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  • Re: 3 speed heater fan switch in canada ??
    Historical mailing list - TC
    Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:54:54 -0800
    ...way I want it also thatt switch does not use any resistor to control the dc motor speed it uses a power pulse modulation...
  • Re: Replace/repair front heater blower.
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Mon, 3 Jan 2005 12:34:15 -0600
    I've got a genuine blower motor VW /Audi with the resistor / switch / fan assembly for $40.00 http://www.engineceramics.com/vw/vwparts...
  • Re: Ignition switch question
    Historical mailing list - rob wilke
    Tue, 20 Jun 2023 16:09:40 -0600
    ...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: Front heater fan
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Sun, 5 Aug 2001 08:37:42 -0700
    ...Front heater fan > The fan switch ( I'm starting with the easiest) could be bad, but most > likely the blower motor is cooked, in...
  • Re: 83 fresh air fan
    Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
    Sat, 15 Jul 2000 23:17:13 -0400
    ...lug connector on my harness to get the new blower motor connected, the blower motor is working beautifully and I'm not blowing fuses...
  • Re: Blower motor anatomy
    Historical mailing list - J Stewart
    Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:07:54 +0000
    ...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: Can't back up
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:53:57 -0800
    ...not come on.Recently had the dash out > for a front blower motor/heater core replacement and am confident something > did not get reconnected...
  • Re: Steering wheel locked after replacing blower motor
    Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
    Fri, 20 May 2011 15:48:05 -0600
    ...bob On May 20, 2011, at 2:50 PM, Phil Menchions wrote: > I just finished putting a new blower motor in my '89 (pheww...
  • Re: Parting '86 Syncro / Westy Parts
    Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
    Fri, 22 May 1998 06:42:28 -0400
    ...Relays, Idle Control Unit '85 older, >Horn, Bosch A/C blower motors, Ignition switch/ key, Syncro fuel Tank, >Power mirror assemblies (no Mirror), Air...
  • Re: Blower Motor
    Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
    Tue, 2 Oct 2001 20:13:39 -0700
    ...Remember to check the switch first to be sure its > not the > problem. > Frank > Trenton, NJ > 82 Westy Diesel __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to...
  • Re: Help with front heater blower.........part number needed
    Historical mailing list - Tolga Morawski
    Mon, 29 Mar 2004 10:30:02 -0500
    ...heater blower on my 88 this past weekend, old one seized >up, I put new fan motor and a new fan switch, too. >Problem...
  • Re: Carat front blower repair
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Sat, 22 Nov 2014 10:43:31 -0600
    ...Found a blower motor that > was seized. A shot of brake cleaner, then a squirt of lithium lube, some > fine machine oil put the...
  • Re: Front Blower... resistor?
    Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
    Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:22:55 -0400
    ...switch,on the dash. If you fix the resister ,only gluttens for punishment would remove the heater box ,without replacing the heater fan motor...
  • Ignition switch -- construction
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 14 Nov 2010 02:06:22 -0500
    ...Turning off your loads before switching off (especially big inductive loads like the blower motor) would probably contribute to the longevity of the switch...
  • Re: Steering wheel locked after replacing blower motor
    Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
    Sun, 22 May 2011 17:19:47 -0200
    ...Steering wheel locked after replacing blower motor > From: billmonk@gmail.com > Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 03:51:40 -0400 > To: pwmenchions@HOTMAIL.COM...
  • Re: Front Heater Fan Just stopped working last week, Any ideas? Need some parts....
    Historical mailing list - Darren Lastfogel
    Sat, 8 Dec 2007 15:01:46 -0500
    ...Those switches seems prone to failure> so I always grab a few from the yard. Perhaps with a repaired ground and> motor my switch...
  • Re: Help! BA-6 quit!
    Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
    Mon, 10 Feb 2003 13:54:15 -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...
  • FS: Ebersp�cher BA-6 Auxillary Ga s fueled interior heater
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 11 Sep 2005 12:55:30 EDT
    ...switch, timer, has its own fuel pump, and coil, taps gas out of your vehicles fuel line (includes tee) exhaust pipe, blowr motor, ducting...
  • Re: 85 Westy drive belt
    Historical mailing list - JonR
    Mon, 23 Aug 1999 09:13:04 -0400
    ...front heater blower is not working. Ouch! For that replacement, 4-5 > hours?! > Replace switch... easy. Or replace frozen fan motor.... NOT easy. 4...
