Neil, the high speed fan relay is seldom triggered and thus unlikely to fail. On a few vans I have put a manual switch in to activate high speed for special circumstances, using the manual switch to turn on the relay. One thing I would point out is that the older wiring may not really withstand heavy use of high speed and I have seen overheating and melting at the fan fuse holder at S7 on pre 86 models wired to use high speed more often than stock. Mark
neil N wrote: > Hi Mark. > > Thanks. > >> Use the relay for sure and make certain to fuse things properly. > > For sure I will. I have the fuse panel and relays from the 85. I was > just "wondering out loud" about making things simpler. --- :^) > > In my rambling thoughts, I figured that relays do fail, so why not > make it so that the only other major part (aside from the fan!) that > could fail would be the thermo switche(s) or fuse. But this thinking > is based on a lack of knowledge. i.e. obviously I don't fully > understand why the relay is in the circuit in the first place. > >>........... |
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