[urq] Heater Blower Died

[JP Chaplen]

not sure about others, 



But if you have the black vent cowel off, you should be able to see the resitor right there, I would check that for voltage, Also possible make sure there is nothing jamming the fan gerbal wheel from spinning, could just be a twig stopping it spin... 



If you have small hands or a kids NOT that i recommend a kid sticking their hands in tight spaces...but see if the mill spins freely. 



JP 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Veglia" <msvphoto at pacbell.net> 
To: urq at audifans.com 
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 4:26:50 PM 
Subject: [urq] Heater Blower Died 

Yesterday I took my garage queen, #367, out for a Sunday drive and discovered 
that the HVAC blower no longer blows (it worked last time I drove the car a 
couple weeks ago). The fuse is good. I didn't spend a lot of time checking it, 
and I gather access is via either the glove box or through the top (under the 
rain tray on the firewall). I have no BTDT on this one yet so any and all 
advice 
will be appreciated. 

The specific question I have now is the rear of the rain tray on top of the 
firewall area has "glued itself" to the lip below the front of the windshield. 
It is literally stuck on there. I can get the front off easily (remove the hood 
weather strip and it comes free), but the rear of the rain tray is stuck good. 
I 
was thinking warming it up with a hair dryer might loosen it. There are clips, 
I 
removed one, and the plastic is still stuck solid. I don't want to damage the 
rain tray since it is in good shape so any thoughts on non-destructive removal 
will help. 

As far as the blower, I figure it could be the switch, the blower motor itself, 
or the resistor. I didn't dig in yesterday too much due to lack of time. It 
appears the blower and switch are available (but the blower is available in a 
"non-AC" version---are the blowers different with and without AC?). Not so sure 
about the resistor (but I suspect I could make one up if I knew the values if 
it 
is NLA). 

TIA for any advice. 

Mike Veglia 
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