It's interesting that David comments on that circuit being overloaded. I
find that fuse brined out pretty regularly! Just replaced it again
yesterday.

Woody
83.5 V'gon
Haverhill, MA 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of David Beierl
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 2:27 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: question regarding front heater switch and knob, 1990
Vanagon GL

At 07:43 PM 12/27/2009, David Cohen wrote:
>  The switch keeps sticking  in the
>third position.   Where do you recommend I buy a switch  from?

That's because the switch body is thermoplastic; it softened and the
contact pressure drove the hot contact down into the switch body.  On
a desert island you'd find a way to fix it.  Bus Depot, Van-Again, no
doubt others have new;  Chris Turner <jordanvw@aol.com> no doubt has
used ones -- if used, try to get one from a rear blower, they're the
same switch but less load on them.  But if you add a relay for the
high speed you shouldn't have any further switch problems.  On the
1.9l the circuit is overloaded but the 2.1l don't need a new circuit,
I think, just getting the load off the switch; so you can take the 30
terminal off the switch supply, cut and use the high-speed wire from
the switch for the 85 terminal; 86 to ground and the other one to the
fan high-speed wire.

Yrs,
David