Seem like that is the nature of the beast.
My aircooled takes a moment to come on in any speed setting position.
After its been on for a few minutes all speeds work good.
If I turn the engine off and leave the van for a few minutes It reverts
back to the same cycle.
Since I've got an air cooled I thought that it was sticky bearings and
dust in the brushes that caused this delay and that the turbine needed a
little twirl from air passing to get it started but in reality I think
its a combination of age, dust in the motor and sticky bearings.
Mine always starts up after a few minutes no matter which setting it is
on.
I've stripped out several blower motors while parting out Vanagons and
the motors are all fairly encrusted with dust internally. Having done the
dis-assembly I don't look forward to the round trip so I've never
replaced mine even though it needs it.

Stan Wilder
83 Westfalia Air Cooled

On Mon, 8 Oct 2001 12:53:06 -0500 Dart 330 <dart330@HOTMAIL.COM> writes:
> With all the recent talk about replacing the heater blower motor up
> front it
> got me curious about mine acting up. When I turn my switch to the 1
> position
> the fan does not come on. When I set it to 2, 75% of the time the
> fan comes
> on. In position 3 it always comes on, and then it stays on in
> position 1 and
> 2 at the correct speeds as long as I don't turn it off. I am
> wondering if
> this is the blower motor going out or just the switch in need of
> replacement.
>
> Nathan
> 85 Westy
> 74 Bus
>
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