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• Phred's Shiverin' These Cold Mornings...
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Fri, 19 Oct 2001 10:07:32 -0400
  ...Can the rear blower motor be replaced without removing the whole heater core? Is there a resistor pack on the motor that can/should...
• EV A/C?
  Historical mailing list - Trace Choulat
  Sat, 3 Jul 1999 18:27:17 -0400
  ...Both radiator fans are working and the resistors appear ok. The system has plenty of coolant and when it stays on, it works great...
• Re: Digitool building and group entertainment.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 21:04:34 -0600
  Hi Rich, Clever, this would be a resistor I presume. I've done lots of house re-wiring etc so i know what you...
• Re: LVC adding LED interior lighting
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:37:39 -0400
  ...I should add that flashlights using the Luxeon-type high wattage LEDs probably have more than simple dropping resistors. I'd expect that they...
• Re: engine temps
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Mon, 29 Mar 1999 18:21:18 -0600
  ...up above acceptable > levels - if fan does not kick in the resistorpack (behind driver side > lights...) is most likely the culprit There's only...
• Fan problems
  Historical mailing list - Rubatoguy
  Thu, 15 Apr 1999 18:18:03 -0700
  ...suspect? Will running with the Fan relay (#53) out cause the resistor to get shorted? I misplaced it (the relay) in the wrong place...
• Thanks, Cooling Fan Back to Normal
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Thu, 25 May 2000 07:56:53 EDT
  ...The next step was to replace the resistor behind the headlight. the old one had nickle sized flakes coming off of it, exposing the...
• Re: Blower motor balance
  Historical mailing list - Tom C
  Sat, 12 Mar 2022 13:02:21 -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...
• Re: voltage converter needed. 12vt to 3vt
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sat, 7 Aug 2004 17:01:17 -0700
  ...It needs a couple external resistors to set the output voltage. I would also use a small ceramic capacitor from the input to ground...
• Who in Massachusetts Does Heater Fan Replacement Work?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 1 Nov 2011 11:11:32 +0000
  Good Morning, Either the fan resistor and/or the fan itself for the heater in my 87 Westy has "gone south". I don't...
• Synchro bucking and heaving
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 21 Jan 95 19:45:00 UTC
  ...I've posted my story on the resistor solder joint computer fix for a bucking and heaving Synchro to my GEnie PSRT RoundTable as...
• Repaired water tank sesor!
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Sat, 15 May 1999 13:55:46 -0700
  ...Using a 1 mega ohm linear-taper potentiometer in place of the resistor on the circuit board that controls the red LED (had to...
• Re: [Re: 85 Vanagon dying while driving]
  Historical mailing list - john schaper
  Fri, 9 Jul 1999 06:59:05 PDT
  ...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: Diesel Instrument Cluster Blue Ribbon: Glow Plug Light Wiring Confirm Please?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 21 Aug 2017 22:50:47 -0400
  Not so arcane, the LED and resistor and flex circuit wiring are the same as for the OXS light in gasoline-powered ones. Glad...
• Re: What is this part?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:09:23 -0500
  ...function does it serve? Trevor, I suspect that that is the resistor pack that gives you various radiator-fan speeds on the air-conditioned...
• Re: Radiator Fan Motor 1987 w/air
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Bell
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 06:52:12 -0500
  ...I'd be into a new resistor, too... AB Malcolm Stebbins wrote: > Which fan motor are you looking for???? Font heater, or rear heater...
• crude ascii art of LED bulb
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 12:33:06 -0800
  ...Wire leading \ | | |\ | | || thru base and attached \\ | | \\ | || to resistor and then | | | | | back up to external wire soldered to legs | ----+--+ | bulb contact one wire bent back...
• '81 Vanagon Air Cooled Parts FS Vancouver BC Canada
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:41:08 -0700
  ...I know the resistor pack and relay are pricey items new. Would prefer not to ship but this may be possible. Buyer takes all...
• Re: AC Blower Fan Speed-resistor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:07:17 -0400
  ...The lower speeds are done with a resistor in series with the fan motors. It can and does burn out. Dennis -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: Radiator Fan Swap
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:37:51 -0800
  You need the fan harness from a big fan van and the fan resistor. Don't connect the existing small fan wires to the...
