One important tip for this job, is to replace all your dash bulbs while the
dash is taken apart.

You don't want to have to pull the dash again, just to replace a bulb.

Marshall Ruskin

>In a message dated 11/16/99 6:31:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>VintagePkr@AOL.COM writes:
>
><< I've checked Bently for a procedure and all they seem to
> show is an exploded view and something bizarre about a knife to split the
> case.  I asked a friend of mine with access to a mechanic's billable time
> manual and he told me that the vanagon r&r of the heater is 4 hrs for the
gas
> vanagon and 5 hrs for the diesel (why the 1 hr diff?) Still that's 300
bucks
> at least just for the labor 100 bucks more for a new fan motor and right
now
> the van is teetering on the edg >>
>
>any way you look at it, the job is a whoppin pain in the ass.    you have
to
>remove the whole dash.  then you have to split open the heat seamed housing
>to get at the motor.    there is no "quick easy fix".    bite the bullet,
do
>the job once, and do it right.  maybe a friend can let you use their heated
>garage to work in. (remember plastic breaks like glass in freezing or below
>temps) i think Ron sells the fan motors for less than $100..im pretty
sure..
> check his site.   dont even bother putting a used fan motor in, or you'll
be
>doing the same thing next year again..  i actually have a few used dash
>blowers that are prolly good,  but i'd never put a used one in my van...
>
>chris
>