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• Re: Blower Fan troubles
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:20:09 -0600
  ...Eastman <ckelmo1@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > >>O Esteemed Listees, >> >>The bus's blower fan has become a better noisemaker than an instrument with > which to...
• Re: Heater fan CHIRP!
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 12:04:34 -0600
  ...loud and high pitched that it's painful to use the blower, even > with > my reduced hearing. But, as I continue to, it's...
• Dash removed/re-installed
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 6 May 2012 16:30:24 -0700
  ...New blower motor installed. New heater core installed. Wiper running gear lubed. Grounding stars cleaned, dialectrically greased. Additional cigar lighter outlets (3) installed. Everything...
• Re: anybody want to supe up their Microbus? :)
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
  Thu, 9 Feb 95 16:44:12 CST
  ...of original instructions. > >All parts are original and in great shape. Blower pictured on 59 conv. >in June 1994 VW Trends magazine. Increases power...
• Re: Rear Heater Valve
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 00:47:44 EST
  ...I assume it's because, even without the blower running, it would tend to heat up the area just in front of the rear...
• Too much heat!
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Sat, 6 Feb 1999 12:03:06 -0600
  ...I still get a tremendous amount of heat from the front blower. If I shut the entire system down - move all the control levers...
• Re: Overheated, now what?
  Historical mailing list - Rusty Johnson
  Sun, 7 May 2000 23:29:23 EDT
  ...The belt drives the alternator and the blower for the heater (yes, it's mechanically driven). Rusty J. '80 Westy -- the Vanagon Valdiz (Ok...
• Repair Update Shifter/Heater
  Historical mailing list - Little Bear
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 15:23:12 -0500
  ...So now I am going to have to pull the dash (Arghhh!!) and probably replace the blower. Any hints to do this? Now back...
• Re: heater blower
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 8 Feb 2001 14:33:30 -0500
  At 10:21 AM 2/8/2001, Lee Roesner wrote: >mechanic says its not hard but quite a job to get to. Your opinion...
• Re: dash/stereo
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 19:56:24 EST
  ...save that Henious job for when your heater blower siezes up. chris
• Re: Two heaters
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:53:52 -0500
  ...I already have an aux battery for running the blower when parked. My thinking, right now, is centered around whether to make the second...
• Check your grounds
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Dongilli
  Sat, 1 Aug 1998 09:41:00 -0700
  ...While troubleshooting erratic A/C clutch cycling, I discovered that one of the two blower motors in the evaporator housing was not functioning. I...
• Re: 1985 Westy A/C compressor doesn't turn
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 15 Jun 2015 02:21:41 -0400
  ...The blower in the A/C > >> cabinet runs, but that seems to be it. I don't hear any change in > >> the radiator fan...
• Sticky vent controls?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 20 Aug 2021 08:39:45 -0500
  ...My friendly neighbourhood garage replaced my front blower fan the other day. It had seized some time ago. When the van was returned, I...
• Re: Front Heater Motor: Lube Dries Out?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 2 Jan 2016 17:03:28 -0600
  ...it does mention furnace blowers as one > of it's main applications. > Edward > >> On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 3:32 PM, Karl Wolz...
• Re: Help! Electrical gremlins 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 17 Sep 1999 18:53:30 +0200
  Craig Charles wrote: > Advice anyone? > > My power windows, windshield wipers and blower fans all are going off > intermittently > .They all work today. None worked...
• Re: Electrical Gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Kevin White
  Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:00:17 -0800
  ...and drain battery if not shut off), and wipers and heater blowers are happily bypassing everything and working away. > > I didn't wire it...
• Re: Decisions, Decisions, Now WHICH Front Blower Motor To Buy?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:51:47 -0700
  No. I've usually used pretty generic ones. Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus On Dec 28, 2011, at 1:48 AM, David...
• Re: Lights out last night.
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Mon, 6 Nov 2006 10:02:00 -0800
  ...I made a left and lost the > headlights and the heater blower fan at the same time... > Luckily- If I hold the high beam...
• Re: Front heater core and heater blower replacement
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:47:34 -0500
  ...Symptoms are, no blower action, loss of coolant that happens only when the front heater is in use (rear heater core is never closed...
