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• Re: Rear a/c blower motor resistor
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Fri, 16 Jun 2017 23:49:05 +0000
  ...The rear ac blower motor only operates on > high > >>>>> speed. I changed out the front switch on the dash. It made no > >> difference. > >>>>> Is...
• Re: Heater removal
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 20 Feb 1995 13:18:55 -0600 (CST)
  ...blower is. No. You have to remove those screws to get the motor off, but you still have to break the case. The motor...
• Front blower motor workaround?
  Historical mailing list - Sean O'Neil
  Sun, 24 Oct 1999 17:34:53 -0300
  ...world and I've got to do something about that seized blower motor under the dash. I've checked the archives, read the scoop...
• Re: Fan switch numbered 2. front blower
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 09:12:54 -0600
  ...Bob '87 Syncro Westy Hello amd Goodmorning, well looks like my fan motor upfront is not hosed, but the switch is jammed and will...
• Re: Front heat problem '85
  Historical mailing list - Dan Beatty
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 07:42:02 -0600 (CST)
  ...Most likely the complete blower motor will need to be replaced. The brushes are usually available seperately and even when they are the arcing...
• Re: Radiator fan problem 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:13:36 -0700
  ...dash blower motor is down, too. I found that > the fuse for that had blown, and a replacement blew immediately. The blower > had been...
• Re: question regarding front heater switch and knob, 1990 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:22:36 -0600
  Mine blew a couple of times before I lubricated the blower motor. Larry A. '91 GL On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 7:03...
• Re: 3 speed heater fan switch in canada ??
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:37:46 -0800
  ...supply. > > I dont have switch in front of me but I assume > switch position 3 lead from the blower motor would go to POINT...
• Re: Ignition switch question
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Tue, 20 Jun 2023 07:34:53 -0400
  ...most likely the headlight switch. > > If your blower and wipers also don't work, it is the ignition switch. > > > > Karl. > > > > On Wed, Jun 14...
• Re: question regarding front heater switch and knob, 1990 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:21:12 -0500
  ...That would be for the bare motor. Based on three samples, a good motor with the blower wheel attached and the case assembled (but...
• Re: Front Heater wiring - Updated - and Merry Christmas!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:09:29 -0800
  ...to the > blower switch - should be easy enough with the dash out. > > What should I use to lubricate the blower motor before re-entombing...
• Re: Heater
  Historical mailing list - Dave Rodriguez
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 00:31:30 EST
  That is just screaming "dead blower motor"... -Dave '88 GTi 16v '88 Vanagon GL Wolfsburg In a message dated 1/21/99 12:13...
• Re: Help! BA-6 quit!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Brown
  Mon, 10 Feb 2003 13:37:58 -0500
  ...I can > hear the swtitch relay working, and the blower motor comes on, but the > heater never ignites. I poked around under the dash...
• 1983 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Jason Orr
  Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:36:39 -0400
  ...Does anyone have an idea what is going on? I was thinking it is either the wiper motor or the switch, but I really...
• Replacing heater switch
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:35:15 -0600
  I took the advice of other listees and picked up a heater blower motor switch at lunch and just installed it. It was so...
• Re: Electrical Gremlins (all in one post)
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:03:09 -0800
  ...as for the blower motor -�search a preventive mod titled the Mullendore port here or at the Samba ...best wishes����������� mike ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Re: Blower Seized, Freeing Advice Needed for 82 diesel
  Historical mailing list - T. Thompson
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 08:03:01 -0400
  ...blower has stopped. The switch is working and I have noticed that the > dash lights dim a bit when I turn the switch so...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: Front heater motor blues
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Thu, 31 Dec 1998 12:34:58 -0600
  ...It is also mounted in the blower housing. However a new >resistor can be retrofitted elsewhere without taling apart the dash >etc. I don...
• FS: BA6 Aux Heater Parts
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:35:37 -0800
  ...Blower motor, fuel pump, glow plug, flame switch, 2 rubber collars, tempreture sensor, ignition coil (not in photo). The controls/parts under the front...
