Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 22:12:18 -0400
Reply-To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: afordable alternatives RE: Radiator fan resistor
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Let's not confuse the radiator fan with the heater or AC blower fan(s). Sure
something else can be made to work. The best way to keep parts for older
vehicles available is to buy them. Quality factory exhaust is no longer
available because no one wanted to pay for them. Same for rear brake shoes,
ball joints, engines, transmissions etc. So somehow enough purchased Eurovan
radiator fans resistors that not only are they still available at the dealer
they were improved. Dealer mufflers are no longer available which sucks now
as I have a number of customers that have them and can't collect on the
lifetime warranty! When they became $500 items back in 2008 it was fun to
walk in with a bad one and a receipt and get the replacement. They also
lasted a real long time.
Basically one could be fabbed from a good electronics supply. For the late
vans with AC 2 of these will do the job and these won't burn out!
http://www.alliedelec.com/search/productdetail.aspx?SKU=70201862
Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: Project Pat [mailto:psdooley@verizon.net]
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 5:35 PM
To: 'Dennis Haynes'; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: afordable alternatives RE: Radiator fan resistor
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