Hello Readers:

It's cold here in Winnipeg, approximately -30 C since Christmas, and I think I "may" have a temperature related electrical problem.

Sometimes when I start my van, my front and rear fans work. Othertimes, they don't at all. If they do work, they sometimes cut out when I put the van in reverse! Or sometimes they seem to work reliably if the lights aren't on, although I have not proven that, it is just an impression I gathered during my trip North of the 46th parallel.

In any case, when I turn the fan switches to "on", in the situation when the fans are not working, I hear a "click" (to my left, I think) that I suspect is a relay. I believe someone told me that it is the "load reduction Relay", but I don't know for sure. My Bentley was ordered from Adirondack Auto Brokers (www.Germanautoparts.com) and it is still not here and very very late (promised on the 6th or 7th, Are they rip-off artists?), so I can't do any investigation.

Can somebody give me some pointers, and, hopefully, help me physically locate the components that I need to check? I am new at this game, obviously, but I am "committed to my Westy", so I hope that you can help me! (Besides, I invented a travel toilet, which I posted and described on this list, heh heh). It came in handy on my trip to Snow Lake, I might add!

Cheers!

Marshall Ruskin
Canadians for Global Warming
84 Westy

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