You might want to grab a new switch from a wrecker (should be dirt cheap) to make sure it is not the switch (or do a continuity test on the pins). I have had many of the heater switches die on low (as they are used there most of the time) and work fine on the high speeds. Simple wear and tear on the switch wears out the contacts.
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Bureau [mailto:pbureau@home.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 6:50 AM
To: Scirocco List
Subject: Answer to Blower Speed problems
On Sat, 24 Feb 2001 23:43:28 -0500, thescirocco@juno.com said:
> On 24 Feb 2001 23:17:03 CST "Patrick Bureau" <pbureau@home.com> writes:
>
> > So I should change my control switch since
> > I also have no blower
> > control with
> > selector on 1 or 2 (only turns on at 3 and 4)?
>
> Sounds like your ceramic resistor is bad, it is what the switch is hooked
> up to.
> Together they achieve the different speeds by changing the resistance.
>
> Peter
I love it when people point me to a details I missed while reading the bentley,
Thank you peter, I tracked down in the electrical section of the bentley.
Seems the benttley (page 13-24 of 85-93 scirocco) states, "A blower motor that
runs on high speeds but fails on one or more of the lower speed indicates a
faulty series resistor", "The Series resistor of the blower motor is located
under the drip tray near the blower motor"
I have been trying to dodge taking my dash apart...
Blower motor series resistor to be replaced, blower motor to be tested and
heater core to be replaced... there goes another weekend! (gawd I am starting
to love spending my weekends in the garage... Laughing.....)
--
Patrick Bureau
'85 Scirocco
http://longcoeur.com/scirocco
----
ICQ : 32918816
AIM : PatricDLC
MSN : Patricdlc@hotmail.com
Yahoo: Longcoeur
--
Email LIST problems to: scirocco-l-probs@scirocco.org. To unsubscibe send
"unsubscribe scirocco-l" in the message to majordomo@scirocco.org