Craig and all,

Drop the spare. Not on your fingers. Look up. There is the temperature
switch for the radiator. Big wrench, have the new one ready to put in. Total
open time of the radiator fluids to air is about 5 seconds if you are
nimble. The vent valve for the radiator is on the other end of the radiator
and the amount of air you have let in is negligable. The system will pretty
much bleed itself. I did it and I am as much a klutz as anyone.
If you did let more coolant out and want to bleed the system, it is very
easy and you don't have to do the whole system, just the radiator part.

tim in san jose

>
>Aristotle,
>don't I have to drain the radiator, then bleed the coolant?  The
>process sounded like a hassle.  I'll probably do it one day, but I
>don't want to spend a full day on something like this right now.
>
>How long did it take you to replace the radiator fan switch that is
>located on the radiator on the driver's side?  Also, I'm a little
>worried about not being able to bleed it properly.
>
>-- Craig
>--
>Craig Oda   craigoda@communitybuilders.info
>VW Info: 1983 VW Westfalia, water-cooled, automatic
>http://communitybuilders.dhs.org/craigoda/vw/
>
>
>On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Aristotle Sagan wrote:
>
> > I took mine out. DPO had installed one and it was such a PITA to
>remember to
> > turn it on when you got off the highway, turn it off when you got on.
> > Monitor the temp gauge continually.
> >
> > My suggestion...
> >
> > Fix the problem.
> >
> >
> > tim in san jose
> >
> > >Phil,
> > >I just installed a switch in my dash for the radiator
> > >fan.  Took less than an hour.  I ran the wires through an existing
> > >hole under the floor of the drivers compartment.  I then drilled a
> > >hole in the drivers dashboard for the switch mounting.  It seems to
> > >work fine now.

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