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Re: AC Help
Historical mailing list - Derek Krueger
Mon, 3 Jun 2002 12:20:18 -0400
...The blower motor looks to have been made in Plano, TX. What gives? Thanks, Derek > I believe these parts are resistors for your A...
Re: Intermittent function of heater blower motor ?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 3 Nov 2017 17:48:33 +0000
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Re: AC Blower Speed #3
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:48:04 -0400
...AC Blower Speed Thanks Ken for sharing your wisdom on this problem. As it turns out both my 87 and 89 Westy's have...
Re: 83.5 front heater/blower assembly
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:01:00 -0700
...On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Rob Rubin <robrubin@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I am in need of that front heater/blower...
BA6 in a wasserboxer
Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
02 Nov 96 02:39:21 EST
...It's the same unit, it just looks like the air circulation blower has a flexible hose going directly from it to the air...
FW: Heater
Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
Thu, 21 Jan 1999 00:13:42 -0600
...Heater Jason I assume you are referring to the electric blower switch and not the heater slider that allows hot coolant to circulate through...
Re: Heater Blower Motor Taking a Dump?
Historical mailing list - feller
Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:41:30 -0500
...noticed on my way to work this morning that the heater blower would be running fine then would slowly start to whine a little...
Re: Article on heater fan replacement w/o dash removal
Historical mailing list - Rob
Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:26:21 -0700
...It was winter in Michigan and I really needed the blower. Having those clips before hand is important, almost as important as putting a...
Re: Front Blower fan?????
Historical mailing list - Mark M. Schirmer
Wed, 29 Jan 1997 15:24:01 -0500 (EST)
If you have a warm enough place to do the transplant, go for it! Check the archives for the procedure, should take you a...
front blower motor
Historical mailing list - Joe Lucca
Wed, 22 Sep 1999 11:01:26 EDT
can anyone who has replace this in their vanagon comment on the procedure for me? was it easy, difficult etc.... i have a 1986...
Re: Mouse stuff in dash (funny)
Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:26:08 -0500
I had the same mouse nest in my van!!got it out with repeated yard blower applications to all the vents in turn. Got...
Re: heater/switch problems ??
Historical mailing list - James Creech
Wed, 29 Nov 2000 14:27:27 -0500
Jen, it sounds to me like your intermittent blower problem is in the switch itself. Could be in the blower motor or loose wiring...
Re: Front & Rear Heater Fan Switches: Was - Phred's Shiverin'...
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Fri, 19 Oct 2001 12:25:48 -0700
...On 19 Oct 2001 at 12:17, Karl Wolz wrote: > The heater blower switches are identical front and rear, whether you have AC > or...
Re: Aircooled Heat inline fan?
Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
Fri, 25 Oct 2002 08:55:47 -0500
...I plan to disconnect and remove the OEM VW aux blower and replace it with the two bilge blowers. On the suggestion of a...
Re: Blog post about 85 doka
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:25:26 -0600
...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: plastic blower assembly fix
Historical mailing list - neil N
Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:29:58 -0800
...It > needed a new front blower motor so I got right to it and tore the dash > and blower assembly out. Its all going...
Blower Fan troubles
Historical mailing list - Cecil Eastman
Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:25:27 -0500
O Esteemed Listees, The bus's blower fan has become a better noisemaker than an instrument with which to move around warm air. So...
Re: Front & Rear Heater Fan Switches: Was - Phred's Shiverin'...
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Fri, 19 Oct 2001 11:45:29 -0700
On 19 Oct 2001 at 14:13, Alan Bosch wrote: > > Does any know if the fan-speed contol switches for the rear blower and...
Re: Front heat problem '85
Historical mailing list - Dan Beatty
Tue, 7 Nov 1995 19:15:20 -0600 (CST)
...Most likely the complete blower motor will need to be replaced. The brushes are usually available seperately and even when they are the arcing...
Re: Tearing the dash apart (dead blower motor)
Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
Wed, 7 Oct 1998 23:40:33 -0400
...wrote: >> Every time I turn the blower switch on to any speed I blow the fuse #10 >>(wiper fuse). The switch itself is OK...
