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Date:         Sat, 27 Jul 2013 22:12:18 -0400
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: afordable alternatives    RE: Radiator fan resistor
Comments: To: Project Pat <psdooley@verizon.net>
In-Reply-To:  <0MQM0024C6LDCO20@vms173005.mailsrvcs.net>
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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


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