Replacing heater vent. motor in '93 100CSQ Wagon

David Torrey RNE905 at maine.edu
Wed Aug 7 11:02:11 EDT 2002


Success at last!!  The reason the heater box could not  be removed was
because there is a bolt securing the footwell duct on both the drivers and
passenger side.  The Bentley does not show this and I couldn't find it at
first.  This job is no joke !!!  Both halves of the console have to be
removed along with radio.  There are two electrical plugs attached to the
heater box directly behind the radio.  These have to be unplugged before
removing the heater box.  There are also two plastic duct elbows at each end
of the heater box which connect to the defroster duct.  These are fun to
re-install.

I found a procedure in the archives which does not remove the heater box.
It may work,  but it is very ugly and I wonder about re-establishing a
proper seal at the fire engine wall.  I wish now that I had a digital camera
so that I could post the procedure to help others.

By the way,  a coat hanger bent in a u-shape works great for removing the
radio.  One for each end of the radio.  Thanks to Bob Meyers.  For some
reason, my Bose radio when re-connected played.  I was thinking this radio
had a security code?

New motor works great, no more chirping.

Best Regards
David Torrey

'93 100CSQ Wagon  148K miles
'88 Saab 900S  238K miles
'87 Saab 900S  225K miles
'79 BMW 320i   105K miles






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