• Re: WBX Front Heater Core Mystery Sheet Metal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 7 May 2014 13:40:39 -0500
  ...itself. > > Inside the heater box, sandwiched between the core and the blower manifold > openings, is a piece of sheet metal that doesn't quite...
• Re: [Q] Bypassing Rear Seat Heat Exchanger
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 17 Oct 1997 19:12:20 -0400
  ...Actually, not too bad. $89 for a new rear heater core. ($159 for a front one, and $99 for the front blower.) These are...
• fan/dash
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Sun, 18 Jun 2000 15:03:15 -0300
  ...This really isn't worth doing BTW, get an early series Rabbit front blower unit, complete with housing since they don't disassemble. Takes...
• Re: High and low pressure zones on a Vanagon - ideas for my intercooler anyon...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 8 Jun 2001 03:18:57 EDT
  ...If you want to force air through the intercooler, an inline fan, like a bilge blower, might work. Robert Keezer 1982 Westfalia Seattle [text...
• Re: aiding cooling system by turning on heater blower
  Historical mailing list - sg
  Wed, 16 May 2001 15:49:07 -0700
  hahaha! thaz funnee! > It is Friday, right? > > Better yet let's run a copper tube to the top of the vehicle and place an...
• Re: BA-6 gas heater repair/part needed- gas heater for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 12:22:50 EST
  ...COYOTE.COLORADO.EDU writes: > I need to replace/rebuild the combustion blower motor on > my '81 BA-6 gas heater. After 20 years of...
• Re: front heater problems 85'/Lord have Mercy!
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 23 Jan 2003 11:13:36 EST
  ...the nearest Krylon can when you read that it is a Good Thing to cap off the end of the blower motor shaft? George
• Re: Mike B's Method For Removing Outer CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:10:09 -0500
  ...Years I pulled my dash to replace my locked up front blower motor, not a fun job! I stated here on this list that...
• Re: Dash blower fan
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 10 Dec 2017 17:45:04 -0800
  ...I am airing on the side of caution and buying an after market > replacement from Van Cafe, because when the blower fan seized it...
• Heater Refurbished Still Questions
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Sun, 30 Jan 2005 23:41:36 -0500
  ...What is MMO?.....Would you ever use furnace blower motor oil (120VAC motor, light weight oil?) here? Looks like Michael used everthing he had...
• Re: Front heater fan squealing - how to fix?
  Historical mailing list - 1speedsteed
  Thu, 4 Dec 2003 16:39:38 -0700
  ...And be prepared to rework the blower box. By the time you get to > >> this point on one, it;s time to fix all...
• Re: Heater fan CHIRP!
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Shawley
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 14:04:56 -0400
  ...loud and high pitched that it's painful to use the blower, even with > my reduced hearing. But, as I continue to, it's...
• new low milage gas
  Historical mailing list - L.V.Bauer
  Fri, 14 Jun 1996 17:02:01 -0700
  ...about, so far, is only with 2 stroke engines, lawn mower, blower motors, ect. The problem seems to be with carberator componets, not bieing...
• Re: Heater Question
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 07:54:50 -0500
  ...Actually I'm pretty sure it's the blower, it only works on the medium setting most of the time, but on rare occasions...
• FW: heater fan probelm
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 13:49:26 -0400
  ...When i have tested light, whipper, turn, horn, hazard etc..., i have realized that the blower fan doesn't work. i have checked power...
• Re: Fan switch...
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 16:37:02 -0600
  ...Hi .....about two weeks ago someone on this list helped be diagnos my problem with the heater blower and said that they had a...
• Question about front heater core removal... blower motor wires
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:49:50 -0600
  I just now got to the point where I could lift the heater core of my 90 clear of its mounts... except for one...
• Re: Defrost Windshield
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Fri, 5 Dec 2008 12:09:46 -0500
  ...Is this fixable with out removing dash? Btw my blower is not > working right now...does that effect airflow for the defrost? I am...
• Turn signal won't work at all
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Sat, 23 Feb 2019 11:07:43 -0800
  Hi to all, ‘86 Weekender 2.1, A/C I have worked on the heater system, took the dash out, changed the blower motor...
