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• Intermittent function of heater blower motor ?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 3 Nov 2017 08:46:40 -0700
  1984 Vanagon with "power nothing" My blower motor works *sometimes*. I've not been able to get it to even twitch, fiddling with the...
• Re: 89 Vanagon westy with AC my front blower fan runs only on high speed
  Historical mailing list - C. Abney
  Sat, 8 Oct 2016 11:15:49 -0700
  ...The AC has a blower in the back. The front fan is for the fresh air > and front heater. -- It seems my TO-DO...
• How to replace blower fan
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Sat, 23 Jun 2007 06:01:12 -0600
  ...My heater blower fan makes terrible noises, probably shot bearings. I have a new replacement but when I tried to get the dashboard off...
• Re: Suburban Heater
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sat, 4 Oct 1997 17:57:06 -0700
  ...Is this true of the Propex? >Does the Propex have a blower, thermostat, etc.? If it has a blower, >does it circulate the heat...
• Re: third rear tail light?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:05:25 -0500
  ...I mounted it on the top air conditioner blower housing facing out the back window. I ran the wires from the left tail light...
• AC Blower Fan Speed
  Historical mailing list - Finn Runyon
  Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:11:52 -0600
  ...What currently has me stumped is that I only have high speed (#4) on the air conditioning blower speed. I swapped out the switch...
• Unidentified Parts
  Historical mailing list - brett rueff
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 02:10:14 +0000
  About a year ago I acquired a vanagon with a gas furnace mounted where the old blower was under the seat. After sitting around...
• Re: Dash blower install...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 May 1997 11:17:26 -0400 (EDT)
  ...states that the 80 models didn't come with a dash blower. Gee.....that's funny.....My 80 Wanagon has one - works on all...
• front defroster blower
  Historical mailing list - Harvest
  Mon, 5 Nov 2001 20:55:25 -0500
  ...My front blower motor seems to be locked up (blows fuse immediately if turned on) and the local VW gurus tell me it is...
• Heater blower/fresh air flap pictures
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 09:01:40 -0800
  ...Heater blower/fresh air flap pictures For the forever inquisitive and those who are unfortunate enough to have experienced it on their own: http...
• Re: Grounding Vanagon electronics in general
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 14:08:21 -0500
  ...I believe this was the cause of my >accessories (heater blowers) staying on after I shut the van off and >removed the key. Erm...
• Re: Heater blower motor questions
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:01:01 -0600
  ...Remember you will need room for the motor to fall from the sleeve. > > 3) Press the blower wheel down and verify that the motor...
• Re: A/C fuse out - but WHERE is it??
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 29 Sep 2004 00:23:44 -0400
  ...2 for the blower motors (2 blower motors working in tandem) and one lead fusible link. Since the blower quit all at once, your...
• Re: heater fan whine
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:34:19 -0800
  ...The bad news - the front heater blower�is installed on�the front heater assembly tucked under the dash.� It is extremely hard to get...
• Re: heater fan whine
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:04:50 -0800
  ...The bad news - the front heater blower�is installed on�the front heater assembly tucked under the dash.� It is extremely hard to get...
• Re: Repairing heater blowers
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 7 Sep 2010 07:02:39 EDT
  ...And now that I = have removed the blower motor, I have a few tips for anyone thinking of = doing the same job in a...
• Re: Fan switch
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Wed, 3 Jul 2002 08:49:09 -0700
  It was definitely the heater blower that was on cause it went off when I turned the switch off. I haven't messed with...
• Re: Decisions, Decisions, Now WHICH Front Blower Motor To Buy?
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:46:17 -0800
  ...Decisions, Decisions, Now WHICH Front Blower Motor To Buy? Hi Chris, yeah, I've found that to be true, but in Virginia to get...
• Re: front heater rebuild webpage?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 24 May 2003 18:12:47 -0400
  At 10:04 PM 5/24/2003, Joel Cort wrote: [Parenthetical note -- Joel, removing the blower *motor* from the blower fan and housing itself...
