Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 14:05:51 -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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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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