Date:         Fri, 1 Oct 2004 15:45:35 -0400
Reply-To:     Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
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From:         Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: First cold day
Comments: To: Tolga Morawski <tolga@MAC.COM>
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It has been found that switch contact break down and many other elctrical
problems are a direct resault of cigarte smoke. I would be interersting
to see if there is any connection been these issuse.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
                                   92-Jetta GWC
            www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm

On Fri, 1 Oct 2004, Tolga Morawski wrote:

> Well, easier said than done as cleaning the contacts entail disassembly
> of the whole dash to get at the blower.  If you went that far I would
> replace the blower with a new one.  I recently did that and at the same
> time did clean and/or replace a lot of the spade connectors so hopefully
> it'll keep things going a few years without problems.  We'll see.
>
> >Would it be helpful to clean the contacts on the heater blower itself
> >including the ground?
> >Perhaps 15yrs of oxidation on the terminals may be causing some resistance.
> >
> >doug
>