

| Subject: | Re: Fwd: Re: Diagnosing cooling fan |
| From: | Joshua Van Tol |
| Date: | Mon, 29 Mar 1999 21:19:34 -0600 |
> Eric gave the clue! I wrote: >>Ok, I've looked at the Bentley -- first of all, there's no mention of a >>resistor pack in the schematics for any year that I looked at except >>possibly the '83/84, where there's an ambiguous little symbol that could >>possibly be a resistor. I've an '84 myself, maybe I'll look sometime. :) > > Well, they changed it all around for the A/C versions. On the '88 the > thermoswitch triggers low and high speed, and the AC does low (AC on), > medium (Compressor on), and high (high pressure in system). So, if it > isn't running at all, the path to check is: Fuse S1, 30A; 2.5mm BK to > thermoswitch pin 3; [short pin 3 to pin 2] ; 2.5 mm R/W to resistor pack > pin 2; 6.0 mm R from resistor pin 3 to fan motor; 6.0 mm BR to ground at > terminal 10 near fuse panel. > > If you short across the resistor pack it will probably blow fuse S1, as > that would run the fan at full speed which is normally supplied through an > un-numbered 50A fuse direct form the battery to pin 30/2 of the "Rad Cool > Fan Relay 3rd Stage," which also feeds the fan motor through a 6.0 mm R wire. > > That's a big fan motor, could be up in the 400W range! Specifically, It's 450 Watts. Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@uswest.net
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