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• thermostat temp vs thermo switch temp - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Kozak
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 20:53:35 -0500
  Greetings, First of all thanks for all the help diagnosing my radiator fan not cycling problem. Turned out to be a poor fan ground...
• Re: An electrical thing I never noticed in 20 years of Westy ownership Another Westy Fridge Design Flaw
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 1 Aug 2022 11:19:02 -0400
  ...I did some years ago, was to take out the stick thermo switch on the >>> back fins and replace with thermo probe for a...
• Re: Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 25 May 2012 19:36:38 -0400
  At 06:50 PM 5/25/2012, Marius Strom wrote: >How about that from Van Caf�? Something that >automatically kicks the radiator fan onto...
• Re: Introductions and electrical questions
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 08:25:04 -0800
  ...Next, the >> engine cooling fan does not come on at all despite the PO recently >> replacing the thermo switch. It doesn't come on...
• Re: Am I crazy?
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 02:25:10 -0500
  ...only 1 small problem in heavy trafic with the front radiator thermo switch, this was fix in an hour. (I help him trough a...
• Re: Engine Still Overheating - Need Advice / Chapter Three
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:32:53 -0600
  ...system checked - Checked / OK >Water Pump - Checked / OK >Thermo Switch Wire - Checked / OK >Thermo Switch - Replaced >Plastic Bleeder Ring - Replaced >Pressure Cap - Replaced >Overflow...
• Re: A/C 3rd Stage Relay? was lower front grill....
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 19:31:51 -0700
  ...Okay - so my radiator fan has been blasting away for the last so many miles and I wanted access to the Thermo Switch on...
• Re: Adding Fridge Fans
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Sat, 24 Jun 2000 10:17:37 -8
  ...Do not use > the thermo switch that comes with the Fridgemate as it runs the fan too > much and will never shut off if...
• Re: Some thoughts Mansi Speed products.
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Tue, 1 Jun 2021 05:16:04 -0700
  ...Still questioning the radiator thermo switch though - love to hear the fan come on and know where that level sits on the temp gauge...
• 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...
• HELP Flashing red temp light!
  Historical mailing list - Ron Komoroski
  Sun, 22 Apr 2001 13:56:08 -0400
  ...hot, why didn't the gage indicate it? Where are the thermo-switches for the front fans? ( The fan fuse is OK). Do I...
• Adding Dometic Fans by Bill Davidson
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 22:21:37 -0500
  ...I also eliminated the thermo switches on the > Fridgemate fans by cutting the white plastic tubes on which they mount to > about 1/8...
• Cooling system woes (again, again, again-again)
  Historical mailing list - Brian Sassone
  Sat, 21 Jul 2001 05:47:05 -0700
  ...I've had the entire cooling system flushed and inspected (not my work), the radiator thermo-switch/fan works fine, I've had hoses...
• Re: Finally... My Van Has a Name
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 07:27:11 -0700
  ...Even when the thermo >switch broke I was able to jumper the connector and arrive in Billings >unscathed. She's never left us abandoned...
• Re: gotta keep moving - radiator fan question
  Historical mailing list - J Roth
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:58:24 -0500
  ...As Dennis has said, you can pull the plug off the thermo-switch in the radiator and using a wire, jump the various holes...
• Re: An electrical thing I never noticed in 20 years of Westy ownership Another Westy Fridge Design Flaw
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 1 Aug 2022 10:19:58 -0500
  ...I did some years ago, was to take out the stick thermo switch on > the > >>> back fins and replace with thermo probe for a...
• Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
  Tue, 1 Apr 1997 20:26:56 -0800 (PST)
  ...up to make certain that the servicing to the air pump, thermo switch and other bits had been done correctly. It worked. So, I...
• Radiator thermo switch problem
  Historical mailing list - aj
  Wed, 30 Jul 2003 20:17:47 -0400
  After reading some of the comments by members about the two stage fan I realized the fan on my 86 2.1 vanagon has...
• Re: A/C 3rd Stage Relay? was lower front grill....
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 21:15:55 -0500
  ...the last so many miles > and I wanted access to the Thermo Switch on the radiator, hence the question > regarding the lower grill. This...
• Re: AC and engine temps
  Historical mailing list - t bill
  Sun, 26 Jul 1998 10:49:22 -0700
  ...I suspect either a tired thermo-switch or.... my > radiator core has some hot spots.... :( Me too! I've been blaming it on this...
