Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 21:15:00 -0700
Reply-To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject: Re: Damned Radiator fan again..(87 Westy Syncro)
you should be able to get the fan to light up with only the female plug.
One contact is ground. The other two are high and low speeds. Jump ground
(almost certainly a brown wire) to either of the two others and you should
get the fan turning.
Karl Wolz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Transue" <thetrans@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 6:24 PM
Subject: Damned Radiator fan again..(87 Westy Syncro)
> After much work, I'm still stuck in getting my radiator fan to work when
the
> temperature rises.
>
> I've replaced the following:
>
> 1) Temp sensor/fan switch in radiator
> 2) Ballast resistor behind front driver headlight
> 3) Relay in fuse area
>
> I've also tried the "Ken" trick of jumpering the wires. I may be
completely
> stupid here, but what I did was jumper two contacts in the female plug,
then
> ran a wire from the jumpered connection and a wire from the remaining
female
> contact to the male plug. Based on what I understand, the fan should come
on
> with this jumpered arrangement. I tried every combination on the male
plug,
> and the fan never came on.
>
> Am I doing this right? Is this how others have tested their radiator fan
> switch? Sorry for being dense, but I'm guessing I may not be jumpering
> correctly.
>
> Also, shouldn't the radiator fan come on when you switch the AC on
> regardless of temperature?
>
> Last question.. if my radiator has a ground problem, wouldn't that cause a
> complete inability for the fan to come on? If I look underneath the van in
> the spare area, I see two sets of red wires going to two different posts
on
> the fan. Coming out of the wiring harness, I see a black wire (assume its
a
> ground) going up and what appears to be UNDER the floorboards.
>
> If this is the ground wire, where does it end? If I cut it and reground it
> to another connection, will I screw anything up? I only ask this because I
> can't see where this wire terminates, and if all I have to do is ground it
> elsewhere on the frame, the cutting and relocation of the ground seems
like
> a solution.
>
> Sorry for the long message and possibly elementary questions. I'm running
> out of solutions.
>
> Bill
>
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