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• Re: Name that Vanagon Part......
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 10:39:31 -0500
  ...That would be your radiator-fan resistor for low speeds. Gets quite hot in use... david -- David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net...
• Re: Blue LED instrument lighting
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 13:46:03 -0800
  ...1.8 V and a narrow beam spread (20 > degrees?). "Flattened" area at base of LED > indicates the negative post. > > resistor - 470 - 500 ohm...
• Re: Is my radiator fan thermoswitch bad?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Thu, 25 Jun 1998 13:40:20 -0500
  My guess is that your resistor pack is toast. It sits behind the driver's headlight assm. Ididn't even know there was a...
• Re: LEDs for the dash
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 9 Aug 2006 09:22:21 -0500
  ...Put a meter in series with the circuit to measure current and then gradually decrease the value of the resistor to get the current...
• Question @ Front Heater/Blower Fan
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Sun, 21 Jul 2002 08:46:50 -0700
  ...Anyone experience this? Is there a Resistor somewhere that could be a part of the problem? Also..when the fan did run it was...
• Re: Dash blower fan
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 10 Dec 2017 17:45:04 -0800
  ...So, I > can't put this resistor back in and be able to sleep at night. It delays my > project majorly but I feel...
• Re: Digifant II quirky issue. 3000 RPM rev limit?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 11 May 2017 13:30:47 -0400
  ...Such a diode (or sometimes a resistor) is there to reduce arcing/contact welding when switching inductive loads. Yrs, d On Thu, May 11...
• Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:40:56 -0700
  ...Back in the day I made up led and resistor combo and fitted into the bulb holders for the dash lights. It dimmed to...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: Front heater motor blues
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Thu, 31 Dec 1998 13:44:45 -0500
  ...Could this be the resistor or the fan motor??? How much work is it to repair this problem. Any info would be helpful. In...
• Re: Radiator Fan Swap
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:11:26 -0800
  ...You will need a 60+ amp relay and the fan resistor, as well as some big wire and a fuse. Mark Jake de Villiers...
• Re: Resistor and diode values for 88+ vanagon instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Kupcinski
  Mon, 16 Dec 2013 07:54:02 -0600
  On Dec 15, 2013, at 3:20 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote: > The diodes are marked in your photo - check the specs...
• Re: 89 Vanagon westy with AC my front blower fan runs only on high speed
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 8 Oct 2016 13:02:03 -0400
  ...The resistor pack on the front fan can be reached by removing the dash...sorry. :-) With enough electronics skill and determination it may be...
• Re: AFM Wear?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 07:28:03 -0800
  On Sun, 6 Dec 1998, KBatzler wrote: > I noticed that the variable resistor > is slowly wearing through the "carbon" track. I know that this...
• Re: (Symptoms) No Start, Hesitate at Start
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:00:14 -0800
  ...At operating temps I seem to recall using a 200 or 300 ohm resistor to replace the temp sensor. Check the manual. Angus
• Re: AIR FLOW METER
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 07:57:28 -0000
  ...I understand that no two variable resistors can be absolutely identical, but I was involved in sophisticated production and dealt with resistors with no...
• Re: high beam indicator
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 11:00:26 -0700
  ...Make sure you have the correct dropping resistor as well (about 600 ohm?, I can't recall). I found a diffused LED, and my...
• Re: Rear a/c blower motor resistor
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Fri, 16 Jun 2017 23:49:05 +0000
  ...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: rear heater blower
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 12:57:50 -0800
  If the fan motor does work but only at one level, I would suspect not the motor but the large resistor that sits right...
• Re: Blower motor balance
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 12 Mar 2022 17:33:30 +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...
• Re: Running a 4.5v LED on 12v
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:26:32 -0600
  ...If you know how much current the light draws then I can calculate the correct size power resistor you can put in series. Or...
• Re: affordable alternatives RE: Radiator fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:27:44 -0400
  At 10:02 AM 7/28/2013, Dennis Haynes wrote: >2nd speed. The 2nd speed is only activated by the AC. You may be...
