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• WBX parts
  Historical mailing list - John Andersen
  Mon, 31 May 1999 16:31:12 -0700
  ...The 83 has an odd a/c configuration with the front blower setup over the front window not behind the drivers head, the rear...
• more Vanagon stuff FS: addendum
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:08:30 EDT
  ...s - rear vanagon seat, blue nice shape w/ armrests - vanagon dash blowers/htr cores -complete shift linkage, shifter, clutch pedal assy, etc (everything for...
• Re: FS: Westy Eberspacher heater CHEAP!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:04:17 -0600
  ...The Heater w/combustion blower / fuel pump / wire loom / fuel T fitting. Safety reset switch, interior thermostat, wire loom. Dash slider controls with the...
• Re: A radical idea
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 01:45:50 -0600
  ...Fried front blower motor and other ducting problems in 83.5 van. Problem: Have neither the time nor patience to remove all the dash...
• Re: alternator alternate
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 14 Feb 2002 20:58:43 -0600
  ...With everything on the van turned on, headlights, driving lights, radio, halogen sink light, blower motor on oil the cooler, blower motor on the...
• How to PROOF your Battery
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 19:19:44 -0700
  ...Disconnect the charger, turn on the high beams and blower motor and watch the volts drop for 30 seconds to a minute, then shut...
• Re: FS: Ebersp�cher BA-6 Auxillary Ga s fueled interior heater
  Historical mailing list - Wognacious
  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 11:06:45 -0700
  ...i have the ducting up to the dash blower for those of you with watercooled vans, so this can be used on either aircooled...
• Cabin Heat / Aux Heating / Propane Heater/ camping heater / pics
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:44:50 -0800
  ...4 inch 107 cfm 12vt box fan draws 1/2 an amp for the main blower, 10ohmm resistor to gives the fan 2 speeds...
• Re: Front blower fix: Free and permanent
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 11:52:53 -0400
  ...the bearing at the other end which is enclosed in the blower rotor. ppps - whoever mentioned the fire possibilities wasn't just, er, blowing...
• Re: Blog post about 85 doka
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 26 Mar 2015 07:33:56 -0400
  Alustair you might want to put a some relays in the system to unload the blower fan switch. That fan is more powerful than...
• Re: '90 Carat - Radio turns off and back on when starting the van
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:58:23 -0500
  ...power was taken from the X relay circuit (lights, wipers, heater blowers and such would also go off). I have since added an aux...
• Re: Audio options for a Westfalia...
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 16 May 2000 23:37:35 -0400
  ...unit fit the aperture OK, but > the location of the heater blower meant that it was tilted down ever so slightly, > just enough to...
• Need� Heater coverPlate & Air Distributor
  Historical mailing list - M Kaz
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 15:18:31 -0400
  ...These are the plastic cover and ducting that goes from the heater blower that warms your toes, and then down under the front carpet...
• Re: ?How to remove air deflector / heater cover in a '90 Carat
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Wed, 7 Aug 2002 11:06:06 -0400
  ...It will let go and slide away from the blower outlet.
• Re: Anybody know where the heater fan resistor hides?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 00:29:18 -0400
  ...Can anybody tell me where it >lives? It's inside the blower housing. But strictly speaking the resistor must be good, since low speed...
• Re: overheating issues
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 7 Sep 2005 09:55:30 -0700
  > > Open up the rear heater valve, and the front one too. > > Now, when the temp gauge starts climbing turn both heater blower's on...
• Can't back up
  Historical mailing list - Rob Rubin
  Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:37:51 -0800
  Well I can but my reverse lights do not come on.Recently had the dash out for a front blower motor/heater core replacement...
• Re: Ignition switch question
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Tue, 20 Jun 2023 07:34:53 -0400
  ...one time I noticed either worked or didn’t work when blower > motor on. I can’t remember witch. > At the moment all is...
• Re: Dash blower fan
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Mon, 11 Dec 2017 02:24:31 +0000
  ...I am airing on the side of caution and buying an after market > replacement from Van Cafe, because when the blower fan seized it...
• Re: Front Heater Motor: Lube Dries Out?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 2 Jan 2016 11:23:08 -0500
  ...Another totally worn out blower for a woodstove has showed the same results. that extendable spout may even reach the vanagon front blower motor...
