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Subject:Re: question regarding front heater switch and knob, 1990 Vanagon GL
From:David Beierl
Date:Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:27:17 -0500

At 07:43 PM 12/27/2009, David Cohen wrote:
>  The switch keeps sticking  in the
>third position.   Where do you recommend I buy a switch  from?

That's because the switch body is thermoplastic; it softened and the
contact pressure drove the hot contact down into the switch body.  On
a desert island you'd find a way to fix it.  Bus Depot, Van-Again, no
doubt others have new;  Chris Turner <jordanvw@aol.com> no doubt has
used ones -- if used, try to get one from a rear blower, they're the
same switch but less load on them.  But if you add a relay for the
high speed you shouldn't have any further switch problems.  On the
1.9l the circuit is overloaded but the 2.1l don't need a new circuit,
I think, just getting the load off the switch; so you can take the 30
terminal off the switch supply, cut and use the high-speed wire from
the switch for the 85 terminal; 86 to ground and the other one to the
fan high-speed wire.

Yrs,
David