In my experience there are only a handful of common electrical failures
on Vanagons. Ok, maybe 2 handfuls. I guess someone should compile a list
along with a quick check for determining if a given problem a Vanagon
owner has is due to one of the common ones like yours was.

Mark

Paul Connelly wrote:
> Thanks for the help guys,
>
> I will try to get around to changing them all over at some point,
> Scott. For the moment I took the connectors all off and the Multi
> Point Grounds out cleaned everything up and tightened all of the
> spades and reconnected everything. Fan now works perfectly on low and
> high!
>
> Still no head lights but that's a job for tomorrow....
>
> Have a great evening,
>
> Cheers, Paul.
>
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
> <scottdaniel@turbovans.com <mailto:scottdaniel@turbovans.com>> wrote:
>
>     if you are talking about that multi-ground point with push-on
>     spade terminals...........
>     way mo betta to convert them to screw and eye grounding terminals.
>     Be sure to put a star type pointy washer betwixt the wire terminal
>     and the body of the van.
>     scott
>
>
>     ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Connelly"
>     <vanagonhummingbird@GMAIL.COM <mailto:vanagonhummingbird@GMAIL.COM>>
>     To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>>
>     Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 4:43 PM
>     Subject: Re: Radiator Fan Resistor Question
>
>
>
>         Hey Mark,
>
>         You're right - had to crimp up a jumper wire, but using a
>         parallel ground
>         turned the fan. So bad earth - looks like it is the furthest
>         away of the
>         second ground post behind the fuse panel, Maybe that's the
>         headlight issue
>         too - I guess its time to take them all off clean them up and
>         re apply. I
>         did try each crimp terminal with a meter to a separate ground
>         earlier, and
>         didn't see any problems, but I guess its there... Well -
>         that's the next
>         couple of hours...
>
>         Thanks Again,
>
>         Paul.
>
>         Could they make it any tighter to get in there!!!
>
>         On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 5:03 PM, mdrillock <mdrillock@cox.net
>         <mailto:mdrillock@cox.net>> wrote:
>
>             What you just wrote suggests the bad ground for the fan as
>             I mentioned at
>             the end of my reply. Either that or you have multiple
>             problems. The ground
>             can be intermittent..............
>
>
>
>                 .......
>
>
>
>                     Another common failure point is the ground lug for
>                     the brown wire coming
>                     from the fan. It plugs into the grounding star
>                     behind the main relay
>                     panel.
>                     Many grounds plug in there and corrosion is a
>                     major issue on them.
>
>
>                     Mark
>