where is heater fan motor located

nishii77 Casual Dubber

40 posts · joined Sep 2009 · 10 Nov 2009, 8:54 am

#746437

anyone know where the heater fan motor is located
in the type 3 i dont exactly know what it looks like or
where to find it

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5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 10 Nov 2009, 10:11 am

#746440

They don't have one (maybe later models do - 1972/73), they rely on the engine cooling fan to blow warm air into the cabin under the rear seat, and through pipes along the sills and up the A pillars to the windscreen for demisting

The little levers next to the handbrake are the 'switches'

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nishii77 Casual Dubber

40 posts · joined Sep 2009 · 10 Nov 2009, 10:21 am

#746441

its a '71 it has a fan switch on the dash and wiring going
offinto a mass of wiring ijust cant seem to see anything

Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 · 10 Nov 2009, 10:27 am

#746443

It's inside the big black box with the air vent hoses coming out of it... normally known as the fresh-air box.

(big as in about 40 cm W x 15 cm D x 20cm H)

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nishii77 Casual Dubber

40 posts · joined Sep 2009 · 10 Nov 2009, 11:06 am

#746447

sweet, cheers for that mate🙂

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1,418 posts · joined Mar 2005 · 10 Nov 2009, 2:16 pm

#746483

nishii77 wrote:its a '71 it has a fan switch on the dash and wiring going
offinto a mass of wiring ijust cant seem to see anything

Type 3s only heater fan is the big one on the engine crankshaft!! The fan operated by the switch on the 71 model on only operates the fresh air fan. Nothing to do with the heater system.

DH

nishii77 Casual Dubber

40 posts · joined Sep 2009 · 10 Nov 2009, 10:17 pm

#746573

thanx mate, i'm new to the whole vw thing
i've been a ford man until recently and they
are totally different

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1,418 posts · joined Mar 2005 · 11 Nov 2009, 10:50 am

#746636

nishii77 wrote:thanx mate, i'm new to the whole vw thing
i've been a ford man until recently and they
are totally different

Yeh! I got sick of Fords last year as well. Drove it into the back yard when I retired and left it there until I could get someone to come and take the unreliable EF thing away! Mind you it had 420,000 km on it with one torque converter bearing and one head gasket in all that time. 😂 I just got sick of driving it and needed a change.

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