• Still for sale. 81 vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Nov 1997 18:26:41 -0500
  ...I live in AZ , need I say more? I used the blower from the alternator to direct cooler air to help the main fan...
• Rear Heater core leaking (help)!
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Smith
  Mon, 29 Sep 1997 09:10:18 EST
  ...I've taken off the blower etc, and isolated the leak to somewhere within the core itself or the on/off valve (its not...
• Re: Electrical weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 02:38:11 +0200
  ...All the fuses are fine, > but all the interior electircs that depend on the ignition switch (blower > fans, AC, wipers, but not the radio...
• complete westfalia a/c system for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:51:56 EST
  ...comes with everything you >>> need, >>> including the upper cabinet including ac vents, evap, blowers, wiring, >>> switches on dash, condenser, lines, compressor, drier, wiring harness...
• complete westfalia a/c system for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:19:54 EDT
  ...comes with everything you need, including the upper cabinet including ac vents, evap, blowers, wiring, switches on dash, condenser, lines, compressor, drier, wiring harness...
• Bird nest in westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:01:36 -0600
  ...mouse nest in my van!!got it out with repeated yard > blower applications to all the vents in turn. Got it all out with...
• Re: Aux Heater-Do I Feel Stupid!
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 2 Dec 2007 17:24:01 -0500
  ...The first indication that it might be trying to work is a noticeable fan noise - there's an air blower fan in the back...
• TERRIBLE GAS MILEAGE/Running Cold?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:26:41 -0500
  ...Of course I had a bad dash blower, so wasn't all that sure on the heat. Gas mileage was always bad. 14mpg max...
• Re: Blower motor anatomy
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:43:03 -0800
  ...2010 7:32 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Blower motor anatomy The heater fan that I resurrected, still in the dash...
• Re: AC Blower problem
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:52:09 -0700
  ...confirmed that (after making the connection that the fuse provides) > the blower works in the 2 high settings just fine !! > > So the obvious question...
• WBX Front Heater Core Mystery Sheet Metal
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Wed, 7 May 2014 11:01:20 -0700
  ...Inside the heater box, sandwiched between the core and the blower manifold openings, is a piece of sheet metal that doesn't quite cover...
• Carat rear carpet / Lower dash heater cover
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:39:10 -0400
  ...into and needed the lower dash part that covers the heater blower. I am sorry but I forgot which members needed them and I...
• Re: 1982 Diesel Vanagon: Heater Core / Fan
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 5 Oct 2012 16:55:07 -0400
  ...If you're opening up the box to replace the heater core, I'd replace all the seals, clean the blower motor bushings (possibly...
• AC elec fire
  Historical mailing list - Mack Paschall
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 11:37:28 -0400
  ...Turned AC thermo switch all the way off, it stayed on. Blowers stayed on, smoke starts billowing out of the housing of the center...
• Front heater core best option?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 5 Apr 2025 10:57:24 -0400
  ...And, any reminders on ways to improve the health of the blower as it does squeal a bit. Eric Caron 85 GL auto
• Some new blog posts
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 24 Mar 2015 17:32:25 -0700
  ...Blog is here, https://shufti.wordpress.com I have more to come, including some pics of neighbours doka that I replaced heater blower on...
• Re: Curious case of no headlights-wipers-blower motors
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:19:24 -0800
  Exactly right. I have decided to start referring to it as the "ignition_combo_switch" since it has 3 switches inside that are critical...
• Steering Column bolts again
  Historical mailing list - Elkavitch, Michael and Diana
  Sat, 26 Feb 2000 17:59:43 -0500
  ...My blower motor sits, awaiting an answer to the latest problem. The Breakaway Bolts on the steering column, the upper ones, are not breaking...
• aircooled part needed.
  Historical mailing list - Adam Puzerewski
  Sun, 14 May 2000 06:03:15 -0400
  ...that comes accross the rear of the engine from the alternator/blower, and thru the engine compartment tin to the rear of the heat...
• Rear Window Wiper
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 13:15:27 -0500
  ...If I am running my wipers and my heater blower at the same time eventually the fuse will blow - usually within 10 minutes or...
• Re: First cold day- alternate replacement switch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:56:04 -0400
  ...switch alone, but run a separate fused circuit to power the blower on high speed; switch it with a relay controlled by the high...