• Re: 89 Vanagon westy with AC my front blower fan runs only on high speed
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 9 Oct 2016 10:14:51 -0400
  Keith, Still waiting for some clarification about which fan has the problem. If you are talking about the radiator fan, the usual suspect is...
• Re: cheap sunroof vanagon FS on CL
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Thu, 16 Jan 2014 08:51:13 -0500
  ...you can see > the lower grille and rear heater core/blower. >
• Re: Techron
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:27:36 -0400
  ...But it's great stuff for getting into seized electric-motor bearings and getting them running again (Vanagon heater blower...), and similar penetrant+lubrication...
• we got the '89...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jul 1995 22:47:26 -0500
  ...On the way to the dealer (from home, with the kids) the A/C first turned warm, then the blower quit. Smelled bad too...
• Vanagon fuse box
  Historical mailing list - Sue Booth
  Sun, 03 Nov 1996 00:05:14 +0100
  ...I have discovered that if I have the windshield wipers on at any setting and I turn the blower fan to setting 3, it...
• Electrical weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 23:27:32 -0400
  ...All the fuses are fine, but all the interior electircs that depend on the ignition switch (blower fans, AC, wipers, but not the radio...
• Re: shear bolt source?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 08:59:26 -0600
  ...group wisdom is that they should be replaced after removal > (front blower motor expedition), but I've not idea where to purchase such an...
• No start electrical smell
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Wed, 7 May 2003 21:41:05 -0400
  ...The following do work: - Blower fan settings 1, 2 and, 3 work - Radio works - Headlights low and high beam work - Lights on dash blink...
• More Front heater core removal info
  Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
  Tue, 9 Sep 2003 22:28:48 -0400
  ...how to tackle the problem of fixing a bad front heater blower. Email me by about 10 Wednesday night and I'll send them...
• Re: New 12 cyl. diesel transplant option
  Historical mailing list - Chris Geiser
  Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:16:28 -0600
  ...diesel transplant option Actually, isn't it already a TDI - there is a blower on this as big as most houses! The description says...
• Re: Lights out last night.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 6 Nov 2006 10:41:39 -0600
  ...I made a left and lost the > headlights and the heater blower fan at the same time... > Luckily- If I hold the high beam...
• for sale: complete westfalia a/c systems, and front overhead a/c systems
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 May 2006 11:02:29 EDT
  ...comes with everything you need, including the upper cabinet including ac vents, evap, blowers, wiring, switches on dash, condenser, lines, compressor, drier, etc..etc...
• Re: Noisy bearing (?) on front heater fan
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 09:41:36 -0800
  ...Rob becida@comcast.net who pulled the blower twice on an '86 syncro because he wasn't smart enough to replace the motor the...
• Re: Lights out last night.
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Mon, 6 Nov 2006 10:28:54 -0800
  ...I made a left and lost the > headlights and the heater blower fan at the same time... > Luckily- If I hold the high beam...
• Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Sat, 2 Oct 2010 16:38:47 -0400
  ...Also wondering if I should return the meyle blower and get the more expensive one that is being sold. Any horror stories with the...
• Re: '85 Westy Heater Booster Won't Shut Off
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 26 Jan 2003 23:04:59 -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...
• Re: FW: Air conditioning keep it or leave it?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 6 Mar 2005 01:36:57 EST
  ...you can make your upper cabinet into a cabinet once you remove the evap/blowers but then you have a cabinet with no door...
• Re: On the subject of Heat
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 09:11:58 -0800 (PST)
  And David Preston thus wrote: > > While in the process of installing an in-line blower in my 1972 Pop-Top, I > managed to break...
• 85 Westy drive belt
  Historical mailing list - Gentle Ridge
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 00:10:03 -0500
  ...Any obvious things that could cause this? Also, front heater blower is not working. Ouch! For that replacement, 4-5 hours?! Thanks for any...
• Platinum Cat propane vented heater for sale $300/obo
  Historical mailing list - matt bezark
  Tue, 13 May 2003 22:32:39 -0600
  ...It has a built in blower and includes the thermostat controls. i also have a gas regulator and hose so you can just screw...
• Re: Living the Compleat Vanagon Experience.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:14:14 -0500
  ...had a rear heater core fail and leak, a front heater blower quit working, and the infamouse collant lines leak through. Some may consider...