[T3] fan resistor replacement

carmen cover carmengcover at hotmail.com
Tue Jan 4 00:10:49 PST 2011


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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> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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