Date:         Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:06:10 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Front Heater wiring *REVISITED*
Comments: To: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
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At 09:06 AM 12/23/2011, Jeff Lincoln wrote:
>1. What fuse should the power source to the front blower come from?

On the 1.9l it originally comes from the 16 amp fuse about 3/4 of the
way along the strip.  If you have the cover it will be the one where
the cover is melted.  Owners manual and Bentley both show it.


>2. When I used a random power source to test things all I can get from the
>blower is a smal minute noise that tells me that the blower is at least
>doing "something" but it's not running. I know that blower worked fine in
>the '90. So is it for some reason not getting the proper amount of power or
>did nearly 2 years of sitting freeze the blower motor up?

There's been a huge misunderstanding here - we thought that you
tested the blower before you put it in the dash.  Didn't you?

Check the current draw with switch on high (couple seconds
only).  If  it doesn't send the ten amp range on your digital
multimeter offscale then you've got a bad ground, bad switch or some
such.  If it does, then the motor is frozen.  If by any faint chance
the ten amp range on your meter is fused, don't do this test unless
you're willing to expend a fuse, and if it's not fused do it *very*
briefly so you don't burn up the internal shunt.  Normal running draw
of the uninstalled blower is around 12 amps on a fresh battery.

Yours,
David