You need to lower the radiator a little to get the shroud assembly off. The hoses can remain connected. If you have the complete larger fan harness then it should have a resistor too. The larger motor needs a dedicated power feed from the battery like VW did it. I wouldn't connect it to the old weaker style fuse/relay panel at all. Bentley page 97.200 shows a simple wiring implementation. The small circle with a 21 in it is an error though as that should be the battery post connection feeding the 50 amp fuse. The harness you have is probably from a van with A/C so Bentley page 97.145 shows the detail but has some wire colors wrong. I can give the three wire color corrections. Some of the wire connections shown should be ignored for your fan conversion. It is simple stuff, don't use connector #2h and don't use the 6 pin H connector. Mark
Jim Felder wrote: > My original blower motor continues to blow fuses as it draws more current. > I have a late model (1989) motor, fan and shroud and a couple of harnesses > for it. > > My questions are, can you do this R/R with the radiator in place or does it > need to be dropped, and how do you deal with the wiring? > > The early models like the one in the car have the wiring going internally > to the motor, the later ones have terminals. Any other differences to look > out for? > > Jim > |
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