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Subject:Re: Front heater fan
From:David Beierl
Date:Sun, 5 Aug 2001 14:22:52 -0400

At 12:36 PM 8/5/2001, Karl Wolz wrote:
>OLE terry and I have a bet on this, so you gotta report back to us.  I say
>it's the switch.  Terry says it's the motor itself.
>
>Trust me, you want me to be right.

He wants you to be right, but do the Vanagon Gods?  Oh that's right --
they're concentrating on me this week, you may slip by with a freebie.

'Tany rate, the classic switch failure affects high speed and usually not
the others -- the high-speed contact sinks into the switch base.  But a
voltmeter or test light will tell all, a lot easier than thought-waves.  If
there's voltage on the output side of the switch, check the grounds behind
the fuse panel.  If the juice goes into the heater box and doesn't come out
again, you're going to enjoy learning to take the dash off...but make sure
that's the case first.

david

David Beierl - Providence, RI
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