Tom - there are also two screws, one on either side of the blower motor, that hold the two halves of the housing together. At least thats the case on my 82. IIRC, they are down in some crevices and can be overlooked. On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 11:15 PM, Tom <hedgehouse2@verizon.net> wrote: > My wife and I bought our 1984 yellow Vanagon in June and really like it. > But on our last trip, something started smoldering under the dash. We've > narrowed it down to a bad switch and likely the blower motor. But I can't > figure out how to extract the blower motor from it's housing. > Two of us -- fairly capable guys, have been working on it for a couple of > days . The official repair manual is no help. I'm prettty sure we got all > the clips and opened the welds. But we still can't lift the top of the > housing without damaging it. > If our luck doesn't improve, my wife and I will have to postpone a planned > two week trip in the van. > Please: What's the secret to making the dang fan go? (....Sorry there, but > we're getting punchy.) > Tom Dolan (hedgehouse2@verizon.net) >
-- Alan Felder Austin TX 82 Diesel Westy |
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