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Subject:Re: heater switch failure prone?
From:Michael Knight
Date:Mon, 27 Dec 2004 13:45:44 -0600

>From: Jim Felder

>I don't know how common it it, but the car has 240K on in. For a year
>it's had an "extra" position to the right that did nothing, but you
>could clearly feel the lever click into that position.

>When it gave out was after I was warming the car in the driveway a few
>days ago. The switch operated just fine, but when I can out later it
>felt ver hard to move, and not has two postions, off and medium, and
>it's not really easy to get it into either of them.

>On the other hand, my 90 carat, with almost as many miles, operates
>very crisply, as it did when new.

Okay well mine seems to switch into the positions fine but no fan. I gues I
could chase the wires at the back of the switch to see if I am getting any
juice. If not I guess I will be looking for a fan and pulling the dash to
replace. Anyone have anu better ideas?

Michael Knight
'77 Westy Deluxe, "el Verde"
'85 Vanagon GL, nameless