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• Re: AC blower motor resistor? 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:30:02 -0400
  ...The RADIATOR resistor pack is behind the front left headlight. The AC blower fan is near the AC blowers. I.E. up in the...
• Re: [vanagon] low speed rad. cooling fan
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 15 Sep 2000 21:08:30 -0400
  > <snip> I believe there is a series resistor in-line somewhere to create > LOW speed. Does anyone know where this is located? Rob, the...
• Re: Charge warning light LED question - David B.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 9 May 2012 17:48:47 -0400
  ...You could use an LED the way the Vanagon does, but in addition to the series resistor for the LED you'd have to...
• Re: afordable alternatives RE: Radiator fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 27 Jul 2013 22:12:18 -0400
  ...Radiator fan resistor Last week the fan resistor in Fun Bus failed on the way to see my son in the hospital. As many...
• Vanagon Radiator Fan Resistor Available at Van-Again
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 13:12:30 -0400
  Dear List, Just want to give the list a heads up on the state of the low speed resistor for the Vanagon radiator fan...
• EV Fan Resistor Update
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 21:18:59 -0500 (EST)
  I just purchased a spare set of fan resistors for my EV...interestingly enough the ones I had in the EV were part number...
• '85+ instrument cluster resistor/capacitor identification?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 6 Mar 2006 09:22:57 -0500
  I just searched the archives and I could not find a schematic or diagram for the identification of the resistors and capacitors that live...
• Re: more mysterious circuitry
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Thu, 7 Jun 2012 20:38:20 -0400
  Wow, thanks guys, this is some great information!! The old resistors measure correctly so I've just kept them. I guess resistors last a...
• Re: Eurovan Radiator Fans not running
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Sat, 10 Jun 2000 00:27:44 EDT
  ...If the resistors are shot, your fans should still be able to run at high speed. I'm not sure where the fuses are...
• Rear a/c blower motor resistor
  Historical mailing list - rick Duvernay
  Mon, 12 Jun 2017 13:18:59 -0500
  ...Is there a resistor in back near the blower motor that I should change? Six months ago I removed the dash and changed out...
• Re: All 2 Speed Radiator Fans Use Internal Resistor?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:28:55 -0800
  ...The larger fan motor setup uses a resistor to create lower speeds. A/C models have a 2 speed resistor to create 2 lower...
• Re: OXS and battery LEDs
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Tue, 21 Oct 2003 07:58:47 -0700
  ...The LED has a resistor in series to limit the LED current, and there is also another resistor in parallel with the LED and...
• Daytime Running Lights-91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Tue, 25 Feb 97 19:22:51 UT
  ...My local dealer couldn't find the relays or the resistor in his parts books. If anyone can give me the relay and resistor...
• Re: Rad fan--2 or 3 wire???stumped
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 19:23:10 -0700
  ...A 2 wire resistor unit is available for > > non-A/C with one low speed and a 3 wire resistor for A/C to...
• For Sale - Vanagon Dual Tube Ballast Resistor / New
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:26:20 -0700
  So Larry, Functionally what is the difference between the two resistors? Are you still in Alaska? gary Message: 1 Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003...
• Re: basic electronics question
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 16:30:25 -0700
  ...A single LED in circuit with the resistor is pretty linear, since the resistor is the major consumer, and as you start adding serial...
• Re: Fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:11:11 -0700
  ...Fan resistor > Hi All, > > So my fan only runs on high, and it seems that I need a new resistor. > Called Bus Depot but...
• Re: radiator fan
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:02:52 -0700
  FWIW, looking at '83, '84 Digijet wiring diagram, resistor appears to be inside the fan motor itself. i.e. I didn't install a...
• Re: no low fan speed
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 11:04:27 -0700
  ...My resistor was OK but the switch (in the radiator) was toast, though. Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob & Lrae Winterkorn" <volksman@ENTERACT.COM...
• Re: Radiator fan debacle (86 Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 22 Jul 2006 09:28:19 -0700
  Keep in mind that it is only A/C equipped models which even have that external dual tap resistor. The non-A/C models...
