Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:16:38 -0700
Reply-To: mdrillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
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From: mdrillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: Radiator Fan Resistor Question
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In my experience there are only a handful of common electrical failures
on Vanagons. Ok, maybe 2 handfuls. I guess someone should compile a list
along with a quick check for determining if a given problem a Vanagon
owner has is due to one of the common ones like yours was.
Mark
Paul Connelly wrote:
> Thanks for the help guys,
>
> I will try to get around to changing them all over at some point,
> Scott. For the moment I took the connectors all off and the Multi
> Point Grounds out cleaned everything up and tightened all of the
> spades and reconnected everything. Fan now works perfectly on low and
> high!
>
> Still no head lights but that's a job for tomorrow....
>
> Have a great evening,
>
> Cheers, Paul.
>
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
> <scottdaniel@turbovans.com <mailto:scottdaniel@turbovans.com>> wrote:
>
> if you are talking about that multi-ground point with push-on
> spade terminals...........
> way mo betta to convert them to screw and eye grounding terminals.
> Be sure to put a star type pointy washer betwixt the wire terminal
> and the body of the van.
> scott
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Connelly"
> <vanagonhummingbird@GMAIL.COM <mailto:vanagonhummingbird@GMAIL.COM>>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>>
> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 4:43 PM
> Subject: Re: Radiator Fan Resistor Question
>
>
>
> Hey Mark,
>
> You're right - had to crimp up a jumper wire, but using a
> parallel ground
> turned the fan. So bad earth - looks like it is the furthest
> away of the
> second ground post behind the fuse panel, Maybe that's the
> headlight issue
> too - I guess its time to take them all off clean them up and
> re apply. I
> did try each crimp terminal with a meter to a separate ground
> earlier, and
> didn't see any problems, but I guess its there... Well -
> that's the next
> couple of hours...
>
> Thanks Again,
>
> Paul.
>
> Could they make it any tighter to get in there!!!
>
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 5:03 PM, mdrillock <mdrillock@cox.net
> <mailto:mdrillock@cox.net>> wrote:
>
> What you just wrote suggests the bad ground for the fan as
> I mentioned at
> the end of my reply. Either that or you have multiple
> problems. The ground
> can be intermittent..............
>
>
>
> .......
>
>
>
> Another common failure point is the ground lug for
> the brown wire coming
> from the fan. It plugs into the grounding star
> behind the main relay
> panel.
> Many grounds plug in there and corrosion is a
> major issue on them.
>
>
> Mark
>
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