• Re: WAS Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Thu, 24 May 2012 20:36:40 -0400
  87 is the stock ("higher") temp thermostat. I believe the engine runs better with the stock thermostat. In particular, for example, you should get...
• Re: Engine overheating - Need Advice
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 18 Feb 2005 12:41:00 -0600
  ...but that doesn't seem to be the >case. > >Thermostat and thermo switch changed and system properly bleed. > >Idled engine for 20 minutes .... no...
• Re: Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 24 May 2012 17:38:33 -0700
  Yah I'd anticipated a rad job. Found a used one with 35K km's on it just recently along with a few other...
• Re: An electrical thing I never noticed in 20 years of Westy ownership Another Westy Fridge Design Flaw
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 1 Aug 2022 08:21:04 -0700
  ...I did some years ago, was to take out the stick thermo switch on the >>>> back fins and replace with thermo probe for a...
• Re: A/C 3rd Stage Relay? was lower front grill....
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 19:24:54 -0700
  ...Okay - so my radiator fan has been blasting away for the last so many miles and I wanted access to the Thermo Switch on...
• was "..Air prevents fan? - AIR BLEED PROCEDURE
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Fitch
  Tue, 20 May 2003 22:58:50 EDT
  ...Look for leaks, make sure all is well and thermo switch is connected and relay is good. SMALL amounts of air will work out...
• Re: Oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:26:08 -0700
  ...the heads and cylinders? Because a good oil cooler with a thermo-switch controlled fan will keep the oil temp under control without a...
• Re: '85 Vanagon Sunroofy 1.9L - Coolant BLeeding/Thermostat/Fan Switch
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 12:55:45 -0400
  ...The thermo switches are probably sitting in an air pocket. ;) AFAIK there'll be no flow at the radiator until the thermostat opens, so...
• Autofrost R-406a replacement for R-12
  Historical mailing list - Luke Plaizier
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 20:06:02 -0700
  ...Reason to be sure you've got the post-1986 Thermo-switch to be sure that you're fan cuts in at sub 100c...
• Re: Cooling Fan info discrepancies
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:50:39 -0700
  ...The van runs like a top and I have checked the thermo switch at the rad and checked the temp with thermo gun. Thanks...
• Re: Dometic Improvements Adding Fans
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 20:55:34 -0700
  ...I also eliminated the thermo switches on the Fridgemate fans by cutting the white plastic tubes on which they mount to about 1/8...
• Re: radiator fan question
  Historical mailing list - Wade Shen
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 11:22:26 -0500
  ...new thermo switch( or what ever you call the plug in the lower right side of radiator,looking from front)i guess the problem...
• Re: Electrical questions. Radiator fan circuit from 85 Vanagon into 81 air cooled Westy.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:42:11 -0800
  ...Could I also wire the circuit so when either "Rad Fan Thermo Switch" I > or II is activated ONLY the high speed portion of...
• Please help me with my bleeding problem.. although i did get the fan 2 work!
  Historical mailing list - Jason Cornfeld
  Sat, 17 Jan 2004 20:34:27 -0700
  ...i replaced the thermo switch. and its is working fine. but i have another problem.. i am pretty sure i bled the system well...
• Re: Radiator/Coolant/Overheating Issues
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 19:22:07 -0400
  ...So I just replaced the thermo switch or radiator > temp switch just now. I haven't gotten it hot enough to kick on the...
• Re: Does Fridge on 120v make any noise???
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sat, 25 Mar 2000 07:43:51 -0800
  ...that's where the thermo switch for the fan is located. Come back maybe every half hour for a while.... shut off the hair...
• Removed A/C - Now Rad Fan is Dead '87 GL
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 20:47:48 +0200
  ...There is a Red wire, with a thin Blue stripe attached to the Thermo switch for the radiator fan on the front... I am...
• Re: A/C 3rd Stage Relay? was lower front grill....
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 5 Jun 2010 00:44:11 -0400
  ...Okay - so my radiator fan has been blasting away for the last so many miles and I wanted access to the Thermo Switch on...
• Re: Radiator fan shock
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:01:50 -0500
  ...Ballast resistor and or the thermo switch in the rad could be at fault. > > > On 2013-03-29, at 6:59 PM, Automatic digest...
