Hello all-

Recently temp light in my 87 GL started flashing.  Last time this
happened, indeed lowspeed fan operation was not occuring, and I
replaced the resistor as well as the temp sender, and all has been
well.  With those two out of the way, I was a little worried.  Coolant
level is ok.  Someone else recently asked about this, but the answers
seemed to mostly be regarding eliminating false warnings, where I
think my problem is actually the fan.

Using the steps here:

http://www.vanagain.com/How2fan.htm

I tried to manually start the fan, and it does work on both speeds.
However, it sounds very "wheezy", like bearings or something are
rattling around.  I made sure the sending unit was plugged back in
(and all the terminals looked good) and ran it up to temp to see.  I
couldn't get it hot enough for the light to start flashing, but the
needle did go above the LED a bit, so I got out to listen for the fan.
 Usually I can hear or feel it through the dash, but could not.  So I
stepped in front and could hear it, again, acting pretty wheezy.

In my newbie view, this seems to indicate my fan is on its way out and
needs replacement.  I believe this is a pretty difficult/expensive
repair, but am willing to do it if that is what is needed.  Is there
anything else I should check before taking it in?

Also, if memory serves, the expense of this repair is because the dash
has to come out and that is a ton of labor.  This would be a good time
to also replace my (totally dead) ventiliation fan, right?  I guess
that is the silver lining of this dark cloud.

Thanks for any advice,

rob in long beach, ca
87 westy gl