• BA6 shell FS
  Historical mailing list - Rocko Flamefart
  Fri, 27 Sep 96 10:51:00 -0500
  ...no sensors, motor, switches, wiring, relays, etc. just the metal shell. and it has a problem: the aluminum combustion blower motor housing is stuck...
• Re: Heater Blower Motor Taking a Dump?
  Historical mailing list - feller
  Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:41:30 -0500
  ...Yes your symptoms are 100% accurate for the motor getting ready to die. Brushers are most likly worn if it's not a noisy...
• Re: Two problems . . . (heater fan)
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 08:48:08 -0500
  ...t remember 'em all) and have never had a heater blower motor, switch, or heater core fail on me. Ain't supposed to happen...
• Re: burning paper smell
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:47:46 -0400
  ...Heater blower motor for instance. Another possibility is any relays with paper on them. Next would be wiring with paper labeling on the wires...
• Re: AC Blower Speed
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:10:06 -0700
  Did you switch relays between the 2 vans or did you try a new one? If the speed 3 contact is bad in both...
• Re: Re: 1.9L running hot....ideas ? UPDATE running a 70� t-stat instead of 87�?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:54:31 -0800
  ...got my food than sat in the parking lot with motor idling, hot, with heater blower motor OFF. truck has been idling for like...
• Re: heater boosters
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:29:12 -0500
  ...using a heater blower motor from an water-cooled Vanagon. Fabricated a bracket right above the spare tire to hold blower in place, routed...
• Re: Ignition switch question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 20 Jun 2023 09:15:08 -0400
  ...most likely the headlight switch. >>> If your blower and wipers also don't work, it is the ignition switch. >>> >>> Karl. >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 14...
• Re: New owner of an '85
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Dec 2001 12:27:32 EST
  ...coolant, might neeed a change there..... > front fan switch bad or worse yet, front blower motor siezed. check fuse first tho. actually blue coolant...
• Re: heater blower
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 21:08:55 -0500
  ...Once you remove the top, the blower motor is fully exposed. The VW part number for the clips to hold the heater box together...
• Re: Blower motor anatomy
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:31:55 -0500
  ...of the fan motor that usually sees the most corrosion. This fan was stuck and had melted the switch. New switch, nothing happened. So...
• Re: Heater blower issue from a different perspective
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:59:18 -0900
  ...did reading about other heater blower issues > lately bring them upon my own van :-) > > My front blower motor stopped working in my '86 GL...
• Re: heater switch failure prone?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 28 Dec 2004 19:40:15 -0500
  ...That relieves both switch and circuit of the twelve amps the blower draws on high speed. >Okay well mine seems to switch into the...
• '81 wiring/Bentley questions
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Fri, 7 Jan 2000 10:21:29 -0700
  ...I can find the dash light behind the switch panel, but no diagram of the switch and blower motor. When I look in the...
• Re: Electrical Failures
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 14 May 2011 19:44:51 +0200
  Except the blower motors (which only need "X"), all other features you listed won�t work without the KL15 circuit from the ignition switch...
• Re: Phred's Shiverin' These Cold Mornings...
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 19 Oct 2001 11:09:16 -0500
  Alan, I think your fan speed switch problem is symptomatic of a bad switch, not a bad motor. I have seen switches fail like...
• Seeking A/C Help
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 13:57:01 -0700
  ...With the key on and with motor running I can turn the A/C switch and get air from the blower and the radiator...
• Re: Attn: Electrical Gurus! (I searched archives)
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 01:55:45 -0400
  this blower motor overdraw is a problem for all the 80's vw's i have owned. to degree i believe it has to...
• Re: question regarding front heater switch and knob, 1990 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:02:46 -0500
  ...question regarding front heater switch and knob, 1990 Vanagon GL Sure sign the blower motor is about to seize of otherwise fail. Fuses should...
• Help! BA-6 quit!
  Historical mailing list - ok artguy
  Mon, 10 Feb 2003 12:22:06 -0600
  ...I can hear the swtitch relay working, and the blower motor comes on, but the heater never ignites. I poked around under the dash...
• Re: easy front heater blower air speed question...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 10:10:08 -0500
  ...Ditto if motor is connected backwards, but that's difficult to do because the terminals are keyed. Try suddenly switching on the fan (high...
