No worries.
The dash comes apart easily in a matter of minutes using only a single
simple tool. A hand grenade.

Seriously, if you are on some sort of timeline, forget about doing
anything to the blower. It is at least a one-day job, 2 days if you are
even slightly a putz, or if you stop for "Beer breaks".

It requires disassembly of nearly EVERYTHING forward of the gearshift.
It is really a stupid design for a recognized wear item to be so-well
buried, but hey... We love our Vanagon.

Developing business and guiding change since 1996,

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett
Corporate Communications
Business: www.bulley-hewlett.com
Alliance: www.ntara.com
Phone: +1.919.658.1278

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Bob Whitby
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 8:11 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: one step forward. one step back

In preparation for a long trip with the newly acquired 87 Westy, I
installed a new JVC compact disc player. Fit perfectly in the dash and
even has a remote control so I can turn it on and off from bed. Cool,
no? Brings out the shortcomings of the stock speakers, but that's for
another time. Of course the VW gods had to exact revenge in order to
make sure I don't have enough time to get this van ready. Problem one:
driver's side speaker wire dead. Fishing a new one through the dash and
through the door was a real treat. Minor, tho.

Problem two is more complicated. After installing the radio I flipped
all the electrical stuff to make sure I hadn't messed anything up.
Turned on the front blower, it made a horrible scraping noise then
stopped. Soon after the fuse blew. So did two others. There is precious
little access to the innards of the dash as it is. Now I'm thinking I
will have to take the whole thing apart to get to the blower motor.

Ideas? Words of wisdom