Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:35:14 -0700
Reply-To: azsun99 <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From: azsun99 <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: Re: AC Blower problem
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Also called a fusible link, 50 amp?
Besides from the list vendors, MB dealers sometimes carry them.
And when this came up years ago, someone found a 50 amp, auto-reset circuit breaker to
re-place the fusible link.
In my case, the plastic terminal block had partially melted, but I was able to heat
the terminal screw with a solder gun and reseat it.
Good advice then and now, since it is another of the famous "weak spots" in the weak
Vanagon electrical system, is to limit or avoid use of high speed on the A/C.
Jerry
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From: "mdrillock" <mdrillock@COX.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: AC Blower problem
> Glad to help. The fuse is common to other vehicles and uses so it may
> not be that hard to find. For example it was used as the glow plug fuse
> on many VW diesels including the 82/83 Vanagons with diesel engines. It
> was also the fuse used on the high speed radiator fan relay for 86+
> Vanagon models equipped with the larger fan motor.
>
> BusDepot sells it:
>
> http://www.busdepot.com/view.jsp?model=59&category=13&group=82&prodgroup=670
>
> Mark
>
>
> John Goubeaux wrote:
> > Thanks Mark,
> >
> > You "nailed it" It is not so easy to see that a "bare metal strip"
> > is in fact the fuse when it is no longer there. Bentley shows a fuse but
> > it was not clear based on the fuzzy images what to look for.
> >
> > I confirmed that (after making the connection that the fuse provides)
> > the blower works in the 2 high settings just fine !!
> >
> > So the obvious question now is: Where to get a replacement fuse ?
> > This has to be a dealer item ??
> >
> > -john
> >
> > mdrillock wrote:
> >> The 2 higher speeds run off a separate fuse from the 2 lower speeds.
> >> This fuse also powers the compressor clutch and the radiator fan low
> >> speed when A/C is on. This fuse is very important obviously.
> >>
> >> The fuse in question lives inside the lh rear pillar cover. It is really
> >> a bare metal strip screwed at each end to the base of a relay holder in
> >> that area. The metal strip is the fuse. That immediate area is prone to
> >> cooked wires so look at it carefully even if the fuse is good. Use a
> >> voltmeter to check the fuse and the wires.
> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
>
>
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