>Re: front heater fan     Damian wrote:
>
>It looks like a  nasty job to replace       IT IS
>
>Do I have to pull the dash?                    YES
>
>This and the leaking cylinder heads are the two poorest design features I
>can think of on a Vanagon.  They should have made this fan easier to
>replace.  This is almost as big a design error as cars that had to have
>engines lifted to change spark plugs.

The failure isn't the fan's inacessibility. It's its unreliability.
The ONLY car I've heard of the heater fan failing in is the Vanagon,
and it seems they fail unfortunately often. I doubt the fan in a
Toyota is any easier to access, but then, they never fail!