I like the color. I'm much more comfy camping in a van that blends with the
surroundings and this color looks like it would work in most places. Do you
have the paint code?

*Miguel*

*The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it- basically because
you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them. *
*- Charles Bukowski, Tales of Ordinary*

On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Zeitgeist <gruengeist@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm currently rebuilding the climate box in my neighbor's '86 Syncro, and
> found that the blower resistor pack had gotten hot enough to blister the
> plastic housing--pretty scary.  Since the resistor checks out as within
> spec, I traced the wires back to the switch and the ground crowns.  Both
> were found to have melted wires.  It looks like the crowns had rusted due
> to a leaking windshield, which created extra resistance in the circuit.
> I'm replacing the crowns, but also will be relocating high amperage grounds
> (e.g. heater blower, radiator fan, etc.) to their own dedicated source
> below the dash.  I may now consider the relays as an additional protection
> in the circuit, since the owner brought me a replacement blower that looks
> a lot like the version Alistair is using.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Mar 26, 2015, at 4:33 AM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <
> kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> >
> > Alustair you might want to put a some relays in the system to unload the
> > blower fan switch.  That fan is more powerful than the stock dash one so
> it
> > will pull more amps.  Don't want to have a melted fan switch.  Everything
> > else looks good.
> >
> > Ken
> >> On Mar 25, 2015 4:14 PM, "Alistair Bell" <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >> Posted some bumpf about my neighbour's 85 doka. It's worth looking at
> just
> >> to see the nice colour choice he made with his repaint.
> >>
> >>
> >> https://shufti.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/vanagon-85-doka/
> >>
> >> Alistair
> >>
>