• Re: adding resister to center 1.9 coolant temp gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 6 Jul 2010 17:31:53 -0700
  ...you can try adding a resistor - wild guess 1K ohm. I have used 2.2K ohm resistors on Subaru gauge senders to VW gauge...
• Re: Overheat thought
  Historical mailing list - Ron Bloomquist
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 14:25:27 -0800
  Keith wrote: "A thermistor is a type of resistor whose resistance changes linearly with temperature over a small range. In this way, if your...
• LED dash light expt update
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 25 Feb 2006 18:35:49 -0800
  ...the resistor is a 470 ohm. I used a resistor I had left over from the old expts, value based on led forward voltage...
• AC Blower Speed
  Historical mailing list - Finn Runyon
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:50:24 -0600
  ...Switching relays did not get #3 so I believe it may be one of the resistors that Dennis spoke of. Any further advice is...
• Tachometer question
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Apr 1997 11:27:29 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I first tried the tach's instructions that came withit then, I tried hooking up resistors to it as it is metioned in the...
• A/C and Rad fan
  Historical mailing list - Hotch
  Wed, 13 Aug 1997 21:22:57 +0000
  ...I've already replaced the resistor and hot wire tested the fan (@ the temp switch on the rad). Is there a relay that switches...
• Radiator Fan Differences & A/C install update
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 09:55:04 -0600
  ...It's a two-wire fan and VW uses a resistor to run it at lower speeds. It looks like it's configured for...
• Re: World parts Radiator Fan Solution.
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Sat, 14 Oct 2017 13:02:57 -0400
  Hey Dennis, I'm about to order the fan and brackets is this the correct resistor for this application? Also could you give me...
• Re: Thermo switch or resistor?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:48:39 -0400
  ...In the case of resistor-controlled fans, the fan and resistor together constitute the load, so the wire between the two will show some...
• Re: Radiator Fan Speed HIGH only
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 12 Apr 1999 13:54:58 +0200
  ...unless you have AC?? What do you mean? I have the resistor behind the headlight, and I definitely do not have AC. Is there...
• Re: cooling fan resistor number?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 24 May 2000 10:08:52 -0400
  > anyone know the number? mine is flaking off, and I can't read the whole > thing. It's something like this...2(5 or...
• Re: Where are the relays for the radiator fan?
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Thu, 10 Oct 2002 11:13:05 +0000
  ...From your description, forget about relays & check the cooling fan resistor behind the left headight assembly for continuity. See Bentley Pgs. 97.140 & 97...
• Re: Blue LED instrument lighting
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 00:58:23 -0800
  ...it is probably not a resistor inside, but a current regulator that will keep the LED the same brightness within it's rated operating...
• Re: fan switch or sensor
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sun, 28 Sep 2003 13:06:23 -0400
  ...The resistor assembly is located behind the drivers side headlight frame. I believe the part number for this is 251 979 284 H. I...
• Re: cluster troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Wed, 6 Jun 2012 09:00:16 -0400
  ...Anyone know why my foil has a place for a resistor in the resistor bank where there's no resistor (and so no connection...
• Re: Radiator Fan
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 4 Jun 2020 15:24:20 -0400
  ...Never had a/c means you have the smaller fan giving two speeds with internal resistor, and your high speed fan relay is in...
• WBX 2.1 runs hotter than usual...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 30 Sep 2015 10:47:18 -0700
  ...the Temp2 sensor, the coolant gauge sensor, new heads, new fan resistor what else should I check? vacuum? anything electrical? thanks in advance for...
• Re: A/C fan switch removal, how?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Wagner
  Wed, 11 Jun 1997 23:12:35 -0400 (EDT)
  ...You may have a problem in the resistors for the fan motors.
• intermittent radiator fan / overheating SOLVED
  Historical mailing list - Ryan
  Tue, 3 Oct 2006 21:24:32 -0400
  ...suspect harness connector from the fan ballast resistor, it evidently had sustained heat damage although the resistor tested OK and the fan passed the...
• Radiator fan shutoff problem
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Mon, 6 Sep 1999 17:27:01 EDT
  ...At this point or shortly thereafter, I determined the double resistor for low/mid fan speed had failed leaving me with only the high...
