Fwd: [urq] Radiator fan not working???

[Michael Williams]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Michael Williams <mike at borderlinemotorsports.com>
> Date: November 8, 2004 12:26:32 AM PST
> To: MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM <mtsea at prodigy.net>
> Subject: Re: [urq] Radiator fan not working???
>
> did you check the fan switch on the bottom of the radiator?  i believe 
> that is the one for the low speen fan setting.  I ended up putting one 
> of the two speed sensors on my car, and it seems to work really really 
> well.  I've had no problems except for that one day that i decided to 
> take people for rides in the quattro up and down this 12 mile stretch 
> of awesome dirt road, hitting 85mph going sideways w/ 4 passengers in 
> the car.... yeah, one of the spade connectors that i used to hook the 
> wiring up to the new fan (one from a vanagon...thanks javad!), ended 
> up coming off and the car overheated badly... other than that, works 
> really well...
>
> later!
> MW
> On Nov 7, 2004, at 10:41 AM, MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM wrote:
>
>> It's such a beautiful day today thought i would take the Urq out for 
>> a spin. Ran fine thou when I shut her down I noticed something 
>> missing, the low hum of the radiator fan. So being as i own an early 
>> build 1983 Urq, I proceed to pull the dash apart to check the fuses 
>> (my car has an alarm system installed by the previous owner that sits 
>> directly in front of the fuse box. I must pull down the lower dash 
>> cover to remove the alarm system). Fuses look fine, althought I 
>> cannot check the relays. I'm wondering will the fan relays off a 
>> 4000s or a 5000cstq work? I don't have the relays here at the moment 
>> but I was going to go thru them when i get home. Thankfully it was 
>> cool this morning and i wasn't sitting in Sunday traffic, car never 
>> overheated. The other question is which one (fan relay) is it? My 
>> owner's manual doesn't list the relay postions and the Bentley shows 
>> an 1984 diagram but there are three rows of relays. Thanks Mike C
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