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Subject:Re: radiator fan relay
From:lauterba
Date:Sun, 19 Oct 2003 00:20:13 -0400

Gary, at least on my '84, low speed fan comes on as soon as A/C compressor
is on.  When high-speed fan comes on, A/C compressor goes off.  Do you need
wiring diagram from Bentley?

John Lauterbach
Macon, GA
----- Original Message -----
From: "gary hradek" <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 8:07 PM
Subject: radiator fan relay

> I have an 87 vanagon with ac.   I was thinking there
> was a relay that turns on the low and high speed on
> the radiator fan.   Having just replaced the
> temperature sensor switch I was going to replace the
> relay.   For some reason I thought that the relay was
> located in the fuse box???   When I look there and
> pull the relays one at a time the fan stays on?
> There is an open slot for the new relay for busdepot
> but the fan comes on and off without that slot filled.
> So is there a relay somewhere else?   The wires look
> big enough at the sensor switch to suggest that there
> is no need for a relay.   Perhaps the relay is just
> for the medium ac speed?   Can someone clarify this.
>                 thanks gary
>
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