• Re: Fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:25:19 -0400
  We have resistors for $75 each if anyone needs one. Sorry I didn't respond sooner but it was the weekend! part number is...
• Re: LOUD! cooling fan/91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Sun, 9 Aug 1998 11:47:22 -0500
  ...Its the resistor block and relays cause the speed changes. Most likely you had a burned resistor block which located behind the driver side...
• Re: All 2 Speed Radiator Fans Use Internal Resistor?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:49:08 -0800
  ...The > larger fan motor setup uses a resistor to create lower speeds. A/C models > have a 2 speed resistor to create 2 lower...
• Re: engine surge on idle --- FIX
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Sat, 16 Apr 1994 21:14:56 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I added a 500 ohm resistor in series > to it. Seems to have stopped the problem, although > the idle is a bit low (800...
• AFM resistor photo
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:32:11 -0400
  Dear Volks, I'm looking for a good detailed photo of the resistor plate in an AFM -- 2.1 or 1.9 doesn't...
• Re: Switch to LED lighting
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 09:12:09 -0700
  ...A load resistor in parallel with the LED bulb (by which I mean the lamps themselves and their current-limiting resistors, all in the...
• Re: more mysterious circuitry
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Jun 2012 19:10:12 -0400
  ...The first track goes through a 60 ohm resistor, the second track goes through a 470 ohm resistor and then through the alternator led...
• Re: More on the radiator fan (85 vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 23 Jul 2006 18:11:00 -0700
  ...82-85 all models, 2 speeds, with small 2 speed motor, (no external resistor) 86-91 non-A/C, 2 speeds with small 2...
• Re: Heater Motor resistor?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 10:18:52 EST
  ...Anyway, when a wire wound power resistor goes sour it usually changes resistance big time as in going to infinity from an open winding...
• Radiador fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Tue, 5 Aug 2003 16:08:16 -0400
  ...Can anyone give me advice on replacing the resistor? The high speed works fine but no low when the AC is on. Thanks, Roger...
• WTD: Rear Blower series resistor
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Sun, 31 Oct 2004 10:11:58 -0400
  Hi folks, I'm looking to replace the series resistor that governs the rear blower motor speed. It's green and has VW/Audio...
• Re: New Youtube video about radiator fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 19 May 2013 15:45:29 -0400
  ...a) Low speed from the rad thermoswitch (paralleled by the A/C relay) through both parts of the resistor to the fan. b) Middle...
• Re: Vanagon Radiator Fan Resistor Available at Van-Again
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:35:54 -0400
  ...Rocket, >> the 1.9ls don't use this resistor. Actually I am not sure how they get >> their low speed. I suspect the resistor...
• Re: AC blower motor resistor? 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:11:44 -0400
  In understand the resistor is behind the driver's side headlight? On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac...
• Re: Switch to LED lighting
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 12:48:06 -0400
  At 12:00 PM 7/3/2010 Saturday, Steven Johnson wrote: >A resistor in parallell with any other resistance or LED actually reduces >the...
• Re: Resistor Part Number?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:37:45 -0400
  ...Resistor Part Number? > Dear List, > Does anyone have a part number for the less expensive version? I don't have > an ETKA. > I tried...
• Re: Vanagon front heater blower motor ballast resistor replacement
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Fri, 13 Oct 2006 07:27:34 -0400
  ...VW Canada wants $195 for ballast >resistor and related harness. This part is German and for the heater fan >motor of a VW Golf...
• Re: AIR FLOW METER
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 10:26:36 -0600
  ...Now apply this to the carbon resistor in the AFM. The track worn across the resistor disconnects part of the parallel resistance from the...
• Re: Radiator fan debacle (86 Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:42:34 -0400
  The resistor gets super hot too and is cooled only by air going over it when the van goes down the road. So as...
• New Youtube video about radiator fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Sat, 18 May 2013 12:49:54 -0400
  ...is another Youtube video about the notorious radiator fan low speed resistor for the later Vanagons (86-91). Enjoy! http://youtu.be/-iy_b6WqOoQ...