• More Heater Blower Problems
  Historical mailing list - wsilva
  Tue, 07 Jan 1997 11:30:46 -0800
  ...What should I be looking for? Is this too a resistor problem as in HEATER BLOWER RESISTOR REPLACEMENT" previously on this list page? If...
• Rich running incident puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:19:57 -0500
  ...Since everything (wiring, blower motors, etc) is old, running the blowers caused a voltage drop across the whole electrical system. With all the FI...
• Re: It's cold out there (Even in Florida)
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Wed, 3 Jan 2018 18:10:15 -0500
  ...vent 129F, just *inside* the rear blower vent > 150F. > > > > At about 2000 rpm, windshield vent 160F rear blower vent 165F. > > > > A couple years ago...
• Ac compressor relay?? And front blower for defrost...
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:58:29 -0400
  ...Any relay that might be stuck? Also, the front blower sounds like it wants to run, as evidenced in the sound of other accessories...
• Re: Replace/repair front heater blower.
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 3 Jan 2005 23:15:50 -0500
  ...The heater blower is showing signs of age and I'm > worried it'll die before warm weather returns. I have no idea how...
• Re: 1.9L running hot....ideas ? UP DATE running a 70� t-stat instead of 87� ?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:35:09 EST
  ...went inside to use the restroom, came out 3 minutes later, got in, turned the heater blower motor on, there was warm heat coming...
• Re: AC fan switch only works on high
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:18:17 -0400
  ...The other thing to check is the connectors at the back that go up to the blower motor (left rear most pillar). You may...
• Re: heater fan whine
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:54:18 -0800
  ...Robert, I'm accustomed to hearing a low whine from the front blower (on several different installations) as a normal thing at speed 1...
• Re: Heater switch was Re: heater motor
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:52:47 -0500
  David, Isn't the rear blower motor the same size as the front one? Larry A. On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 3:23...
• sqeeky front blower fan
  Historical mailing list - Arlene K Sondergaard
  Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:12:54 -0800
  hi i have a sqeeky front blower fan thats getting worse. i cant pull the dash--too cold outside and i dont know how...
• Re: Noisy bearing (?) on front heater fan
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 11:47:37 -0800
  ...The winter of '02 I was in Minnesota and had to change 3 blower motors in 3 different family cars that winter. Not one...
• Re: [Re: # pumping water through stalled engine (was: heating parked vanagon)]
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 16:43:32 MST
  ...Right now, if I let the cabin heater blower work, it cools the coolant in the heater radiator quite fast because it's stored...
• Re: Help! Electrical gremlins 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Mon, 20 Sep 1999 00:06:19 -0400
  I replaced my blower in about two hours. Biggest pain was splitting the blower box to get at the motor. I ended up cracking...
• Re: Blower fan and motor, front heate r, 8100, 251 819 015 � � � � � � � � � � �
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 19 Jun 2005 06:05:34 EDT
  ...The = window was starting to fog up so I turned on the blower and nothing. = After backing up I checked the fuses, switch and...
• Re: More On Front Blower Motor
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:46:09 -0800
  ...More On Front Blower Motor To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Monday, December 26, 2011, 6:02 PM Is there a post or article...
• heater blower fan
  Historical mailing list - Nelson Hogg
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 12:41:18 -0500
  The heater blower on my 87 Vanagon works erratically. I've tried replacing the switch but that doesn't help and I suspect the...
• blower fan and resealing air box
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 13:11:09 +0000
  I have done the blower fan several times and recently resealed an airbox as well. The blower fan replacement requires the following parts: New...
• Re: Dash blower fan
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sun, 10 Dec 2017 23:39:14 +0000
  No, seriously, start to finish, the blower motor replacement in the civic is five minutes. But I don't think it's like that...
• coolant needle survey
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 12 Feb 2004 05:47:43 -0500
  ...With the blower on 2, the needle sits a needles width below the LED. With the rear heater blower on 2 also, the needle...
• Re: Front Blower Doesn't
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:16:21 -0500
  ...The rear > > underseat fan/heat exchanger would do Marilyn Monroe proud. > > > > How do I access the front dash heater blower motor rheostat? Bentley > > is...
• More On Front Blower Motor
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:43:50 +0000
  My situation is a bit different, last year my front blower worked, but it squeaked. I drilled the Karl M. port and tried to...
