Type 44 Blower R&R - Initiation Ceremony?

[KUNZ,BOB (HP-Boise,ex1)]

Somebody on the list wrote:

> Funny thing is that it looked like someone had previously gotten into the
> heater box by cutting it open at the fan.  It was epoxied back together.
> However, when I took out the blower motor the brushes and armature
> are worn way down.  I have never, ever seen an armature gouged out
> like this one.
> Leads me to believe that this is still the original motor (128000 miles on
> the car).  So why did they cut open the heater box?

Mine was like that when I replaced it at ~120K miles. The motor had stopped
working. However, in the same box is the heater core which probably has a
higher replacement rate than the blower motor and that might have been
replaced without doing both at the same time.

I hate to admit it, but I actually had some fun doing mine. I did both the
heater core and blower motor. The big gasket wasn't as stuck as others,
didn't have to take the hood off, just pull really hard. I probably took too
much of the interior out, but in the end I learned a lot about the system. I
found an extra connector that had dropped into the body cavity during
assembly of the car. Took care of that pesky rattle.... (I'm the original
owner).

--bob

'86 5KS Avant
'02 TTQR