At 06:38 AM 5/27/98 -0400, jhlauterbach wrote: >Has anyone figured out a >way to avoid the $459 price tag of a new fan? > >John in Middle Georgia **************************************** And if you're afraid of chancing it with used radiator fan/motors, I have them new: 251-9601G Vanagon 83-85 ALL (300W) Vanagon w/o Air Cond 86-91 $199.00 251-9601M Vanagon w/Air Cond 86-91 $365.00 (450W) My advice is to put the switch back in. These motors are not designed for running these things ALL the time. At the very least, put a manual switch on the dash to turn it on once in awhile while in stop and go traffic. When the needle is about two needle-widths to the right of the LED is about the right time for the fan to go on.
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