
  ...replacing the switch elicits no response at all >from the blower (it was squealing mildly upon starting before it--or >something--quit). I am...
• Re: Front Blower Failure Revisited
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 03:36:00 -0500
  At 08:36 PM 11/9/2000, John Rodgers wrote: >Well, today while running on "HIGH" during a pouring rain, the blower >quit cold...
• Re: Rear Heat Exchanger
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 10 Feb 2001 08:24:30 -0500
  ...Also make sure the blower turns freely and lube as necessary. No you don't have to replace the whole thing, just the motor...
• Re: WTB: heater switch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 28 Dec 2004 20:13:06 -0500
  ...But what was wrong was that the blower motor >was drawing to much because its lube was gone. Any idea what they were actually...
• Re: getting the fan blower switch out
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:30:25 -0700
  ...getting the fan blower switch out So I bought this replacement dash switch and now I need to yank the old one. The blower...
• Re: heater leak?
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 13:31:01 -0400
  ...The way I understand it, the valve is manual on the core and the switch up front only turns on the blower. The valve...
• Lubricating heater blower motor
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
  Sun, 6 Apr 2008 17:18:19 -0500
  ...When installing a new blower motor, is it advisable to add some sort of lubricant as a preventive measure? My brand new motor is...
• Re: Electrical help please!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 19 May 2009 23:33:56 -0400
  ...Wiper, washer and front blower are all powered by S10 which in turn is fed by the X-contact relay that shuts all these...
• Re: Air mass meters Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:48:00 -0500
  ...like the leaf blower superchargers and the ebay electric supercharger kits(which do work BTW which is how they are still selling, in addition...
• Re: Front Blower switch
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 1 Feb 2015 20:19:02 -0800
  RE: Fan Switch Problems BTDT in my '85, actually melted the switch (running the heater going up the Grapevine dealing with a bad radiator...
• Heater Fan Switch
  Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 14:36:58 -0700
  The switch that controls the blower for my heater is apparently burned out. Can someone tell me how I gain access to it so...
• afordable alternatives RE: Radiator fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Sat, 27 Jul 2013 17:34:49 -0400
  ...Example, just at random I looked up a blower resistor for a 95 F150. The quality Motorcraft brand is $21. http://www.partsgeek.com...
• Re: getting the fan blower switch out
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:07:25 -0700
  ...getting the fan blower switch out So I bought this replacement dash switch and now I need to yank the old one. The blower...
• Electrical genuis-es here is one for you..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:09:34 -0800
  ...When I switch on the blower for the heater, I can hear a relay clunk up under the dash somewhere around the radio or...
• Re: I fried something (front heater blower)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 3 Dec 2001 21:00:14 -0500
  ...A perfectly normal blower draws 12 amps at high speed which is too much for the circuit (which also has wipers on it) and...
• Re: Vanagon Diesel Aux Heater Questions
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Tue, 17 Jul 2001 14:21:18 -0400
  ...Does the blower up at the heater core circulate this air? > Or is there a separate blower and ducts? It comes through the normal...
• Heater Blower Resistor Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Mon, 6 Jan 1997 08:00:34 -0700
  Hello, My 1st and 2nd speed front heater blower speeds have quit working. Looking at Bentley, the most likely reason seems to be the...
• Re: snake oil VW Carriolet Carrado Cabrio Vanagon Supercharger/Turbo ???
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:32:25 -0800
  ...Ninety -Eight dollars for a blower motor? But then look at the shipping? $45.00? That's absurd- that blower can be shipped anywhere...
• VW Design Radio & Blower Motors
  Historical mailing list - Erik O
  Sat, 15 Feb 1997 15:47:54 -0800
  We can add the Porche 924 to the list of blower motors for the vanagon front fan. (If it wasn't on the list...
• Re: Heater Blower Motor Taking a Dump?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:03:31 EST
  ...I haven't fixed it yet, but did pull a heater blower from a parts car and will try to revive it and have...
• Re: Dash blower fan
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 10 Dec 2017 15:30:26 -0800
  yes.... removing the vanagon is nothing compared to removing a BMW 635CSi dash... yup I did the vanagon's and saw a friend with...
• heater fan whine
  Historical mailing list - ron johnson
  Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:39:23 -0800
  Quick question - both the front and rear heater blowers whine after 5-10 minutes operation. How difficult is it to lubricate these poor animals...
