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Subject:Re: another fan question
From:David Beierl
Date:Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:25:33 -0800

At 09:00 PM 1/27/2000 -0500, David Cooper wrote:
>The fan in my 82 Westy has stopped working. It doesn't work on any setting.
>I took out the switch and there is power coming to it.  When I turn the
>switch to any of the three on settings there is power going to all of the
>wires coming out the back.  So is there another fuse between the switch and
>the fan or is my fan dead?  It looks as though there is only the one power
>line coming from the fuse panel and the three wires leaving the switch to the
>fan.  Just thought I would seek some wisdom from the list before I tear into
>the dash removal.

Find the ground wire coming back from the blower and make sure it's
properly grounded.  For AFC it should be a 16ga brown wire going to ground
connector 13 behind the dash.

david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"