Oops, I posted this to the diesel vanagon group but meant to post it to
this one.

Jim

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: All 2 Speed Radiator Fans Use Internal Resistor?
To: diesel-vanagon <Diesel-Vanagon@yahoogroups.com>

I recently had  someone call about a radiator that I have. I took the fan,
condenser and wiring harness off of it. I tossed the shroud in the trash as
I have a couple of them already anyway and more and more limited room to
keep stuff. I saved the rest of it. Then I read this thread and saw that
the shroud only fits the three-speed motor, not the two-speed.

So, in the interest of the possibility of upgrading my diesel westy to
something that will power an AC system someday, I saved the shroud and put
everything back on the shelf, including the wiring harness which is where
the resistor plugs in to the motor. I presume that the thermo switch is
different, too, the one that screws into the radiator?

Is that a "true fact," do the late model motors only fit late model
shrouds? I thought the difference was between 82 diesel  vanagons and
everything else, not the two and three speed motors. Let me know so I can
sort this out.

Thanks,

Jim

On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 11:11 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Mark.
>
> I obviously misread the diagram but see that now. The thin line is an
> internal "hard wire". It and resistor symbol are "behind" the numbers.
>
> Neil.
>
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 7:02 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
> > The small motor fan version has 3 integral wires, low, high, and ground.
> The
> > Bentley diagram has the symbol of a resistor shown inside the motor to
> > create the lower speed. The fan motors I have looked at seem like sealed
> > units and I have never tried to open one up to see what is really in
> there.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > neil n wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks guys.
> >>
> >> So I guess the question may be:
> >>
> >> am I seeing a resistor at "1" of the 2 speed non AC "Rad Fan" on P
> 97.66 ?
> >>
> >> Maybe a moot question? If fan stops working on low speed, and fault is
> >> at fan motor, only option is to replace it?
> >>
> >> Neil.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Neil n
>
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