• Re: Bright LED Cheap source & usage
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 3 Dec 2005 07:41:33 -0800
  ...What size resistor do I need to run one of these LED > bulbs on the 12V system of the vanagon? I want to put...
• Re: What Should I See On the Temperature Gage?
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Thu, 8 Oct 2009 15:59:07 -0700
  I'm no mechanic, but my trusted mechanic had to install a resistor to get accurate temp readings on my gauge. FWIW. It wasn...
• Air Flow Metre cheap fix?
  Historical mailing list - LA & Glen
  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 19:35:08 -0700
  ...There is a part available from the dealer but as I understand a resistor or some thing can be put across some of the...
• Re: Rear a/c blower motor resistor
  Historical mailing list - rick Duvernay
  Fri, 16 Jun 2017 16:48:38 -0700
  ...It made no >> difference. >>>>> Is there a resistor in back near the blower motor that I should change? >>>>> Six months ago I removed the...
• New Digifant bogosity
  Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
  Wed, 8 Nov 1995 10:57:21 -0500
  ...Last night I opened up the brainbox to look for the "corroded steel lead resistors" and found no problem - plenty of pristine solder there...
• Re: Blue LED instrument lighting
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 12:14:18 -0800
  ...The wire sticking out of the base was trimmed a little and leg (trimmed also) of the resistor soldered to it. A very short...
• Re: Radiator Fan Resistor Question
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:43:26 -0600
  ...High speed does not use a resistor. > > The headlight circuit has nothing to do with the radiator fan circuit. > There is not a relay...
• Re: Led Brake lamps and audiovox cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 11 Aug 2013 08:31:44 -0400
  ...They make special ones with built in resistors to solve that problem. You can probably buy the resistors separately. Edward At 07:43 PM...
• Re: Blower motor balance
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 12 Mar 2022 20:04:32 +0100
  ...Wonder >> what your guys opinion on that is? Last I was thinking of replacing the >> resistor with a keep resistor. Read up on it...
• AC Blower problem
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:23:39 -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...
• Re: Subject: Re: Making a 12v battery charger from a peecee power supply
  Historical mailing list - Felder
  Sat, 6 Dec 2003 14:20:51 -0600
  ...PC power supplies are free to me (and many others too, all you have to do is ask around), and the resistor I used...
• Re: Stupid Electrical error
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Apr 1994 12:55:56 -0400
  ...the way the variable birghtne usually works is with a variable resistor in series with the dash lights - the thing that is puzzling is...
• High beam indicator ?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 17 Mar 1996 09:29:07 -0500 (EST)
  ...Does it need to be in the original location? I have already replaced the bulb , does any one know the resistor value thats in...
• Re: High Speed Fan
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 5 Jul 2004 12:46:15 -0700
  ...fan resistor, then fan) speed 1 - turned on/off by A/C control panel on/off switch (switch provides current to fan resistor, then...
• FW: Front Blower - Help! (while we're on the subject)
  Historical mailing list - jeff crane
  Fri, 21 Apr 2000 13:54:41 -0400
  You might want to try first checking your blower motor resistor. This is normally located in the air plenum for the heater and or...
• Re: Radiator Fan Resistor Question
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:26:33 -0600
  ...Radiator Fan Resistor Question > > > > Hey Mark, >> >> You're right - had to crimp up a jumper wire, but using a parallel ground >> turned the fan...
• Re: alternator installation
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:14:47 -0500
  ...Because they used a LED they had to shunt across it with a resistor for the same function. Tom www.towercooler.com -----Original Message...
• Simple diagnostic/lifesaving tool?(electronics gurus?)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 07:19:44 -0400
  ...Has anyone ever tried substituting a manually variable resistor for either of the FI Temp senders(air/ coolant)? What would be the required specs...
• Re: [WetWesties] Quick Air Cooled 2.0 Bay-Vanagon parts question
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:18:20 -0700
  ...Ya, viewed this gals '79 and it has the series resistor pack and what is presumably the 11 pin fuel pump relay as I...
• Re: Battery voltage levels, Westy LEDs
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 1 Dec 2015 18:24:14 -0500
  ...Red LEDs (on >the stove cabinet)? They're set by a resistor ladder to half a volt apart. There's a tweak to move...