At 11:55 PM 1/24/2000 -0800, Gina wrote:
>on the subject of fan switches...i think mine is fried and i'd like to pull
>it and bypass it long enough to test the fan motor...can someone please tell
>me the easiest way to access it...and how DOES that plastic cover on the
>heat/ventillation controls come off???

There is a plastic pin extending into the dash from the top right and
bottom left of the cover.  The pins stick into compression springs in the
dash.  You have to pry gently at the indicated places.  The handles have to
be carefully pulled off first.  Sometimes the pin will break off -- one of
mine is held on with a screw through the front after gluing proved unsat.

If you pull the radio you can probably reach the switch connector from
behind through the ashtray, and wiggle it off the switch...

If the symptom is that the fan runs on two bottom speeds and not on high,
very likely the switch.  If it doesn't run on any speed, not so likely
though quite possible.  If you get a junk switch, get one from the rear (or
from a Jetta or something) -- the front ones are typically melted.

david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
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