• Re: Temp sensor II
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Fri, 6 Oct 2000 14:10:13 -0400
  ...I substituted a fixed resistor to get my engine started when the sensor quit on a very cold morning last winter. ================================ Angus Gordon '89...
• Re: Front Blower - Help! (while we're on the subject)
  Historical mailing list - jeff crane
  Fri, 21 Apr 2000 17:46:12 -0400
  ...Make sure you look that resistor over. The coils that form the restricted pathways, can actually burn into and fall over against the other...
• Re: LVC adding LED interior lighting
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Lundstrom
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:45:27 -0700
  Hi Todd, The device he's using should (will) already have resistors for current limiting; one per LED or some other number/value for...
• Intermittent low instrument reading?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 4 Sep 2018 07:16:32 -0700
  ...I Is this a ground issue, or that little resistor, maybe? Where should I start? Thanks, DH
• Re: AFM cap fix, maybe fixed my very intermittent problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 21:23:17 -0400
  ...But the switch has always given me Run a wire up front with a yellow miniature LED and 470 ohm resistor and you'll...
• Re: headlights (all) - poof!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 21:51:08 -0700
  ...click on the turn signal lever for the high > beams. > > The green resistor lump behind the left headlight appears to be intact. > > H > switch?
• Re: Noid Light Recommendations
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:11:10 -0500
  ...any LED that's lying around, with a say a thousand or fifteen-hundred ohm resistor in series. Totally non-critical values. Yrs, David
• Vanagon Syndrome Factory Cable - ??
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 10 Jun 2003 17:21:21 -0700
  ...of these harnesses and there's much more than just a resistor between 2 wires, there's a rather complicated little box that all...
• Re: Blue LED instrument lighting
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 12:31:19 -0600
  ...1.8 V and a narrow > beam spread (20 degrees?). "Flattened" area at base of LED indicates the > negative post. > > resistor - 470 - 500 ohm...
• Re: Rigging up spare Rear Defogger Switch to do other stuff
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 3 Apr 2020 01:24:30 +0000
  ...sort of a standard small amber LED, what is the appropriate resistor?  Even better...I'm sure there are multiple sources for the proper...
• Vanagon Unobtainium I just got in from Germany
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 12 May 2010 08:17:09 -0400
  ...You are welcome! Radiator fan resistor- $45. This fan resistor is used on 86-91 Vanagons and is located behind the driver's side...
• Re: For auto trans owners only
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 15 Jul 2013 23:48:58 -0400
  ...What color are your lights and how well does the dimming work? Did you modify anything? Did Van Cafe add extra resistors to the...
• Re: High Beam LED? again
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 3 Apr 2000 19:26:53 -0400
  ...If you plug an LED into the socket without changing the series resistor it will probably smoke (although a blue one might not, they...
• Re: Resistor and diode values for 88+ vanagon instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 10:29:07 -0800
  ...Does anyone know what the spec resistor and diode values are > for the instrument cluster in a 88-91 Vanagon? Bentley lists the values...
• Re: Digitool building and group entertainment.
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 22:21:57 EST
  ...In a message dated 11/26/00 10:07:56 PM, ingalls_mark@HOTMAIL.COM writes: << this would be a resistor I presume. . . . . . I...
• Re: What does an Air flow meter do?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Tue, 24 Nov 1998 21:44:57 -0500
  ...dirt on the resistor surface and the wiper contact, or second: the wiper has worn a path on the resistor surface. If careful cleaning...
• Looking for a wiring harness for Vanagon overhead AC unit
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:29:16 -0500
  ...It plugs into the two fans and then has two resistors on the harness as well. If anyone has a good used one of...
• front blower motor
  Historical mailing list - Arthur Sauerhaft
  Mon, 17 Dec 2001 19:12:38 -0500
  ...Are the resistors that control the speed a separate part? Do they usually have to be replaced as well? Before I get involved with...
• Re: rear heater question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 17 Dec 2002 06:43:55 -0600
  Check the speed step resistor. Should be clamped next to the heater core. Stan Wilder On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 07:04:27 -0500...
• Re: defroster grid repair (instrument cluster ribbon?)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Sun, 4 Mar 2007 22:57:14 -0800
  ...I've soldered jumpers, changed resistors, etc. Kim Springer 89 Tristar 2WD > I don't have an instrument cluster ribbon problem but I was...
