Regarding your radiator fan: mine finally gave up on low speed. It turned
out to be the "relay" (I think it's more like a ballast, but Mark or someone
else with more knowledge will know) was the culprit. My low speed fan was
also a little noisy, and for whatever reason, replacing the relay eliminated
that. I noticed that about my starter as well .... the hot wire on the
solenoid was loose and it made starting sound like a dying battery. Wasn't!
Once that connection was made firm, I now have a very healthy
sounding/functioning starter. Electrical "stuff" can have weird symptoms. It
also got rid of what I thought was a developing "hot start" problem, where
the starter would barely turn over when the engine hot. Again, no more of
those symptoms.By the way, I've done the same thing with that ground post
.... My headlights are ground at the firewall just as Mark outlined, along
with the radiator fan. Shorter ground wires seem to work better too.
bob
'87 Syncro Westy

On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Robert Fisher <refisher@mchsi.com> wrote:

> Thanks Mark (and Mike), that's pretty much exactly what I wanted to know. I
> mentioned in an earlier post that my rad fan sounded weak, so perhaps this
> is the cause... or I suppose the fan motor could be going as well, but I'll
> be able to determine that better after I re-run the wire.
>