Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 13:12:41 -0500
Reply-To: John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
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From: John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: [FIX] Front Heater Switch - Caution
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Robert, to answer your question, my switch upgrade did solve my problem. The
blower works at all speeds now.
John Rodgers
88 GL Driver
Robert Steven Fish wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My question to you is...
>
> did your switch upgrade fix the problem?
>
> I have tried two used switches in mine, and I have what seems to be the same
> thing going on in mine.
>
> I hit the low and medium speeds on the switch, and the fan does not move, or
> strains and tries to move... hit high speed and it spins!!
>
> I had the same thing happening on my golf and had to replace a 35 dollar
> resistor in the blower motor (on the advice of the VW mechanic) and it still
> did not work. I pulled the blower, and it was a mess.... I managed to take
> it apart as much as it would allow, and lubed it up good... afterwards, it
> ran no problem on all speeds, with the old resistor installed too!
>
> So now I would like to know if I need to rip the entire dash off and dive in
> to do a lube on my Vanagon blower motor. I do not want to, as I have been
> tweaking things all summer and I finally just want to put it all back
> together inside and drive it a bit.
>
> The strange thing is that if I run the blower in high speed, and THEN
> switch down to medium... it runs in medium... and then if I switch down to
> low... and it runs in low.
>
> Makes me really think that the motor is just crapped up, and needs that
> extra voltage to bust through, and actually spin.
>
> Any comments or advice will be sincerely appreciated.
>
> RSF
>
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>
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> Robert S. Fish
> Salzburg, Austria
> 1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender
> 1987 Golf Cabriolet
> 1991 Golf
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Rodgers" <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 10:29 PM
> Subject: [FIX] Front Heater Switch - Caution
>
> > I just replaced the front blower switch on my 88 GL. The motor would run
> > only on the "HI" position and you could hear it trying in the other two,
> > but it just would not run.
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