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Subject:Re: is your Vanagon your main/only vehicle?
From:David Beierl
Date:Thu, 10 May 2001 12:34:53 -0400
At 12:17 PM 5/10/2001, Steven Johnson wrote:
>my '91 Westy.  I haven't heard the higher fan speed
>come on yet and I think that's because it probably
>needs a new resistor....

More likely that it's never needed to...but you can test it by jumpering
the thermo-switch on the radiator.  Bridge between any two pins -- you
can't hurt it.  Use a hefty wire though, a paperclip will probably burn you
on the high speed.

david

David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"