Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 21:15:47 -0700
Reply-To: Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
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From: Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Subject: Re: Rear A/C fuse overheat!
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A couple of months ago I noticed that some of the wires to the 50 amp A/C
fuse and relays were so hot that I could not hold them in my hands... too
much pain.
I used contact cleaner on all the connectors to the relays and those on both
sides of the fuse. Then I used GB Ox-Gard (sold in electrical section of
hardware stores.. says on back of tube "Guards against oxidation, improves
conductivity and produces cooler connections.") on all the same connectors
and put it all back together. All the connections were only warm then and I
could easily hold them in my hand.
Bill
90 Westy Syncro
-----Original Message-----
From: EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: Rear A/C fuse overheat!
> It has been found (on the list) that the crimp connection is
>the problem here. Cut off the lug and install new ones. They will
>no longer over heat. Check out last years archieves. Worked for me.
>More of the problem was the relay crimps connections. I have not
>benn able to do anything with them.
>
> Eric 86-VW4x4
> vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z
> Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler
>
>
>On Tue, 6 Jul 1999 KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote:
>
>> As I was charging my customer's A/C system today I noticed what looked
like
>> whisps of smoke coming from the metal fuse under that plastic cover on
the
>> driver's side in the rear of all '87 or newer Vanagons with A/C and
inside
>> the rear cabinet on Westies.
>> Well it was smoke. I shut the system down and noticed that the two
philips
>> head screws on each end of the fuse were loose and had corrosion under
them.
>> I carefully unhooked them (they are always live) and cleaned up the
>> connections with scotch brite. Then tightened everything back up. The
>> screws still got hot to the touch but no smoke. Good thing I was
charging
>> the system with a gauge set and had to remove that cover or I might not
have
>> known about the problem before it was to late.
>> If you have a later model Vanagon and you are running your A/C this
summer,
>> check this out. My Carat system is the same and it gets really hot too
(even
>> after I cleaned it up as well.
>> Ken Wilford
>> Van-Again
>> John 3:16
>>
>
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