Last week the fan resistor in Fun Bus failed on the way to see my son in the
hospital. As many of us know the Vanagon resistor is no longer available and
we have been using the Eurovan version part # 701959263D. The dealer list
for this is now $103 so I tried to order from a number of list vendors with
no luck. So reluctantly I ordered one form the dealer. I picked it up today
and guess what! It has been redesigned. It will still fit in the original
bracket but it is oval in shape and the resistance wire is considerably
larger. It appears they finally realized the original design just couldn't
handle the load. Anyway, it look like it is worth the cost if it reduces the
failure rate. Unfortunately for us Vanagon folk we still have to adapt the
wiring.

Dennis