Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 20:44:03 -0400
Reply-To: Michael <mikewelldon@ICLOUD.COM>
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From: Michael <mikewelldon@ICLOUD.COM>
Subject: Re: Rad fan testing
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Sorry.
88 auto with ac and a 2.2 Subaru. Ac is not hooked up.
> On Aug 10, 2015, at 5:09 PM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> Take another look at those diagrams. Take lots of long looks.
> You still haven't revealed what year the vehicle is.
> You will probably need to look at the separate diagram for the AC, not the
> main diagram if it a newer model, whether the AC is connected or not.
>
> Larry A.
>
>
>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Michael <mikewelldon@icloud.com> wrote:
>>
>> So far I've replaced the resistor, followed the ground to the tree (looks
>> connected) and get a clicking noise from the relay when jumping the plug
>> connector.
>>
>> The AC on this van is not connected because it is a Subaru conversion.
>>
>> Do you think the clicking is a bad relay up top behind the fuse box?
>>
>> I do have the Bentley and have taken a look at the wiring diagrams, but
>> that's about it.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>> On Aug 9, 2015, at 8:12 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:
>>>
>>> On my radiator fan, a mechanic, a radiator shop owner, broke the post
>> where the wire connects to the motor. He didn't admit to causing the fan
>> to be bad, instead claiming that, "It's just one of those things that got
>> old and tired." It hadn't been that tired until his heavy fist got hold of
>> it. Anyway, that is another place that the fan motor can fail. All it
>> required was a simple fix of a longer post and a nut to hold it in place,
>> but he insisted that he needed to install a new motor, which of course, he
>> wanted to charge me to do. Needless to say, that was my last visit to
>> that place. mcneely
>>>
>>> ---- Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>> Use a meter to see if power is getting to the motor. Do you have the
>> Bentley
>>>> or another way to get the wiring diagram? What year? It is very rare
>> for the
>>>> these motors to completely give up the ghost but the wiring, switches,
>> and
>>>> control relays are a whole different story. On the early vans the common
>>>> failures beside the radiator switch are the fuse, fuse box, relay for
>> high
>>>> speed and wiring. On the later vans add the fusible link, resistor
>> behind
>>>> the headlight, wiring to the air conditioner, and there are two
>> relays, one
>>>> on the fuse box and one mounted above it.
>>>>
>>>> Dennis
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>> Behalf Of
>>>> Michael
>>>> Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2015 7:37 PM
>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>>> Subject: Rad fan testing
>>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I hear people talking about hooking a battery up to the radiator fan in
>>>> order to test it.
>>>>
>>>> Never done it. Any ideas on the best way?
>>>>
>>>> Jumping the connector doesn't work, the ground looks like it's
>> connected to
>>>> the ground tree behind the fuse panel...now I'm trying to figure out if
>> it's
>>>> just the motor.
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>
>>> --
>>> David McNeely
>>
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