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Date:         Mon, 29 Jun 1998 17:51:56 -0700
Reply-To:     Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Subject:      Re: To replace fresh air fan--remove dashboard?!
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At 4:15 PM 6/28/98, Joe L. wrote: >One thing you might try. Get a can of WD-40 or the like, Turn on your vent >fans and make sure you are sucking outsike air, go to the air intakes on the >front of the van and spray the WD040 directly into the intakes. > I tried this when my fan berings were making a racket and I could not find >the ambitition to take the dash apart. > >IT WORKED!!!!! > > It took a while for the WD-40 to work its way around to the bearings and >for a while these was WD-40 smell inside the van but both the sound and the >racket went away in a couple of days. That was about 4 months ago and all is >still quiet. >

Do NOT use WD-40 for this purpose!

Use a silicon spray lubricant or some other aerosol dispensed lubricant...WD-40 is a solvent and will dry out your bearings!

OLTECO Ari Ollikainen P.O. BOX 3688 Networking Technology and Architecture Stanford, CA Ari@OLTECO.com 94309-3688 415.517.3519


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