On my 81, you can't get at the front heater motor without pulling the dash
and opening the heat distribution box. Likely the same on most, or all,
other models.

Now that I've done it twice (removing dash) I can see it's not that hard.
The time consuming stuff is redoing the foam on the flaps and IF the box is
sealed with some kind of goop, there is more time needed to get it apart and
clean the joining faces.

Cheers,

Neil.

--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia -
"Jaco"  (Bustorius) http://web.mac.com/tubaneil

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On 12/7/07, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
>
> Is it possible to get "at" the fan motor in place, for lubrication,
> with less effort?
>
> John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> writes:
>
> > Robert, Chad, and Allen,
> >
> > In case yiu don't know = replacement of a heater fan motor required
> > complete removal of the dash to get at it. Most people who undertake
> > the challenge repair the foam seals in the heater box at the same
> > time. And they take care of any other problems under the dash that
> > needs attention. Once done, they are much happier with the heating
> > of the van.from up front. It's a chore, but relatively easy, just
> > takes a lot of time.
>