• Re: � � � Re: Front Overhead AC Modified fo r a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 4 Apr 2007 11:25:50 -0600
  ...Nada! As should be in the detailed description, I moved the blower/ > evap unit forward relative to the typical Vanagon AC mounting to > minimize...
• AC evaporator lowering question
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Sun, 7 Sep 2008 11:27:02 -0700
  Guys, I am about to un-bolt and lower my AC evaporator/blower assembly (non camper model) I realize the unit is heavy and...
• Re: Cabin Heat / Aux Heating / Propane Heater/ camping heater / pics
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:30:32 -0800
  ...4 inch 107 cfm 12vt box fan draws 1/2 an amp for the > main blower, 10ohmm resistor to gives the fan 2 speeds...
• AC - Again! '91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 22 Jul 2016 13:38:44 -0500
  ...empty or low on refrigerant)) Ignition ON ( but not start) AC blower fan set to low AC CONTROL set to cool Will the fan...
• Re: To Add Insult To Injury
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:46:34 -0800
  ...To Add Insult To Injury Old blower motor is out and sitting on my workbench. It was locked up but with a little muscle...
• Re: Fan noise
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Bebb
  Sun, 13 Jul 1997 15:22:04 +0100
  On Fri, 11 Jul 1997 09:59:50 -0500 Kedar Warriner <lmckewa@lmc.ericsson.se> writes: >Hi > >The blower fan in the dashboard (vent...
• Re: Strange AC sighting in MD junkyard
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sat, 23 Oct 1999 14:48:59 -0400
  ...You would have hoses everywhere, but the ducting system, and the blowers would not be redundent. You would also have to put an evaperator...
• 1988 GL Westy For Sale in NY
  Historical mailing list - John Federico
  Tue, 9 Oct 2001 10:32:13 -0700
  ...top good, new battery, new alternator, new a/c compressor and blower, new alpine cd radio and blaupunkt speakers, new rugs, needs no work...
• Catalytic heaters (again)
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 23:32:09 -0400
  ...the disadvantage of electrical draw (1.8 amps), and >noise of blower fan but advantage of being completely safe, and warmer >(higher BTU's...
• Re: Blower Fan troubles
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Wed, 2 Dec 2009 13:52:48 -0800
  one alternative is to use a used blower fan out of the rear ac cabinet. likely to have very little hours compared to front...
• Re: Blower Seized, Freeing Advice Needed for 82 diesel
  Historical mailing list - T. Thompson
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 08:03:01 -0400
  ...to start enjoying a November with heat it seems my > heater blower has stopped. The switch is working and I have noticed that the...
• FS: Ebersp�cher BA-6 Auxillary Gas He ater
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 00:34:23 EDT
  ...i have the ducting up to the dash blower for those of you with watercooled vans, so this can be used on either aircooled...
• Re: Wipers suddenly not working, trip tomorrow
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 1 Jun 2013 17:12:39 -0400
  ...Page 97.66 Wipers have worked since the dash went back on, yes? Do the heater blower and rear defrost work? If so, the...
• Re: ok here we go...
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 5 Oct 94 16:40:39 PDT
  ...I had my blower switch malfunction > on me one time and they're a pup to fix. Just pull off the vent control lever...
• Re: WBX into Thing and VR6 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 01:13:10 -0600
  Check out that Eaton Blower applied to the ol' Wasserboxer!!! Sure wish I could read German!!! Cool Site!! John Rodgers "88GL Driver Benjamin Tan...
• Re: Front heater core and heater blower replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:23:07 EST
  In a message dated 2/11/08 5:29:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, mdrillock@COX.NET writes: > Heaters?? It is 80 degrees out...
• Lubricate front heater control cables?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
  Sun, 4 May 2008 23:16:58 -0500
  Volks, I'm reassembling the dash on my 91 Vanagon GL after opening the heater case and replacing the front heater core and blower...
• Re: Maintenance
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 4 Oct 2012 15:37:49 -0500
  ...The heat from the defroster blower is not sufficient to defeat that high humidity. With the AC turned on, the air dries out, helping...
• Dash back in place...
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:16:05 -0700
  Today I finally got the dash together again, after removing it to replace the blower fan which has been seized for several years. Not...