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Subject:Re: Front Blower Doesn't
From:Larry Alofs
Date:Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:16:21 -0500

I believe the switches for front and rear are the same, so that should be
easy to check by switching them.

Larry A.

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:05 AM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Don't forget that the switch itself can fail.
>
> Check wiring, fuse, switch first.
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 5:14 AM, C B <cunegonde.van.westfalia@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I know it's just a figure of speech, but my front blower doesn't blow
> >  my skirt up at all. Nor does it defrost, unless Cunegonde is going
> >  fast enough to force air through the outside vents. The front heat
> >  exhanger is working fine, as is my carefully burped radiator. The rear
> >  underseat fan/heat exchanger would do Marilyn Monroe proud.
> >
> >  How do I access the front dash heater blower motor rheostat? Bentley
> >  is reticent.
> >  What's the part #? Is there a better/equivalent but cheaper
> replacement?
> >  What are the other most common front blower failures?
> >  Will I have to demolish the dash and split the front heater case?
> >  Can it wait until next fall?!
> >
> >  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >  Other than having to drive from Kelso to Chehalis with no voltage
> >  regulator (and eventually, no battery), Cunegonde's been running
> >  perfectly since the waterpump and transmission were replaced last
> >  summer. A new alternator/regulator and battery, and off she went.
> >
> >  Some new sensors and sparkplugs, and she's getting 18+ highway mpg. I
> >  imagine a full tune-up should increase that to 19-20 mpg
> >
> >  --
> >  Bretts
> >
> >  1983 1.9l WBX Ivory Westfalia "Cunegonde"
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"
>
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