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Subject:Re: Replacing heater switch
From:Michael Knight
Date:Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:14:52 -0600

>From: Jim Felder

>I took the advice of other listees and picked up a heater blower motor
>switch at lunch and just installed it. It was so easy that it's worth
>mentioning the process for those suffering from malfunctioning
>switches.
>The switch cost about $5.50 at my local VW shop, so don't put off doing
>it because of the expense. It's so easy to replace that that shouldn't
>be a deterrent either.
>Unplug, plug in the new
>switch, reassemble and enjoy tepid air even while stopped.

What kind of symptoms were you getting? Both of my switches click like new
and when power is applied I can here a click like turning on a stuck
motor(maybe call it power draw). I swapped the switches and get the same
results from both on the same motor.

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