• Re: Blue highbeam indicator success
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 1 May 2000 17:48:19 -0400
  ...That is the power wasted as heat in the resistor, and the resistor needs to be big enough not to overheat. A conservative rating...
• Re: Vanagon Radiator Fan Resistor Available at Van-Again
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 21:34:05 -0400
  ...Rocket, the 1.9ls don't use this resistor. Actually I am not sure how they get their low speed. I suspect the resistor...
• Re: FW: Dash removal - how long
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:34:39 -0700
  ...I *guess* a new >> resistor could be shunted in by cutting into the wires so leaving >> resistor as-is is no biggie I guess...
• Re: basic electronics question
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 14:06:35 -0700 (PDT)
  Let's see hmmmm? If you have two resistors in series(one is the LED)and you know the voltage drop across one which...
• Re: Front Blower... resistor?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:05:34 -0400
  Doug, I'd say that if you are blowing the fuse, the problem is not the resistor, it's likely to be a frozen...
• Re: afordable alternatives RE: Radiator fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 27 Jul 2013 14:48:31 -0700
  ...If the wire gauges in question were the same size or bigger as used on a brand x 3 spd resistor in that brand...
• Re: Gas engine in Diesel Vanagon...finally
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 29 Jul 1998 23:00:04 -0400
  ...Where is the resistor in the resistor wire > that powers the coil? FLAPS suggests just getting one at salvage; but > to my eye, one...
• Re: Fwd: Re: Diagnosing cooling fan
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Mon, 29 Mar 1999 21:19:34 -0600
  > Eric gave the clue! I wrote: >>Ok, I've looked at the Bentley -- first of all, there's no mention of a >>resistor pack...
• Re: A/C problems, radiator fan resistor location.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 8 Jul 1998 18:55:40 EDT
  ...On the earlier models they show the dropping resistor as part of the fan(maybe why you can not locate yours). On the newer...
• Re: Ceramic Switch ?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Thu, 4 May 2000 21:57:58 +0200
  > Does this make sense? What exactly is this ceramic switch? If I remember correctly, the ceramic thing is the resistor for the radiator fan...
• Turn indicator doesn't
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Tue, 3 Jun 2003 21:55:40 -0700
  ...Swapped LEDs, attempted to measure power at resistor (digital VOM. Not quick enough to be sure.) See pulsing power at bottom resistor on "foil...
• Re: Temp high, no fan ...
  Historical mailing list - C. Abney
  Tue, 24 Jan 2017 11:44:26 -0800
  No, my '86 (with AC) has that resistor. I swapped a new one in, so I should know. FWIW, this is a so-called...
• Re: All 2 Speed Radiator Fans Use Internal Resistor?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:02:38 -0800
  ...The Bentley diagram has the symbol of a resistor shown inside the motor to create the lower speed. The fan motors I have looked...
• Re: AC Blower Speed
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:10:06 -0700
  ...The way the resistors work makes it next to impossible for them to be your problem. Plus there is a resistor pack for each...
• Re: Fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:48:02 -0500
  You didn't say what type of van you have, but I'm pretty sure that the resistor is different for the late model...
• Re: AC blower motor resistor? 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:32:03 -0400
  ...The RADIATOR resistor pack is behind the front left headlight. The AC > blower fan is near the AC blowers. I.E. up in the...
• Re: Fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:10:04 -0700
  ...I have not done it myself but I have heard you can use a Eurovan resistor with a simple wiring mod. I just ordered...
• Fan resistor
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:00:24 -0400
  Hi All, So my fan only runs on high, and it seems that I need a new resistor. Called Bus Depot but they are...
• Re: Resistor Part Number?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:22:30 -0400
  ...Cover the entire resistor with epoxy. Good as new. ERic MilosKitchen wrote: >Dear List, >Does anyone have a part number for the less expensive...
• Re: cooling fan resistor number?
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Wed, 24 May 2000 12:15:17 -0400
  Can anyone help with how the wires attach to this resistor?? A couple came loose when I removed my grill.... Adam Puzerewski 81 westy...