Just FYI, the parts guy at the dealer found them this time (giving him
the part number did help.... :), but bad news is they are charging
$1.50 apiece for the clips.  I went on and ordered 15 of them, since I
have 2 Vanagons and 1 Westy, figure I will end up using them.

Supposed to have them tomorrow.....

You may (should?) be able to find the ballast resistor at a electronics
supply house, it looks like a standard wire wound resistor, but you
will need to know the resistance of the it before going (and if it is bad,
that could be a problem......).  I can check mine if anyone wants to
know, before I reassmbly it.

Howard

On 17 Sep 2000, at 21:14, Justin B. Jensen wrote:

> The clips are available from VW but as Howard mentions the battle is
> trying to find a parts man at VW that cares enough to assist.  You are
> in for a real treat when you try and ascertain the part number and
> availability of the ballast for the blower - it took my local VW man a
> good hour to figure that out (I can research this # from my records if
> anyone needs it).  Along those lines, I would not go to the trouble of
> cracking the air box without replacing the ballast;  simply too much
> work to not replace this part.  I moved my ballast to the front of the
> van adjacent the ballast for the radiator fan so I can service it should
> I have to in the future without the pleasure of tearing the dash out.
>
> Justin Jensen
> SLC Utah

hfleming@moosebird.com    Alexandria, VA   hfleming@moosebird.com
99 EuroVan MV - 97 Cabrio - 85 Vanagon - 84 Westy
84 Vanagon GL (spare parts that turned into a project)
1945 Cletrac AG