At 09:52 AM 1/14/2002, John Baker wrote: >When my front heater blower worked, it really only seemed to make a >difference when I was sitting still or driving 35 MPH or less. My blower >motor fried recently, and I have not replaced it because I have noticed >that at cruising speed (anything above 40 MPH) the fresh air blowing in is >at least as powerful as the blower fan was. I am not saying that is how >it is SUPPOSED to be, but that's how mine is\was. FWIW. I think I can still hear the flaps closing if I suddenly start the blower at higher road speeds than that -- but don't notice much difference in the output at highway speeds. The ram effect is very powerful on this vehicle. Quite incidentally, I discovered (under stress of being late reporting back for duty in 1970) that my Sunbeam Alpine could run considerable distances without a fan belt, as long as I never slowed below 80, or was it 85. The water pump shaft also held the fan, so it would windmill and keep the water circulating. Nice flat straight roads between Gulfport and Pensacola... david
-- David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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