Date:         Wed, 2 Feb 2000 18:44:22 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: heater switch plate removal
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At 06:19 PM 2/2/2000 -0500, Mark Watts wrote:
>Well,  I need to know how to get the front dash heater control fan switch
>cover plate off. The rear switch plate one came out easy.
>
>tia,
>mark 87 westie

 From recent posts:



>There is a plastic pin extending into the dash from the top right and
>bottom left of the cover.  The pins stick into compression springs in the
>dash.  You have to pry gently at the indicated places.  The handles have to
>be carefully pulled off first.  Sometimes the pin will break off -- one of
>mine is held on with a screw through the front after gluing proved unsat.

>You're welcome.  Now if you want the new switch to last, run another 16-amp
>fused circuit from the 15-circuit (i.e. ignition-switched circuit) at the
>panel to a relay (30/88 terminal) and use that to drive the high-speed
>position of the fan.  Cut the wire from the switch -- use the switch end to
>drive the relay (pin 85 or 86 -- ground the other one) and the load end to
>take power from pin 87/88a.
>
>By this method the low fan speeds are handled by the original circuit which
>can easily handle them, but the high speed is supplied separately with the
>switch providing only the activation current for the relay.  Should last
>forever.

David Beierl - Providence, RI
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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"