Re: Help with front heater blower.........part number needed
Historical mailing list - Tolga Morawski
Mon, 29 Mar 2004 10:30:02 -0500
...Help with front heater blower.........part number needed > >Folks, >I replaced my front heater blower on my 88 this past weekend, old one seized...
Re: Blower motor balance
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 12 Mar 2022 14:43:12 +0000
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Re: Air mass meters Go Westy
Historical mailing list - jon
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:43:09 -0800
Speaking of leaf blowers as "super chargers", here is a fun link: http://filebox.vt.edu/users/mschumac/leaf.htm (Yes, I still have...
Re: plastic blower assembly fix
Historical mailing list - Greg S
Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:55:14 -0500
Oh my goodness. Yeah. The van is actually an '87 Vanagon Wolfsburg edition. I don't know where I got 76 from. I will...
Re: Loss of head lights, wipers and rear heater blower
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Fri, 27 Dec 2013 06:23:27 -0600
...Loss of head lights, wipers and rear heater blower > > Hello All, > I need some help! I'm trying to figure out why, all of...
Accurate subject lines.
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:35:02 -0800
...BUt it beats the other style of overhead AC which has the blower over the driver's ear, no blowers all the way in...
Re: Hot Foot well
Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 08:09:56 -0400
...I added the vanistan ram air control also and replaced my blower motor and heater core. Having a functioning blower fan with no hot...
Re: ancillary gagues
Historical mailing list
Thu, 27 Feb 1997 02:21:15 -0500 (EST)
...It's really neat, as it fits just in the space of the heater blower console cover.(that big plastic panel behind the gearshift...
Re: First cold day- alternate replacement switch
Historical mailing list - Tolga Morawski
Fri, 1 Oct 2004 12:33:01 -0400
...Do I need to get into the heater box for the fused circuit to run the blower on high? Thanks! Tolga >Date: Thu, 30...
Electrical problem: wipers, blowers, headlights
Historical mailing list - Rick N
Sat, 15 Apr 2017 16:09:47 +0000
...The issue is with the wipers, headlights and blowers (at least), they all intermittantly cycle off and on together. They can remain off for...
Re: short circuit
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Thu, 21 Jun 2001 00:03:20 -0700
John, There are two fuses for the blowers and a 50 amp fusible link as well. Some, including me, have had this fusible link...
Re: bumbed, shock and numb
Historical mailing list - Daniel Erlandson
Mon, 1 Dec 2003 20:55:40 -0500
...The blower > mower on my 98 passat has been fitting and starts and > just won't go. Price of the heater blower is $353...
A/C Fan Blower Switch
Historical mailing list - Lund
Tue, 30 Jun 1998 04:20:25 -0700
I'm in the process of overhauling my 88 vanagon A/C. Since fan speed #3 doesn't work, I replaced the switch. But...
Re: Front/rear blower motor swap from AC unit?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:44:05 -0500
dylan friedman wrote: > Plus the AC units in 7 pass. vans have two fan motors. The rear AC units in early Westies (like my...
Re: Loss of head lights, wipers and rear heater blower
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Wed, 25 Dec 2013 05:25:57 -0800
...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: heater core & fan replaced 91 vanagon
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 14 Jul 2013 17:07:36 -0400
...The blower *will* have better output if it's turning in the right direction, and you should test it and see. However that's...
Re: Heater fan CHIRP!
Historical mailing list - Bill M
Mon, 8 Apr 2013 18:35:44 -0400
...you're going to replace the blower, which is certainly the > conventional wisdom, be advised that Meyle blowers have been reported > to be very...
Re: Rear heater control
Historical mailing list - Rob
Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:44:32 -0800
...I almost never use the front blower for anything but defrosting and only then when I'm starting or sitting. Rob vwrobb@gmail.com...
Re: Heater blower replacement
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Mon, 2 Jun 2008 06:39:57 EDT
...I am tackling the arduous job this weekend of replacing my blower moter (1982 Vanagon). As I am reassembling the two halves of the...
help for a new owner
Historical mailing list - Tom
Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:15:07 -0400
...We've narrowed it down to a bad switch and likely the blower motor. But I can't figure out how to extract the...
Re: easy front heater blower air speed question...
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:27:53 -0500
At 09:38 AM 1/14/2002, Chris Stann wrote: >How's yours? How would you describe your heater blower performance? Took a short...