• Re: ISCU - Trying to fix it
  Historical mailing list - Anders Lundin
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 05:48:07 +0200
  ...the > transistor for a ECG185 and the resistor for a 51 ohms 2 watts. After all, I > realized that my old resistor was still...
• Re: '86 ECU (digifant) needed!!!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Feb 1997 12:21:19 -0800
  ...If you find any really black, charred, ir melted resistors, try another one. If one of the copper wires is burned off, the ECU...
• Re: Alternator not charging/ solenoid meltdown
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 21:00:33 -0500
  ...Steve, on the '80-'84s there is a 150 ohm, half-watt resistor paralleling the idiot light LED and resistor. This is labeled "series...
• High beam indicator bulb. replace it with LED
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 28 Aug 2016 18:30:11 -0400
  ...I assume the bulb is wired for 12V and I will need a resistor... what value? Thanks for any advice! Edward
• Re: High Beam Indicator-Ya Gotta Be Kidding Me!!!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 19 May 2003 09:18:52 -0400
  ...can't carry enough current so they paralleled it > with a resistor -- 150 ohms maybe? I doubt if taking the LED out of > circuit...
• Looking for a ballast resistor (86+ Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - David in Portland
  Sun, 24 Aug 2003 01:22:54 -0700
  Its the wire-wrapped ceramic tube that lives behind the driver's side headlight and gives a low speed to the radiator fan. (I...
• Re: JUICE BOX
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 6 Dec 2007 22:32:12 -0800
  ...It's apparently a 4.7K resistor on the water temp sensor, making the engine run slightly richer. Link to a mechanic laughing about...
• LED tail lights (was Skylight Arm)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 22 Dec 2003 07:14:28 -0800
  ...I also added 2 diodes (1N4005) >and another resistor in series with the entire LED cluster. >When I was done, I had 3 wires...
• Re: Recommended spark plugs for WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 19:04:44 -0600
  ...True or not? On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote: > Resistor plugs minimize radio interference. They...
• Re: High beam blue LED
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 21:19:21 -0500
  ...Note that the series resistor for the LEDs is 470 ohms, while that for the bulb is 270 ohms. Granted the Bentley is full...
• RE: EV - fan resistors
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Feb 1996 19:48:09 +0000
  At 6:23 PM 2/7/96, "Skip Correll 615-757-5585 (School)" <CORRELL_SKIP@a1.cps.k12.t wrote: > Rob: > > I am interested...
• Re: fan wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 19:05:56 -0700
  ...I'll try to illustrate: _ connector /_/ top is black wire, left is red wire, right is duoble black/red wire. /_/_/ resistor |_|_____________| left is front...
• Re: Temp gauge LED
  Historical mailing list - Robert Dalton
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 22:16:11 -0800
  ...I tested it by substituting resistors for the sender, simulating different temperatures. It blinked with high temperature, so I'm pretty sure mine doesn...
• Re: AC Blower Fan Speed
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:07:40 -0400
  ...The thing is that there are actually two resistors, one on each side, in the rear overhead AC evaporator housing to do the different...
• Radiator fan debacle (86 Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:13:12 -0400
  ...The cause of the whole debacle was the radiator fan resistor. Apparently when she was idling, the resistor went out for the lower fan...
• Re: ISC troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:53:33 -0500
  ...I have taken the defective unit apart and seems almost comical in > its > > design and construction - so many resistors, transistors and capacitor! > > None > > of...
• More on the radiator fan (85 vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Sat, 22 Jul 2006 14:17:30 -0700
  ...t do it.....So, does this also have the low speed resistor behind the left headlight? ( NON A/C westy ). Also, is there a...
• Re: ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:58:47 +0200
  On 9/23/07, David Kao <dtkao0205@yahoo.com> wrote: > Try to measure each resistor on the PCB. They tend to change value because...
• Running rough, dies as temp gauge starts to register
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:59:31 -0700
  Mark, I'd test and/or replace the coolant temp sensor, as this variable resistor is the primary source for information on air/fuel...