John,
There are two fuses for the blowers and a 50 amp fusible link as well. Some,
including me, have had this fusible link get so hot, while running the
blowers on  high, that it melts the plastic terminal block. My fuse blew
just as the block was melting, but I was able to repair it and now try to
avoid using high speed.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Altounji" <jaltounji@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 10:40 PM
Subject: short circuit

> > The electrical board (located in the left trunk wall) for the air
> > conditioning system melted down because of a short without melting the
> > protective fuses.
> > Did anyone hear about such a malfunction on the vanagon 89?  I wonder if
> > there is any recall or class action for such a manufacturing defect.
> > Please help.
> >
> > Thank you all,
> >
> > John Altounji
> > jaltounji@msn.com
>