These expensive NLA parts make me wonder how hard it would be to adapt something else. Example, just at random I looked up a blower resistor for a 95 F150. The quality Motorcraft brand is $21. http://www.partsgeek.com/catalog/1995/ford/f150/climate_control/blower_motor _resistor.html With the proper wiring harness plug($2 junkyard part), why couldn't something like this work? The resistance values and power dissipation should be in the ballpark with any other brand. It would just need to have the same number of stages for correct functionality. And of course the footprint would need to match the existing VW part. That really isn't hard to fix if the mounting hole in the airbox is accessible. Sure, call it a hack job, but it should work and the part isn't going obsolete on an F150 any time soon. If I needed a blower resistor in my Vanagon I would try it just for the knowledge. May even try this on my Rabbit pickup. Anybody know any reason it wouldn't work, discuss..
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Haynes Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 10:56 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Radiator fan resistor Last week the fan resistor in Fun Bus failed on the way to see my son in the hospital. As many of us know the Vanagon resistor is no longer available |
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