• '77 Westy Heat Question
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Oct 1995 16:42:29 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Rewired the heater blower fan, and it now works. However, I only get a wisp of warmth from the defrosters (no different if the...
• Need A//C switch for '86 camper
  Historical mailing list - Doug Bensen
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 15:04:12 -0400
  I'm in desperate need of the a/c blower and temp. switch. It installs in the dash just left of the steering column...
• Re: How bad is replacing the heater blower motor?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:11:49 -0500
  At 09:07 PM 2/20/2002, TJ Hannink wrote: >If you need some cheap replacement clips for the blower housing, go to an...
• Re: looking for Rubber boot for air circulation blower on gas heater 85GL
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:56:34 -0800
  ...of the steel compartment under the seat and the air circulation blower > located to the front of the wheel well any one have a...
• Re: can the front blower motor (etc)
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Wed, 31 Dec 2003 09:10:39 -0500
  ...but if the blower dies in the middle of the winter in the North East it is a big deal to do almost any...
• Re: rear heater blower
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Howald
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 11:49:40 -0800
  ...rear heater blower >Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 19:07:53 -0800 > >I just changed out my rear heater core this weekend. After the...
• Re: Rear a/c blower motor resistor
  Historical mailing list - rick Duvernay
  Fri, 16 Jun 2017 16:48:38 -0700
  ...I now have all three speeds with the A/C blower. Thanks Ken! Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 12, 2017, at 2:17...
• heater blower replacement
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Tue, 5 Aug 2003 12:19:39 -0600
  Hi list, I just completed the oft-maligned heater blower replacement in my '85 GL. Last March, my blower motor, after months of horrible...
• Re: Replace/repair front heater blower.
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 3 Jan 2005 05:49:24 -0700
  ...The heater blower is showing signs of age and I'm > worried it'll die before warm weather returns. I have no idea how...
• Re: Heater Refurbished Still Questions
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:27:17 EST
  ...Regarding your efforts to rejuvenate the blower motor, in my experience such efforts produce short-lived results. I've even gone to the trouble...
• Blower motor anatomy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:50:40 -0500
  http://picasaweb.google.com/dbeierl/VanagonAnatomyOfABOSCHHeaterBlowerMotor# Same link, different message title. Yours, David
• Re: Blower Motors
  Historical mailing list - wsilva
  Mon, 17 Feb 1997 15:57:33 -0800
  Erik- Will these motors fit a '85 Vanagon? Wendy '85 Westy "S-CAPE"
• Re: [FIX] Front Heater Switch - Caution
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 23:14:36 +0200
  ...I pulled the blower, and it was a mess.... I managed to take it apart as much as it would allow, and lubed it...
• Re: Two problems . . . (heater fan)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 11:54:01 +1200
  ...Come to the land where men are still >men enough to face the pain-in-the-ass of a heater blower failing in the...
• Re: Blog post about 85 doka
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:06:05 -0400
  ...heater blower, radiator fan, etc.) to their own dedicated source below the dash. I may now consider the relays as an additional protection in...
• Re: Steering wheel locked after replacing blower motor
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Fri, 20 May 2011 23:24:43 -0200
  ...I did not unfasten the ignition switch from the steering column when I swapped the blower motor. Perhaps that was where I went wrong...
• Re: I fried something (front heater blower)
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Mon, 3 Dec 2001 20:47:52 -0500
  I just replaced my heater blower a couple of weeks ago. It had been making a racket and would only run on high setting...
• Re: Rear a/c blower motor resistor
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Mon, 12 Jun 2017 15:48:42 -0400
  ...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: Rear Blower Motor maintenance?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 20 Jan 2017 12:52:03 -0800
  I'm surprised David B hasn't replied, he took a blower apart. Seems that the inner bearing, the one closest to fan blade...
• Re: aiding cooling system by turning on heater blower
  Historical mailing list - sg
  Wed, 16 May 2001 10:24:45 -0700
  ...aiding cooling system by turning on heater blower > Turning on the heater can sometimes help, sometimes hurt depending on the > car and the temp...