Date:         Tue, 11 Dec 2001 05:22:57 -0500
Reply-To:     Kenneth D Lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Kenneth D Lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: A radical idea
Comments: To: bill.knight@USA.NET
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Ohh-Ohh. Pet peeve department.  No where on the can will you see the
words "lubricant". It works best as a penetrant and cleaner. All you are
doing is washing out any oil that is left. There are many other products
on the market that actually do more good than harm. I have work on my
share of customer equipment ruined by the dreaded WD.
        I do like the idea of the access hole. Or even some small tubes
that would aim at the bearings. They could terminate under the ash tray
for easy access. Come to think of it, one of the bearings is hidden by
the fan assembly. Oh well.

Good Luck and Drive Safely
Ken Lewis
86 Crewcab,60 356
http://Neksiwel.20m.com/

On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 16:35:16 -0500 Bill Knight <bill.knight@USA.NET>
writes:
> How about a small access hole on each side of the housing
> where the bearings are located so you could periodically
> shoot some WD40 in there to clean the bearings.  I found
> WD40 to work nicely on the rear heater blower motor, that
> the problem of it overloading and squealing was simply due
> to dirty bearings.  A few well aimed sprays has made that
> blower work like new for three years now.
>
> Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Timothy Lee Harrison
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 3:58 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: A radical idea
>
>
> On Monday 10 Dec 2001 4:57 pm, John Baker wrote:
>
> > possible to get to the blower motor from above? Putting
> all aesthetics
>
> 'Fraid not. The heater blower is encased in a plastic
> housing that's
> sealed by (plastic) welds. It's easier to get the whole
> casing from a
> wreck and replace that, rather than take it to bits and then
> have to clamp
> it back together again, although I'd certainly attempt that
> if I had to!
>
> > out of mind (I can hide the panel with a creative dash
> covering), what
> > do you guys think about this hare-brained scheme?
>
> Nothing wrong with cutting an access hole, but I doubt that
> it would be of
> much use for most things. If the wiper motor blows, it won't
> be
> sufficiently large to , same goes for most other
> slightly-more-than-trivial things behind there, I think!
>
> Once you've taken the dash out, it's much easier next time.
> You'll know
> what to look out for, for one thing. Additionally, you can
> replace the
> torsion bolts on the steering column with normal bolts which
> makes things
> easier (I cut a slit in them with an electric jigsaw and
> used a
> screwdriver to get them off).
>
> All in all,  assuming there's no other complications it's
> about an
> afternoon's job - that's what it took me on my own. It's
> just a pain in
> the bum (note my UK roots here!) to have to disconnect
> everything...
>
> Tim(H)
>
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