

| 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" > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ >
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