  • Re: 85 Westy drive belt
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Sun, 22 Aug 1999 23:16:20 -0700
    ...Drive belt is a half-hour job at the most, and the problem with your heater blower motor is probably the switch, which should...
  • 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: Air Conditioning... Add another evaporator?
    Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
    Tue, 9 Jul 2002 23:45:09 -0400
    ...Any reason why I can't locate a small Air Conditioning evaporator to the inside of the heater blower motor housing hooking it up...
  • mystery connector coming off rear heater circuit on my '84
    Historical mailing list - tolga
    Sun, 9 Jan 2005 23:57:44 -0500
    Hello there, In reassembling my dash after doing the blower motor and headlamp relays on my '84 1.9L I discovered an orphaned connector...
  • Re: Front Heater Fan Just stopped working last week, Any ideas? Need some parts....
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Sat, 8 Dec 2007 15:17:25 -0500
    ...Those switches seems prone to failure> so I always grab a few from the yard. Perhaps with a repaired ground and> motor my switch...
  • Re: FS: Ebersp�cher BA-6 Auxillary Ga s fueled interior heater
    Historical mailing list - Wognacious
    Sun, 11 Sep 2005 11:06:45 -0700
    ...switch, timer, has its own fuel pump, and coil, taps gas out of your vehicles fuel line (includes tee) exhaust pipe, blowr motor, ducting...
  • AC Blower problem
    Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
    Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:30:49 -0700
    ...I have already trbl shot the switch up fwd and it IS good. So is this a problem with the evaporator fan resistors ? or...
  • Parting '86 Syncro / Westy Parts
    Historical mailing list - Benjita
    Tue, 19 May 1998 01:45:31 EDT
    ...Dashboard & related trim, Fuse box, Relays, Idle Control Unit '85 older, Horn, Bosch A/C blower motors, Ignition switch/ key, Syncro fuel Tank, Power...
  • Portable Air Conditioner aka hybrid electric vehicle continued
    Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
    Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:15:05 -0700
    ...The way this unit is designed is it has a fairly large blower motor that shares the same shaft for both the exhaust fan...
  • Re: Question about front heater core removal... blower motor wires
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Wed, 5 Mar 2008 22:11:35 -0600
    ...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: Turn signal won't work at all
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Sat, 23 Feb 2019 19:21:44 +0000
    ...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: Carat front blower repair
    Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
    Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:04:41 -0600
    ...Found a blower > motor that was seized. A shot of brake cleaner, then a squirt of > lithium lube, some fine machine oil put the...
  • Re: Steering wheel locked after replacing blower motor
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 21 May 2011 09:58:58 -0700
    ...Steering wheel locked after replacing blower motor Now that is one heck of a daunting prospect! All over again 10 times! I think I...
  • Re: Carat front blower repair
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:34:09 -0500
    ...Found a blower > motor that was seized. A shot of brake cleaner, then a squirt of > lithium lube, some fine machine oil put the...
  • Re: 3 speed heater fan switch in canada ??
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:55:19 -0800
    ...way I want it > also thatt switch does not use any resistor to control the dc motor speed > it > uses a power pulse modulation...
  • Re: FS: Westy Eberspacher heater CHEAP!
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:04:17 -0600
    ...Comes > > with the main heater unit (with glow plug and sensor/switch > > attached), fuel pump, ducting etc. I believe a blower motor is > also...
  • FS: Ebersp�cher BA-6 Auxillary Gas He ater
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 2 Oct 2005 00:34:23 EDT
    ...switch, timer, has its own fuel pump, and coil, taps gas out of your vehicles fuel line (includes tee) exhaust pipe, blowr motor, ducting...
  • Electrical Gremlins (all in one post)
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:03:57 -0500
    ...First and foremost, The front heater blower motor. It doesn't work. It doesn't click and it doesnt turn. I just put a...
  • Re: Electrical Gremlins (all in one post)
    Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
    Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:02:52 -0500
    ...work on some interior electronics. >> >> First and foremost, The front heater blower motor. >> It doesn't work. It doesn't click and it doesnt...
  • Re: 85 Vanagon; Wiper fuse blowing
    Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
    Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:40:01 -0800
    Your front blower motor is likely going bad. It is sticking and drawing more current than usual to try to turn it, causing the...
  • Re: More Heater Blower Problems
    Historical mailing list - WERNER SCHIRMER
    Wed, 08 Jan 1997 11:46:17 -0800
    ...Anyway, the blower motors apparently have the tendancy to seize, but CAN be fixed. I pulled dashboard to get at it, cleaned the bearing...
  • Re: Front blower for defrost...
