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Subject:Re: Fan not working , would this screw it up too ?
From:mark drillock
Date:Thu, 7 Nov 2002 12:17:08 -0800

The brown wire is ground. The red wire is for high speed and the
remaining wire is low speed. You must have an early watercooled model.

Later models and models with factory A/C have a different fan motor with
only 2 places for wires. On these the different speeds are done by an
external resister.

Mark

Dave Vieira wrote:
>
> Question
>
> My fan is not working, just figured that out now ..
> didnt htink they had one ..  :) .
>
> now i donno why its not working checked all the fuses
> seem all good.. now i want to test the motor .. now
> there are 3 wires off of it.. correct me if im wrong
>
> red - positive
> red with strips - control
> brown - ground
>
> hows that sound
>
> would this be a part of my cooling , air problem ?
>
> is there is a leak in any of the hoses would that
> bring in air too ?
>
> and .. i stripped the bleeder bolt is it ok to just
> tap a new one and use a new bolt . i dont see why not
> but u never know
>
> and also now ... could it be vacum that is puttin in
> air .. cause the engine would rev and and down , up
> and down then stall .. i know thats vacum i donno what
> one but ill have to figure that one out  . but would
> that add to the air in the cooling system ?
>
> and other note to consider, what does this mean ..
> when i have the expashion cap on and the engine is
> warm but not running i get nothing out from the
> bleeder .. now when i took the cap off .. all of a
> sudden the bleeder starts apissin !   never tyred this
> when the engine is running but .. could this mean
> something is wrong with the cap ... not venting of
> something . and when the cap is off i loose heat
> slowly
>
> what do yea make of this ... eveything ... crazyness
>
> im still fishing !! .
>
> thanks of everyones help so far ! .
>
> =====
> Dave Vieira
> Hamilton, Ontario
> Canada
>
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