86 5ktqs - heater issues

[haydn taylor]

Thanks NIcholas,

Not something I have seen either, I'll check it out today whilst trying to
sort the heater issue.

CHeers

Haydn
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From: "Nicholas Lawrence" <nick at beol.net>
To: "haydn taylor" <haydn_taylor at hotmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 10:59 PM
Subject: Re: 86 5ktqs - heater issues


> Something I have not seen on this list...but on my '85 5k,   there is a
> connector for the heaterbox onn the "transmission hump" just to the upper
> right of the accelerator pedal.  The power for the blower goes through
this
> connector and I had a terminal over heat and burn up. i repaired it by
> running a by-pass wire around the connector.
> Nick
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> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 6:27 PM
> Subject: 86 5ktqs - heater issues
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> Living in New England it's pretty damned cold right now, even more so as
my
> heater just quit!!!
>
> I thought it was the prograqmmer module and picked one up from Chris
Semple
> today (thanks Chris - star as usual)
>
> Turns out it's not and I am beginning to fear it is the blower motor
itself,
> which I will try to check tomorrow, in the meantime I noticed something
odd
> and I was wondering if anyone knew what it was;
>
> 1. heater blower does not blow at all on any settings, I pop the cover on
> the blower controller (the resistorthing by the windscren wipers.) there
are
> 3 connections - a sealed 6 or 7 way plug, the G connector and the H (earth
I
> beieve from memory). I followed the bentley problem tracking and earthed
> termional G with no change - blower not running.
>
> Then I noticed the rad fan was running at speed 1 whenever the ignition
was
> on, when I pull off the 6 way connector on the blower controller, the rad
> fan stops running, plug it back in, it comes on again after about 0.5 to
> 1seconds.
>
> Thats the wierd thing - is this a normal sign of a done for blower motor?
>
> I also thought it could be the temp sender by cyl 1 that stops the fan
> coming on at cold coolant temps - but it seems OK ( think)
>
> Any advice greatfully recieved as I am freezing my arse off (heater in
seat,
> elemnt connection between back and seat is busted - any good Ideas on
fixing
> that appreciated too as I soldered a wire inbetween and it only lasted a
few
> months)
> Hopefully yours
>
> Haydn taylor
>
>
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