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Tue, 20 Aug 2013 10:36:04 -0500
    ...I > didn't think there was a low pressure cut out switch. > >> > >> Any relay that might be stuck? > >> > >> Also, the front blower sounds like...
  • Re: Question about front heater core removal... blower motor wires
    Historical mailing list - Phil Stanhope
    Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:21:54 -0800
    I just removed my rear heater, and i left the wiring harness in tact and still connected to the switch on the dashboard......im...
  • Re: Climate Control Cable Meltdown - '84 Westy
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Thu, 5 Aug 2004 11:59:33 -0700
    I too have my dash out to replace the blower motor and while I'm in there I'm replacing the heater core, brake...
  • Re: rear heater blower only works on high.. any thoughts?
    Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
    Sun, 24 Oct 2004 10:12:21 -0400
    ...check the switch out first but I doubt you will find the problem there. If you replaced it with a used motor I suggest...
  • Re: Steering wheel locked after replacing blower motor
    Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
    Fri, 20 May 2011 23:16:24 -0200
    ...Steering wheel locked after replacing blower motor > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > hi dear First Foray .. > > it is entirely normal to have something like...
  • Re: Front Heater Blower opinions
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 15 Apr 2019 22:58:50 +0000
    No the new blower motor will not last as long as the original.  Yes, you should replace it while the dash is out.  The...
  • Re: I found a "Mystery Switch" ...
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Mon, 24 May 2004 09:23:20 -0700
    ...then you can reset the safety switch gently moving the small red lever. The same goes for overheating: most likely the recirculation air blower...
  • Re: Front Heater Fan Just stopped working last week, Any ideas? Need some parts....
    Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
    Fri, 7 Dec 2007 16:14:29 -0800
    ...Than the switch. Than the motor. Zoltan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Smith" <gfs@SCATTERCREEK.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, December 07...
  • Vanagon parts for sale
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 20 Dec 2001 11:27:28 EST
    ...made to fit earlier vans) -front and rear heater cores and blower motors -complete front chrome bumper w/ endcaps -front fiberglass bumper - needs repair...
  • Re: Front defroster
    Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
    Fri, 31 Oct 2003 12:10:55 -0500
    ...options, replace the fan motor which requires pulling the dash dropping the steering wheel and open up the front blower asssembly, not as bad...
  • Re: Front Heater Fan Just stopped working last week, Any ideas? Need some parts....
    Historical mailing list - Darren Lastfogel
    Sat, 8 Dec 2007 16:32:55 -0500
    ...Those switches seems prone to failure> so I always grab a few from the yard. Perhaps with a repaired ground and> motor my switch...
  • some parts 4 sale
    Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
    Mon, 8 Nov 2004 12:53:11 -0500
    ...unit from 88 van idle stabilizer unit 88 van front heater blower motor-works front heater core no leaks rear heater core no leaks...
  • Re: Ignition switch question
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Tue, 20 Jun 2023 22:29:07 -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: Mullendore port help
    Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
    Wed, 5 Oct 2011 18:26:44 -0400
    ...I remember a time when it got very bad in terms of squeal, based on weather and a time when the switch didn't...
  • Re: Heater Refurbished Still Questions
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sun, 30 Jan 2005 23:21:55 -0600
    ...The real MMO, not the Top >Overhaul or Fuel Additive stuff. > >What is MMO?.....Would you ever use furnace blower motor oil (120VAC motor...
  • Re: question regarding front heater switch and knob, 1990 Vanagon GL
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:20:28 -0800
    ...Mark Dennis Haynes wrote: > Sure sign the blower motor is about to seize of otherwise fail. Fuses should > never just be replaced without the...
  • Re: HELP TO FIX WINDSHIELD WIPERS 91 VANAGON
    Historical mailing list - boroko
    Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:26:33 -0500
    ...Wiper motors operate on a weird switching circuit that is internal to the motor. Don't dismay, as the problem is not likely in...
  • Re: Wipers blowing fuses
    Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
    Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:19:44 +0000
    ...Does anyone have an idea what is going on? I was thinking it is either the wiper motor or the switch, but I really...
  • mystery connector coming off rear heater circuit on my '84
    Historical mailing list - tolga
    Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:06:36 -0500
    ...to take a look? In reassembling my dash after doing the blower motor and headlamp relays on my '84 1.9L I discovered an...
  • Re: Electrical Gremlins (all in one post)
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:59:48 -0500
    ...It has not yet blown the fuse thought. > Where should I start testing. > I know it could be the switch or the motor, but...