Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 17:45:04 -0800
Reply-To: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject: Re: Dash blower fan
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Hey Jared,
The others have given good advice. I’ll add just a few opinions. The foam for the flap seals should be as compliant a stuff as you can find. There ain’t much force available to close the flaps and a soft open cell foam is what you want. Ive used open cell foam , adhesive backed, weather stripping type stuff.
For sure have a look at the clevis pin connection for the clutch pedal. Search on the Samba for solutions if needed.
The eurovan ground crowns are larger with more connections than the vanagon versions. But I’m doubting you can find any quickly.
If you buy new fan don’t throw away old one. Set it up on bench and soak the visible, accessible, bushing with some oil and give it 12volts now and then. It might be salvageable as a spare. I have had some success with a few fans.
Pulling the dash is a pain but not a big pain. Be careful pulling the ventilation control levers. A table knife in the slots as a guide helps when pulling ( grip metal rather than the knob) so when the lever releases it doesn’t break the vent control panel on the jerk out. You’ll see what I mean.
Don’t fret it if you can’t do all the mods now. Once you pull the dash and get it back installed you’ll feel better ( in a while) about pulling it again.
Alistair
> On Dec 10, 2017, at 3:53 PM, Jared Planter <jaredplanter@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> Thank you all for the great recommendations! After cracking the heater box
> and cleaning everything up I ran some tests on the resistor and it's
> measuring the correct ohms for each speed but it's surface temperature is
> exceeding 300 degrees. I can not find specs to know if that is normal or
> not. I am airing on the side of caution and buying an after market
> replacement from Van Cafe, because when the blower fan seized it caused the
> resistor to get very hot and melt part of the plastic where it sits. So, I
> can't put this resistor back in and be able to sleep at night. It delays my
> project majorly but I feel like it's better to play it safe in a situation
> like this.
>
> Also, I've read about various replacement resistor configurations
> (especially the Jeep one) and decided to just go with the aftermarket to
> keep with the original design.
>
>> On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 3:39 PM Jim. Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> No, seriously, start to finish, the blower motor replacement in the civic
>> is five minutes. But I don't think it's like that for many german and
>> japanese cars. I know people who have sold BMWs at a loss because they were
>> facing AC repairs. The Vanagon isn't THAT bad.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 5:30 PM Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> yes.... removing the vanagon is nothing compared to removing a BMW 635CSi
>>> dash... yup I did the vanagon's and saw a friend with his BMS 635CSi...
>>> it's way harder
>>>
>>
