CHeck the ground first; I went to great lengths to transplant a heater motor once, only to have to fix that. sg wrote: > Hi List, I'm trying to figure out what is wrong with the fan for my > heater unit. Sometimes it comes on when I activate it, sometimes it > doesnt. When it comes on, usually it makes a squealing noise, and > what's more, stops operating after a while. It seems to like > operating best when the van (85 vanagon westfalia, 'Buster') is > moving. All this data has led me to think the electric motor is just > 'gummed up' or has some blockage, and maybe an inspection and possible > cleaning will do wonders. The thing is, how the heck do I get at this > thing? The Haynes manual says you have to remove the facia, which is > what they call the dashboard, and to do this, you have do disattach > the steering column from the facia. Well, the steering column is > attached to the facia by some funky shear bolts, which apparently you > have to drill thru to get off. Well, I called my local VW mechanic > looking to see if he had some of these bolts that I could use to > replace the ones that I would be drilling off, and he's said, 'What a > minute dude, you dont need to remove the dash, you can get access to > the heater components from underneath towards the center, just remove > the plastic cover over the shifter.' Well, so I did this, and there > is *some* access to the heater components, but it doesnt look like > enough to get at the motor. So now, I'm confused. Do I need to take > the dash off, and deal with the steering column, or don't I? Anybody > done work on the heater before? How did you approach it? thanks,steve > & buster
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