• Radiator fan problem 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Sun, 5 Jul 2009 10:26:19 -0400
  ...Visually it seems ok; when I had to replace one before it had cracked open. -perhaps unrelated, but the dash blower motor is down...
• <HOW TO>: blower fan replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 5 Oct 1996 02:28:15 -0300 (ADT)
  ...Another note, DPO had torn out fan switch (and the cover plate too) and wired '3' through a toggle switch drilled into the lower...
• Re: [Syncro] Electrical issue - 1987 Syncro GL
  Historical mailing list - Don in Phoenix
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 20:14:52 -0700
  ...front blower, and the blower was working fine. Hopefully, many of my problems with the electrical systems will go away after the switch is...
• Re: Front blower
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:36:20 -0400
  ...Front blower > > OK, my front blower stopped working (I have an 84). It is not the switch > (darn it!) so I assume that it...
• Re: Front Heater Fan Just stopped working last week, Any ideas? Need some parts....
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 21:59:54 -0500
  ...at 6:58 PM, Gregory Smith wrote: > About that front heater blower motor: > It's pretty much a given to remove the dash to...
• Heater vent head games
  Historical mailing list - Paul M. Hillbish
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 01:19:41 EST
  ...This only happens when the blower switch is on 2 or 3. 1 is silent, and 4 is fine as well. I have a...
• Re: Inoperative front blower issue.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:59:37 -0600
  ...that > the motor will run. > If the motor does run, then you've had the bad luck to have two bad switches > in a...
• Re: chirping from ventilation fan
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 12:23:08 -0400
  ...I can get you a good used blower motor for $25 + shipping. [text/html]
• Re: heater blower
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 21:14:17 -0600
  ...Once you remove the top, the blower motor is fully exposed. The VW part number for the clips to hold the heater box together...
• Re: Re-introduction & Dash Removal Question
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 23 Feb 2014 17:09:16 -0600
  ...On 2/23/2014 4:51 PM, Robert Stevens wrote: > Blower Fan > Heater Core > Heater Core Valve > Heater Box Clips > Ignition Switch > Brake Master...
• Re: lazy fan
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 06:26:50 EST
  ...Does this sound like a bad motor, or switch = somewhere? Jeff, the fan motor bushings are dry and or worn. You can extend the...
• Re: FS: Pricy 2WD Westy on VA CL
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:58:32 -0600
  ...of, ie fuel tank, fuel lines, blower motor. I wouldn't pick it up without an ignition switch in my pocket, a known good...
• Re: question regarding front heater switch and knob, 1990 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:00:18 -0500
  Sure sign the blower motor is about to seize of otherwise fail. Fuses should never just be replaced without the cause being determined and...
• Re: rear heater blower
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Howald
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 11:49:40 -0800
  ...switch on >the dash and there is only one fuse that controls the blower (right?) so >the problem must be at the motor itself...
• Re: Front heater motor
  Historical mailing list - bernie
  Fri, 10 Mar 2017 14:09:10 -0800
  ...the day for the new blower motor. As per Dan's suggestion that it could be the switch I asked my mechanic to replace...
• Front Blower Failure Revisited
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 19:36:49 -0600
  ...Well, today while running on "HIGH" during a pouring rain, the blower quit cold. I turned the switch to "Off". When I got to...
• Re: Steering wheel locked after replacing blower motor
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Fri, 20 May 2011 21:30:35 -0200
  ...The only electrical mod was to splice a spade connector for the blower motor itself. Otherwise it was clean up whatever grounds could be...
• Re: Question about front heater core removal... blower motor wires
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 14:05:11 -0800
  The wires come from a connector plugged into the back of the heater fan switch. There is also a brown ground wire running over...
• Re: Question about front heater core removal... blower motor wires
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:08:08 -0500
  ...at the motor, discount the wire at the heater switch or cut it. I tried to release it from the switch but couldn't...
• Re: What? You Wanted Heat?!?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 29 May 2000 09:27:56 -0400
  ...What seems the most likely culprit, and please correct me if you >think I'm wrong, is that the bearings on the blower motor...