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Date:         Tue, 16 Apr 2002 20:34:02 -0700
Reply-To:     phil stanhope <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         phil stanhope <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Manual on/off Switch for Radiator Fan /Radiator Questions
In-Reply-To:  <005201c1e5b0$5276b280$8151530c@pavilion>
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What size socket will fit over this monster? Theres not enough room to fit an adjustable wrench and it looks very delicate/plastic

Thaaaaank you:)

Phil

--- Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> wrote: > Easier access to the switch by removing the lower > grille. Otherwise, you're > matching my experience. > > Have the new switch ready to jam in the hole > immediately. > > Karl Wolz > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Aristotle Sagan" <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 5:52 PM > Subject: Re: Manual on/off Switch for Radiator Fan > /Radiator Questions > > > > Craig and all, > > > > Drop the spare. Not on your fingers. Look up. > There is the temperature > > switch for the radiator. Big wrench, have the new > one ready to put in. > Total > > open time of the radiator fluids to air is about 5 > seconds if you are > > nimble. The vent valve for the radiator is on the > other end of the > radiator > > and the amount of air you have let in is > negligable. The system will > pretty > > much bleed itself. I did it and I am as much a > klutz as anyone. > > If you did let more coolant out and want to bleed > the system, it is very > > easy and you don't have to do the whole system, > just the radiator part. > > > > tim in san jose > > > > > > > > > >Aristotle, > > >don't I have to drain the radiator, then bleed > the coolant? The > > >process sounded like a hassle. I'll probably do > it one day, but I > > >don't want to spend a full day on something like > this right now. > > > > > >How long did it take you to replace the radiator > fan switch that is > > >located on the radiator on the driver's side? > Also, I'm a little > > >worried about not being able to bleed it > properly. > > > > > >-- Craig > > >-- > > >Craig Oda craigoda@communitybuilders.info > > >VW Info: 1983 VW Westfalia, water-cooled, > automatic > > >http://communitybuilders.dhs.org/craigoda/vw/ > > > > > > > > >On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Aristotle Sagan wrote: > > > > > > > I took mine out. DPO had installed one and it > was such a PITA to > > >remember to > > > > turn it on when you got off the highway, turn > it off when you got on. > > > > Monitor the temp gauge continually. > > > > > > > > My suggestion... > > > > > > > > Fix the problem. > > > > > > > > > > > > tim in san jose > > > > > > > > >Phil, > > > > >I just installed a switch in my dash for the > radiator > > > > >fan. Took less than an hour. I ran the > wires through an existing > > > > >hole under the floor of the drivers > compartment. I then drilled a > > > > >hole in the drivers dashboard for the switch > mounting. It seems to > > > > >work fine now. > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print > your photos: > > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > >

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