• Refrigerator repair 101 (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:41:47 -0700
  ...It came with a 90 degree thermo switch attached to it, but I used the stock one instead. I reversed the polarity to the...
• New lister & first time owner of '87 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Douglas and Annie Dodson-M�uck
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 02:32:16 -0500
  ...I had a few initial questions to ask, viz., oil & coolant recommendations, thermo-switch f/ radiator fan stages? However, while composing this correspondence I...
• Re: Compare & Contrast: Diesel Westy vs. 2.1 WBX Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 15 Jun 2003 15:08:56 -0400
  ...The diesel radiator has one major flaw, and that's that the thermo switches are mounted high. If you get an air bubble in...
• Re: Manual on/off Switch for Radiator Fan /Radiator Questions
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda - Personal email
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:50:32 -0700
  ...Oops..by > the way this is a Tiico motor. > > I also think I need to install a new thermo switch as > I tested the...
• Coolant warning light problem
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Ainslie
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 21:41:05 +0100
  ...My second guess, after looking at my Bentley is that it might be the thermo-switch for the fan. I am guessing this is...
• Re: Some thoughts Mansi Speed products.
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Tue, 1 Jun 2021 08:35:49 -0400
  ...one that reads a bit more ‘normal’. > > Still questioning the radiator thermo switch though - love to hear the fan > come on and know where...
• Overheating Advice
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:53:46 -0600
  ...Thought it was the fan/thermo switch at first....but.... The hose feeding coolant to the radiator is hot, and the one exiting is...
• Fw: Dometic
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 18 Aug 1998 09:29:26 -0700
  ...I also eliminated the thermo switches on the > Fridgemate fans by cutting the white plastic tubes on which they mount to > about 1/8...
• VF vs Upgraded Dometic Current Draw
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:52:15 -0700
  ...Interior CPU fan on constantly, rear muffing fan switched on/off by thermo switch, higher CFM "city water" fan randomly manually on/off. At...
• Re: Overheat thought
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 16:35:37 -0500
  ...but yeah, sure, >when ever i have the free time for it! > >What do you think? Sure -- but a thermo switch wouldn't need...
• Fw: Dometic Fridge Fans
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 5 Jul 1999 21:58:05 -0700
  ...I also eliminated the thermo switches on the >Fridgemate fans by cutting the white plastic tubes on which they mount to >about 1/8...
• Re: Coolant pipes replacement
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:20:32 -0400
  ...I would consider the marine grade hoses combined with the lower fan thermo-switch from BD, thus you fan is kicking on sooner if...
• Re: 1985 Westy A/C compressor doesn't turn
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 14 Jun 2015 01:31:48 -0400
  ...The radiator fan is already running at high speed, but if the radiator thermo-switch should call for high fan, the compressor cut-out...
• Re: An electrical thing I never noticed in 20 years of Westy ownership Another Westy Fridge Design Flaw
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 1 Aug 2022 11:12:28 -0500
  ...I did some years ago, was to take out the stick thermo switch on > the > >>>> back fins and replace with thermo probe for a...
• Re: Overheating - 86 Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Feb 1997 19:14:17 -0800
  ...cool even when the van was overheating, so I >| guess teh thermo switch wouldn't kick in anyway. Should that clue lead me >| to...
• that Minneapolis guy again..
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 15:14:45 -0600
  ...I followed Ken's instructions at Vanagain and jumped the fan plug...huzzah! both speeds worked! So the thermo switch might be bad... but...
• Re: Introductions and electrical questions
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 08:02:45 -0800
  ...Next, the > engine cooling fan does not come on at all despite the PO recently > replacing the thermo switch. The cruise control is dead...
• Re: alt. light and overheating UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 15:11:10 -0500
  ...Any clues here? NO low speed fan so maybe the thermo switch or resistor is toast. Don't thik it's the water pump...
• back on line
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Jul 94 15:51:34 PDT
  ...It is important that there is NO air in the cooling system as the thermo switches are at the top of the rad - in...
• Re: Coolant Leak! Help!
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 22:07:42 -0700
  ...After some testing I found the high stage on the fan thermo-switch is bad. The leak, I'm not sure. Could have just...
• Re: Wanted: Pete Catlett and Fridge Fan
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 07:48:59 -0700
  ...I also eliminated the thermo switches on the Fridgemate fans by cutting the white plastic tubes on which they mount to about 1/8...