I don't think your problem is the blower.  I'd pull the battery ground and
lower the fuse panel -- start looking around for fused/melted/shorted wiring.

If nothing is obvious I don't know better than to start tracing the
affected circuits with the Bentley diagrams and choice of meter or maybe
test light.  If you have trouble making sense of the schematics I can help.

d

At 12:21 PM 12/1/2001, John Baker wrote:
>Driving down the road yesterday in my 83.5 Water cooled vgon when I notice
>the front heater blower does not seem to be blowing very hard.  Start to
>smell a burning smell, lasts for a few minutes then the blower stops
>working completely. As this happens, I notice that my high beam\low beam
>switch on the headlites no longer changes the brightness of the lights.  I
>also see that when I turn on my turn signals, the headlite indicator dash
>bulb begins flashing in time with the turn signal, AND my backup lights
>are staying on whenever the ignition switch is on,  OH SH*T, what did I
>do.  Drove home and then after checking all the fuses (all appear fine), I
>started the bus again and I still have no heater blower or High beams, but
>the reverse lights are now off and the headlite indicator dash bulb no
>longer flashes with the turn signal indicator.  Anyone have any ideas what
>I may have fried?? How much of a PITA is it to put in a new heater blower??

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