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Subject:Re: front heater fan switch stuck ON
From:David Beierl
Date:Wed, 11 Apr 2001 23:19:16 -0400
At 10:25 PM 4/11/2001, Chris Wyatt wrote:
>My '87 Syncro GL has a stuck front heater fan switch, stuck on hi speed.
>The switch will not turn.  Has anyone experienced and solved this?

Standard failure -- replace the switch ($5 at Bus Depot).  To prevent
recurrence, use the high position to control a relay fed from a separate
fused circuit instead of driving the fan directly.  Then take out whatever
monster fuse the PO put in that circuit and put the regular one back in. <g>

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