Date:         Sat, 3 May 2003 01:58:59 -0500
Reply-To:     mike boland <westy@MVBOLAND.COM>
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From:         mike boland <westy@MVBOLAND.COM>
Subject:      Re: Great inventions of the world
Comments: To: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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greatest invention is:

electrify.. think about it...everything uses it now..




At 02:21 AM 5/3/2003 -0400, Kim Brennan wrote:
>In my opinion the greatest invention in the world is bread (taking a
>near inedible object and turning it to a wonderful confection.) Others
>may argue for beer, but that's a Fryday subject.....
>
>Another great invention is Air Conditioning. So the GoldBricks AC's
>fan(s) stop working during the winter (I do try to run my AC at least
>every couple of weeks in winter to keep the oil throughout the
>system....) So today (friday that is) I spent a few hours working on
>it...
>
>First thing I did was check the fuses. All good. Hmm. That's odd. Next
>I check power. No power. Even to the AC switch (i.e that switch before
>the relays). Hmm...
>
>Okay, After a long search I finally determined that one of the wires on
>the back of the fuse holder (on the left underside of the dash) had
>come off. Finally figured out which connector was G3 and reconnected.
>Still no power. Fuses good. Check the wire at the fuse block, and it
>has power....
>
>Look at the circuit diagram figure the next connector is a 4 pin
>connector "in the air duct"...well in my Vanagon it is actually behind
>the left D pillar (though the Bentley calls it the C pillar.) Okay, I
>check and I've got 12 volts at the connector. Still no fans.
>
>Wait a second...do I detect a bit of browning on that white connector?
>Check that voltage with the connector TOGETHER...yah, 9 volts. That's
>not right. Hmm connector is acting as a 23K ohm resistor. Not good. Get
>out the fine (400 grit) sand paper and clean up the pin, then roll that
>sand paper and insert it on the other side and clean out the socket.
>Reconnect. Glory be, I've got AC fan(s) running.
>
>PS. I still had to recharge the AC, but that's pretty trivial and only
>took 15 minutes, not like the 2 hours to figure out the wiring problem.
>
>Ah, the joys of a 17 year old vehicle. :)
>
>Next episode will be the 12 year old vehicle's AC (Westy Syncro).