Sorry, you are mistaken. The 82-85 watercooled vans don't have a rad fan
relay in the main relay panel. They have the high speed relay mounted up
high, right next to the coolant level warning relay in 83-85. 82 has no
coolant level relay so the fan relay is up there all by itself. This is
the same location that 86+ vans with 450 watt fan motors have it. All
models with a relay up there use a relay of the same physical size but
the relay for the 450 watt has a higher amp contact rating and .375"
spades instead of the .250" spades of the relay for the smaller fan motor.

86+ with the smaller fan motor use the #5 position in the main relay
panel for high speed. This same relay panel location is used for medium
speed in 86+ with 450 watt fans and factory A/C.

Mark

Dennis Haynes wrote:
> The 1.9L vans and the later without AC do not have that big  additional relay above the fuse panel. They use a 2 speed fan motor instead of the monster motor with the resistor for the lower speeds. The high speed relay is with the fuse rack.
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> Dennis
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of vw_van_fan_Mark
> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 3:47 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Cooling fan not coming on
>
> When you jumper high speed on the temp switch wiring you should hear a relay clicking behind the dash near the driver side headlight area. If you don't hear the relay then the motor isn't going to be getting power from the relay.
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> Mark
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