The only way that I have found to get to the front fan and core is to remove the unit which is of course impossible without removing the dash itself. It is a big job ,not too difficult, just tedious. Especially around the steering colunm mounting points. I had the same problem on an 84 vanagon that I pickd up for cheap. Once out ,the heater box has to be opened by removing the clips that hold the housing halves together.At that point lube the fan bearings liberally. It should solve the problem. before you put the unit back under the dash though apply a 12v. source and see how she runs .You may have to repeat the lube job a couple of times . Good Luck! Tom Czerniak 85 Westy ----------66 Deluxe >From: vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu on behalf of sw@smus.bc.ca Sent: Thursday, July 04, 1996 10:20 PM ========================================================================= Date: Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com> From: Subject: Re: 1986 heater fan dead > To the hard core Vanagon Brains; > > My front heat fan in my 1986 Vanagon GL is > now blowing fuses and making a high pitch > squeeeel when it does run. > > Any ideas as to a where I might drill a small > hole to add some spray lub to the bearings??? > Please post the results if you fix this - my fan now only works about once a week for 10-15 minutes, then slowly grinds to a halt... After removing the fan in my Jetta in about 7 seconds flat, I was somewhat peeved to find the Vanagon fan isn't quite so easy... ============================== Shawn Wright, sw@smus.bc.ca '85 Jetta TD, 348k (Jenni) '88 Westy, 331k (Kyra) ==============================
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