Date:         Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:05:05 -0700
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Front Blower Doesn't
Comments: To: C B <cunegonde.van.westfalia@gmail.com>
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Don't forget that the switch itself can fail.

Check wiring, fuse, switch first.

Neil.



On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 5:14 AM, C B <cunegonde.van.westfalia@gmail.com> wrote:
> I know it's just a figure of speech, but my front blower doesn't blow
>  my skirt up at all. Nor does it defrost, unless Cunegonde is going
>  fast enough to force air through the outside vents. The front heat
>  exhanger is working fine, as is my carefully burped radiator. The rear
>  underseat fan/heat exchanger would do Marilyn Monroe proud.
>
>  How do I access the front dash heater blower motor rheostat? Bentley
>  is reticent.
>  What's the part #? Is there a better/equivalent but cheaper replacement?
>  What are the other most common front blower failures?
>  Will I have to demolish the dash and split the front heater case?
>  Can it wait until next fall?!
>
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>  Other than having to drive from Kelso to Chehalis with no voltage
>  regulator (and eventually, no battery), Cunegonde's been running
>  perfectly since the waterpump and transmission were replaced last
>  summer. A new alternator/regulator and battery, and off she went.
>
>  Some new sensors and sparkplugs, and she's getting 18+ highway mpg. I
>  imagine a full tune-up should increase that to 19-20 mpg
>
>  --
>  Bretts
>
>  1983 1.9l WBX Ivory Westfalia "Cunegonde"
>



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