Heater fan and core malfunctions are not all that uncommon in many vehicles,
especially older ones.  When the newest possible Vanagon is 11 yrs old and
probably more like 15-18 yrs old, does this seem all that unusual?   Where
the listee problems seem to be are in this later age group.
The reason the Vanagon fan sticks out in ones mind is the same reason Any
PITA job is remembered,  because it is a PITA!!

Dave B
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: Two problems . . . (heater fan)

> >In a message dated 1/2/02 7:23:48 PM,
andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ
> >writes:
> >
> ><< The ONLY car I've heard of the heater fan failing in is the Vanagon >>
> >
> >Andrew,
> >
> >You must have lived a sheltered life.  Come to the land where men are
still
> >men enough to face the pain-in-the-ass of a heater blower failing in the
> >midst of a raging blizzard and you will find various hunks of useless
copper
> >windings littering the landscape.  I have seen the good, a Chevrolet
which
> >merely involves popping the hood (i.e., bonnet) and all of 10 minutes
later a
> >new blower motor is in place; the bad, a Vanagon, of course; and the
truly
> >ugly, a Volvo 240 which can take 8 hours of the most tortured contortions
> >imaginable, even for an experienced hand.  I have heard tell of men who
have
> >sold their 240's when confronted with a dealer's estimated cost to
replace a
> >heater blower motor.
> >
> >Rich
>
> Aha! A bell rings! Maybe the Caravelle and Volvo 740 used in the
> famed head-on test images both had blown fan motors?
>
> Andrew