Fan Fuse

[Steve's Mail]

Orin wrote:

> A small electronic simulation of a volcano in the instrument cluster just
> didn't convey the appropriate amount of urgency.

Indeed.  Because it's the low windshield washer fluid warning.
The over-temperature warning is a red thermometer (which some think
looks like a key).

Man, did that ever fool me when I took my 5ktq out for its inaugural run
after buying it and doing some major PO-inattention catchup - went flying
down the highway at about 11:00 pm when all of a sudden [volcano!] light
comes on - WAAAAAH!! Slammed clutch to floor and coasted off nearest off
ramp - shut car down for about 20 min. and then limped back home along same
highway doing about 40 km/h and low RPM - light coming on occasionally.
Pulled into driveway and parked it - shorted out the after run switch to
allow coolant to flow immediately after shutdown until about 5 min
afterwards - I did note that the coolant did not seem to be boiling over,
but hey, what do I know.  Two days later the owner's manual arrives from
Dyment Publishing - DOH!  (insert slap to the forehead sound here) -
installed blue cheap stuff and haven't seen the light since.
Cheers!
Steve
1987 5ktq - thinking about hooking ww fluid level sensor to my coffee cup -
coffee runs out more and it's more expensive to replace
1980 5k - no sensor, but at least a couple of wwaf in the trunk
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes - hard to burn out a manual wwaf
pump