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Subject:Re: EZ way to test rad fan?
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Fri, 11 May 2012 16:10:49 -0700

"that tests everything but the sender."

Well yeah I /hope/ that the sender (switch) didn't fail simply because
it was unscrewed from the old rad and screwed into the new. But one
never knows, one never knows. There are pitfalls to fall into, traps to
be sprung, Murphy Law awaits, eager to pounce. Unless one is expecting it.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
Bend, Ore.
1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.

On 05/11/2012 03:50 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
> unplug with connector from the sender..
> jumper two of the wires for low speed fan operation..
> one of those and 'the other one' for high speed van operation.
>
> like with a paper clip.
> ignition does not have to be on.
> that tests everything but the sender.
>
> scott
> www.turbovans.com
>
> On 5/11/2012 12:08 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>> It's not hot enough here to get the rad fan to fire up. After pulling
>> the old rad and putting in the new I want to doublecheck to make sure
>> that the wiring, etc., is still in operating condition. Is there a fast
>> and easy way to test that puppy's high and low speeds?
>>
>> 1984 1.9, 3 wires plug into the thermal switch on the rad.
>>
>> --
>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>> Bend, Ore.
>> 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
>> 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
>> San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.
>>