I drove a 1990 vanagon for 20 years and have driven my 1983 westy for 10
years.

I have never lost one of these resistors.

What am I doing wrong? : )

Jim

On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 4:50 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> or put more clearly...
>
> if the wire gauges in question matched (or the substitute part used
> larger gauge wires) .....
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 2:48 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I was wondering the same thing.
> >
> > If the wire gauges in question were the same size or bigger as used on
> > a brand x 3 spd resistor in that brand x, what else would be a
> > stumbling block?
> >
> > Neil.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Project Pat <psdooley@verizon.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Example, just at random I looked up a blower resistor for a 95 F150.
>  The
> >> quality Motorcraft brand is $21.
> >>
> http://www.partsgeek.com/catalog/1995/ford/f150/climate_control/blower_motor
> >> _resistor.html
> >> With the proper wiring harness plug($2 junkyard part), why couldn't
> >> something like this work?
> >>
> >> The resistance values and power dissipation should be in the ballpark
> with
> >> any other brand.  It would just need to have the same number of stages
> for
> >> correct functionality.  And of course the footprint would need to match
> the
> >> existing VW part.
> >
> > --
> > Neil n
> >
> > Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca
> >
> > '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p
> >
> > '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"  http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
> >
> > Vanagon VAG Gas inline-VR Engine Swap Group:
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/d7gd5ej
>
>
>
> --
> Neil n
>
> Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca
>
> '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p
>
> '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"  http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
> Vanagon VAG Gas inline-VR Engine Swap Group:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/d7gd5ej
>