Date:         Fri, 23 Mar 2001 11:09:50 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: halfway thru heater motor replacement - need advice!
Comments: To: sg <sg@SUNSETWINONA.COM>
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Don't Yank!!

If you have a box with clips, there are eleven of them; if welds I forget
how many, but some are indeed at the back.  Also there are two screws in
the top, fore and aft of the blower bulge.  I don't think it's practical to
open the box without unmounting it first (four 6mm screws, #3
Phillips).  OTOH, at least with the clip version, you can split the box and
leave the core plumbed up -- this of course means final re-assembly will be
in the van.

david


At 01:52 AM 3/23/2001, sg wrote:
>hi list,
>i know there has been lots o' talk about heater fan motor replacement
>recently, but im halfway thru the job and i need some advice.  ive gotten
>the dash off (jeepers, this was a pain in the ass), and ive done various
>electrical trouble shooting on the motor such as testing power/gnd to make
>sure it wasnt a simple fix (which it wasnt ;( ).  now i need to get at the
>blower moter, and ive cracked the seals on the heater assembly, but there
>appear to be some seals and/or retaining clips all the way in the back of
>the assembly, ie in the space between the assembly and the sheet metal the
>dash bolts down onto, totally unaccessable by human hands.  anybody dealt
>with getting this assembly apart in order to get at the blower motor?  did
>you run into this problem?  what did you do?  the only thing i can think
>of is to give it a good yank, and hope for the best ....
>-steve and buster

David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"