Date:         Wed, 1 Dec 1999 21:39:10 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: Stuck Windshield Fan Knob
Comments: To: "Hooper, Mark" <HOOPERM@CI.CHARLESTON.SC.US>
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To fix the problem you need to replace the fan switch (or repair it -- but
if you could repair it you wouldn't be asking the question).  If you get a
used one, I recommend getting one from a *rear* blower (same switch) b/c
most of the front ones have or are about to have your same problem.  The
heater-control faceplate has to come off to remove the switch.  Plastic
lugs at bottom-left and top-right that stick into spring-loaded holes in
the dash.  Control handles pull off the levers first -- probably should
warm them up; and be careful not to catch the handle on the faceplate as it
comes out.

To keep it from happening again, add a separate circuit to power the
high-speed position on the fan, and use the high-speed wire from the switch
to drive the relay.  That way the switch has almost no load at high speed,
and can easily handle the draw at lower speeds.

david

At 13:27 12/1/99 , Hooper, Mark wrote:
 > The knob for the windshield fan blower is stuck in the 3rd position on my
> > 87 Westy. In the meantime, I have removed the fuse so it won't run  >
> continuously. What do I need to do correct this. Any assistance would be

David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"