[T3] Fan replacement for a 1967 TYPE 3

Joe Plowick III gtixpress at gmail.com
Sat Jul 26 20:31:16 PDT 2025


Yep.  There is a metal plate on each side and between it and the center
rubber section is a large shim.  Then it's just sandwiched together.  The
rivets are pretty large for it.

On Sat, Jul 26, 2025, 8:20 PM John Jaranson <john at carartbyjohn.com> wrote:

>
>
> > On Jul 26, 2025, at 8:04 PM, Joe Plowick III <gtixpress at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Here is a picture of the main fan taken apart.  The fan had some play in
> > the center section, so I drilled out the rivets to see how it worked.  I
> > haven't tried to take out the rubber bushings to see how they are held in
> > or could be replaced.
> >
> > https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/2608542.jpg
> > https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/2608541.jpg
>
> Interesting.  Thanks, Joe.  Everything is steel except for the 6 small
> rubber bushings?
>
> John
>
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