Rear heater fuse blows
Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
Wed, 3 Mar 2004 23:41:16 -0800
When I turn on the rear heater blower the fuse blows. Any suggestions? _________________________________________________________________ Frustrated with dial-up? Lightning-fast Internet access for as low...
Re: Strange Electrical Problem
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 31 Dec 2001 17:05:11 -0500
...Also, the windshield wipers and the heater blower no longer work. Later I found that the wipers and blower will work if I pull...
Re: Heater Refurbished Still Questions
Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:38:49 -0600
...Short of >that, >it is best to replace a squealing or locked blower motor. Well I marked it on the calender to see how...
Re: More On Front Blower Motor
Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:56:38 -0800
...More On Front Blower Motor > My situation is a bit different, last year my front blower worked, but it > squeaked. I drilled the Karl...
Re: Front heater motor
Historical mailing list - Rob
Fri, 10 Mar 2017 14:56:28 -0500
...Especially when all you what you want is the blower motor to work. It doesn't have to take that long ... Rob vwrobb@gmail...
Re: Washing and drying your van.
Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
Thu, 13 Jul 2000 21:43:28 EDT
...but with your leaf blower idea, i would try it in the next wash... James W88kender Anaheim, Ca
Re: Hanging flaps in heater box
Historical mailing list - M Kaz
Thu, 5 Oct 2000 09:46:16 -0400
...The blower is the obvious connection > between the inlet and cold plenum, but VW added two big holes (about 3x6" > each) so that ram...
Cause of failed igniton switch
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Wed, 8 Jan 2003 15:43:27 -0800
I found the cause of the melting ignition switch- it is from the front heater blower. The key on power circuit can run everything...
Blower Seized, Freeing Advice Needed for 82 diesel
Historical mailing list - Keith Olsen
Wed, 3 Nov 1999 14:11:10 EST
Hi All, Just when I was about to start enjoying a November with heat it seems my heater blower has stopped. The switch is...
Dash removal/blower resistor
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 1 Oct 2000 18:36:08 -0400
...The value of the blower resistor (someone asked recently) is 2.1 ohms, 60 watts, wirewound on a hollow ceramic core. It is tapped...
Re: Two problems . . . (heater fan)
Historical mailing list - George Jannini
Thu, 3 Jan 2002 08:48:08 -0500
...Come to the land where men are still men enough to face the pain-in-the-ass of a heater blower failing in the...
Re: Help with front heater blower.........part number needed
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Mon, 29 Mar 2004 09:57:15 -0500
...Eric Vanagon Man wrote: >Folks, >I replaced my front heater blower on my 88 this past weekend, old one seized >up, I put new...
Re: Front heat problem '85
Historical mailing list - Dan Beatty
Thu, 9 Nov 1995 07:42:02 -0600 (CST)
...If I were a betting man I'd put my money on the blowers brushes. Why does it come on when you drive down...
Re: Rear Heater Problems
Historical mailing list - vw4x4
Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:34:26 -0500
...The rear blower almost never goes bad. Yours has obviuosly been abused. Did you have the cover on the entire unit? Take it apart...
Re: some vanagon applicable products from lee valley
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 7 Sep 2011 13:32:38 -0400
...Blowtorch, hot blower, two sizes of solder tip, hot knife. Would cut/seal 9/16 poly or nylon line if you were patient. Hot...
Re: Need help with Air Conditioning!!!
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Mon, 20 Jul 1998 21:58:32 EDT
...Seems the two 20 amp fuses for the blower motors keep >blowing out. Need to know if it could be a relay problem or...
Re: AC blower switch -- DIY fix?
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sat, 7 Jul 2007 11:54:41 -0500
...Larry A. '91 GL Zeitgeist wrote: > Has anyone broken into the four position AC blower switch to fix > intermittent or inoperable speeds? My third...
Heater booster sources?
Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
Mon, 15 Nov 1999 08:39:52 EST
...80 westy and I need to find a source for the blowers (inline) to assist the fan and the paper tubing in betwixt. TIA...
Re: Dash blower fan
Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
Sun, 10 Dec 2017 13:41:07 +0000
...I’ve got it completely disassembled and will be > reassembling it with a new blower fan tomorrow. I’m wondering what else I > should...