[T3] fan resistor replacement

Mike Fisher fisherfarms at gmail.com
Tue Jan 4 04:37:22 PST 2011


The best place is at www.TheSamba.com classified ads for free!  There
is always about 200 Type 3's for sale, but that's still the Best
Place.  We are not supposed to be selling Here I don't think?

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 12:10 AM, carmen cover <carmengcover at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello ! My name is Carmen Cover and so far I had received about 700 e-mails.
> I just wanted to know where can I post an advertisement to sell my 71 VW squareback station wagon.
> I would really appreciate if you can give me information about how to get on that list.
> Thank you,
> Carmen
>
>
>> From: jadney at vwtype3.org
>> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
>> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:13:14 -0600
>> Subject: Re: [T3] fan resistor replacement
>>
>> On 16 Nov 2010 at 13:34, alluringeyewear at comcast.net wrote:
>>
>> > How difficult would it be to replace the resistor on the fan motor of
>> > the '73?  Once the motor is out of the car is it easily accessable?
>> > Also, is the resistor available at say Radio Shack?
>>
>> It's hard. You have to get the housing apart, then pull the motor out
>> and press the fan off the motor shaft. Then you can get to the
>> resistor. I used a 1 Ohm 5 Watt (IIRC) Ohmite Brown Devil. It worked,
>> but it died after a few years. A higher wattage resistor would have
>> worked better, but there was no room for it.
>>
>> The better option is to swap in a complete fan and housing from a '71
>> or '72. Those don't use the resistor; they have a more expensive
>> motor with a low speed winding, and they don't burn out.
>>
>> --
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>> Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
>> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
>> *******************************
>>
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