I swapped out the radiator fan on my camper this
weekend. The original unit had started making more
noise than usual on low speed. Last time it happened,
a couple of years ago, I pulled and  disassembled the
motor and re-lubricated the bearings, they were bone
dry. This time I went and purchased the new unit from
www.busdepot.com for $129.95.

The original fan motor had a 'AA' suffix on the part
number, BusDepot's part number was 251 959 455M. The
difference must be the fan itself, the blades on the
new fan were almost 2" longer than the original fan,
so I had to re-install the original fan on the new
motor. The motors themselves appeared to be identical
externally.

I'll post some photos soon of the old/new fan motor
assemblies and the extension that I had to make for my
hydraulic jack to lower the radiator while the front
of the van was up on ramps. I didn't have to
disconnect any hoses and only had to lower the
radiator about 1 foot to access the center and lower
fan shroud bolts.  You can access the top bolts
through the grill opening after you lower the radiator
assembly about 4".

Thanks,

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TJ Hannink
Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
Winter Park, Florida
http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers
http://photos.yahoo.com/tjhannink [Vanagon] Album

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