Date:         Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:42:49 -0500
Reply-To:     wb6otg <wb6otg@INTREX.NET>
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From:         wb6otg <wb6otg@INTREX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Removing radiator fan thermoswitch
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Re: need radiator removal advice today re: spare tire tray

               In a message dated 1/18/2001 10:34:36 AM Pacific Standard Time,
               jlambert21@EXCITE.COM writes:

>In addition in my experience the socket size needed
>to remove and replace the fan switch temp sensor is an odd size like maybe a
>29 mm. I may be wrong on the size--but in any case I think it might be
>desireable to remove the temp sender switch for the radiator fan and install
>it or the new fan switch in the new radiator BEFORE you put the new radiator
>up in it's position. When the radiator is out of the bus you can use a
>Crescent wrench or carefully use plyers to remove and re-install. Once the
>new radiator is installed you have only room for a socket to install the fan
>switch through a hole in the body. This if you have the 29mm
>socket--preferably a deep socket or maybe even neccesarily a deep socket-you
>can install and remove the switch while installed. But in my expereince the
>29mm socket is an odd size and a difficult find depending on where you live.

I couldn't find a socket of the right size that was deep enough when I had to change the switch on my '84.  Since I was 3000 miles from home, I decided to improvise.  You can remove the switch with a crescent wrench.  Just turn the wrench 90 degrees from the usual, so that it fits down over the switch, with the handle pointing out the front of the van.  Then use an open end wrench that matches the thickness of the crescent wrench head to unscrew the switch.

Bill