Keep in mind that it is only A/C equipped models which even have that external dual tap resistor. The non-A/C models have the smaller fan motor with hi/low speed wires right from the fan motor. All Syncros have the larger fan, even those without A/C but the non-A/C Syncros use a large external single tap resistor that doesn't seem to fail. In other words, the resistor that fails is an A/C only part, not a part intended for lighter duty and carried over to A/C. Mark John Bange wrote: >> It gives German engineering a bad name and it >> makes German arrogance about German engineering a bad joke. > > > > You know, German engineering is a funny thing. It tends towards the > ingenious, but it also tends towards a kind of complicated delicacy. In the > case of the fan resistor, I think it was (like Dennis says) a cost issue. > Under conditions it was designed for, i.e. intermittent use cooling the > radiator, it probably would outlast the vehicle. With the AC systems being > very much an afterthought, and designed by people living in a country where > AC was a bit of an unnecessary novelty, it's not surprising that they > didn't > go for the added expense of a bigger resistor for AC equipped vehicles. > > -- > John Bange > '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" > |
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