• Re: How much of a pain?? re:front fan motor
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Dec 1999 13:06:04 EST
  fwiw, i have a complete front blower motor and heater core assy for sale from a watercooled vanagon. it worked when i pulled it...
• Re: Steering wheel locked after replacing blower motor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 21 May 2011 15:26:52 -0400
  At 02:50 PM 5/21/2011, Mike wrote: >Do you back off the beam-type torque wrenches, too? Right back to zero, every...
• Re: Loss of head lights, wipers and rear heater blower
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 25 Dec 2013 10:08:33 -0600
  ...I pulled over and tried the high beams and they came on, as did the wipers and blower. As long as I hold onto...
• Re: Front heater blower
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:05:57 -0800
  ...Front heater blower To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Hi gang, > > I know this has come up many times but, could someone please send the...
• Bleeding question
  Historical mailing list - Elkavitch, Michael and Diana
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 18:51:20 -0400
  Okay, I will spare the details of the six week change of the blower motor. If you need yucks, let me know and I...
• Re: Repair Update Shifter/Heater
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 18:29:46 EST
  ...Any hints to do this? >> Stephen, I wish I could type well enough to cover all the ins and outs of replacing the blower...
• front heater blower meltdown
  Historical mailing list - Ed DeBolt
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 11:46:59 -0700
  ...I think the blower part alone is $99 at bus depot. If I do attempt a home dash removal and repair then what other...
• Re: A radical idea
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 16:35:16 -0500
  ...I found WD40 to work nicely on the rear heater blower motor, that the problem of it overloading and squealing was simply due to...
• Re: Blog post about 85 doka
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 26 Mar 2015 09:20:00 -0700
  ...heater blower, radiator fan, etc.) to their own dedicated source >> below the dash. I may now consider the relays as an additional protection >> in...
• Re: OEM =vs= aftermarket front heater blower motor
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:50:24 EST
  ...Hi All, I'm wondering what the differences are between the OEM and aftermarket heater blower motors I've seen on some FLAPS web...
• Replaced blower motor/ alternator out
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 20:54:22 EDT
  ...When I got home I re-assembled the dash into my '84, after replacing the blower motor, so I could use it to go...
• Re: HELP!! No Headlights - 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ric Golen
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:53:56 -0400
  The heater blower and wipers work....so I guess it might be the headlight switch.... In my earlier posting I spoke of the "intermittent...
• Re: Blower Fan troubles
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:08:29 EST
  hey Guys where are the best places to buy fan motors and heater cores from.? Does anybody make a stainless steel unit , I need...
• RE: Heater Blower Resistor Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Mon, 6 Jan 1997 12:08:08 -0700
  Thanks Tim and Larry. OK, I won't look behind the headlight. No one has posted or sent me any schematics for a DIY...
• AC compressor
  Historical mailing list - Budding Rose
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 19:00:35 -0400
  Everything works well except when I turn it to high blower, the compressor stops.. If anyone has a clue please post asap . Thanx all...
• Re: Carat front blower repair
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 22 Nov 2014 08:58:30 -0600
  ...Carat front blower repair > > Front blower never worked since I have had the Carat, and with winter > coming on, something had to be done...
• Re: Inline Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Chris Chubb
  Tue, 17 Jan 1995 09:13:20 -0500
  ...They take > air pressurized by the engine fan, bring it through the electric blower > whether the blower is on or off, then split it...
• Re: fresh air intake(s)
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Fri, 8 Nov 2013 22:48:37 -0800
  ...it was the original `85 blower motor. it had been subjected to a LOT of moisture through the years. �before and since then, I...
• Installing Heater Blower Motor??
  Historical mailing list - Katy
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 11:37:15 -0500
  Hi List Guru's, About how long does it take to install a front heater blower motor? Apparently, if it's not the switch...
• Re: Front heater blower
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:52:48 -0700
  ...tricks to doing the dreaded job of replacing the front heater blower. > > I have gotten a few details but not a full dirscription on...
• Re: AC blower switch -- DIY fix?
  Historical mailing list - G. Jannini
  Sat, 7 Jul 2007 11:12:42 -0500
  Casey- you asked, >> Has anyone broken into the four position AC blower switch to fix intermittent or inoperable speeds? My third position (the most...