

| Subject: | Re: Front heater fan squealing - how to fix? |
| From: | Joe Federici |
| Date: | Thu, 4 Dec 2003 18:17:49 -0500 |
why would you after all the work to get in there replace it with the wrong or used part? penny wise pound foolish. JFF >Will a motor from the rear heater work as a replacement? Anyone? Bueler... >Bueler... > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John Rodgers" <jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET> >To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> >Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 2:57 PM >Subject: Re: Front heater fan squealing - how to fix? > > >> Sorry, but it can't be fixed. You have to pull the entire dash out to >> get to it. Not as bad as it sounds, takes about a day. VAnagon.com has >> links to sites that show how to do it. Be sure you have a new motor on >> hand. And be prepared to rework the blower box. By the time you get to >> this point on one, it;s time to fix all the seals in there so you don't >> have to go back through this for another 100,000 miles or so. >> >> regards, >> >> John Rodgers >> 88 Gl Driver >> >> SD Kraning wrote: >> >> >Does anyone know about these heater fans / blowers? My front one is >starting to make squealing or squeeking noises on the middle speed. (It is >on a '90 Carat b.t.w.) I suspect it is a bearing that is going bad. is this >something that can be lubricated, or does it have to come out and get >rebuilt or replaced w/ a new one? > > > > > >thanks, > > > > > >scott k. > > > > > > > > > > >
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