At 01:37 PM 7/3/2009, Troy wrote:
>I would also suggest redoing the foam rubber on the flaps. It takes
>some time, but well worth the effort.

Also check the wear on the hinges of the hanging doors (that keep the
fan output from going out the front when the fan is stronger than ram
air) and rebuild them if necessary.  If one or both of those doors
falls off the fan becomes useless, though ram air still works
fine.  They're plastic pins in little plastic clips, quite
small.  The pins wear triangular and the open end of the clips
widens.  I melted metal pins into place and rebuilt the clips with
filled epoxy (J-B Weld or similar) IIRC.  Access to the clips is a nuisance.

And it wouldn't be a bad time to add a relay in the high-speed switch
position, to keep the switch from melting.  On the 1.9s I'd also
supply the relay from a second circuit, so the fuse will stop
toasting the fuse cover and sometimes blowing.

  --
David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'89 Po' White Star "Scamp"