Date:         Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:52:22 -0500
Reply-To:     Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: First cold day- alternate replacement switch
Comments: To: don spence <dspence@OANET.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <A3DDAF6A-1306-11D9-8233-003065A72624@oanet.com>
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Your switch is burning out because the blower motor needs lubrication
and is drawing too much current. My 82 diesel got to the point that it
would burn out the fuses and switches. I replaced the fuse with a new
plug in type fuseholder and a 30 amp fuse. It still burned out switches
regularly. When replacing the heater core, I drilled an access hole in
the blower fan blade and drizzled oil down the shaft of the motor. That
was 7 years ago. Same switch.
Ever wonder why the switch never burned out for the first 8 years?
Al Brase
69 double cab, Vanagons

don spence wrote:

> Any suggestions a s to what to replace the switch with??
> On Thursday, September 30, 2004, at 10:57 AM, Automatic digest
> processor wrote:
>
>> Subject: Re: First cold day
>>
>> too many 'its' in this sentence to know what you're talking about, but
>> yes, the fan switches melt
>> if left on HI for too long a time.  Design flaw.  M
>>
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