My blower motor is shot (determined by it not working unless I give it a tap) and I am going to replace it this weekend.

My question is this; are there any pitfalls that I should look out for while changing the motor? The blower housing itself has warnings stickered all over it regarding AC stuff and sinceI can't find my shop manual, I just want to know if this is a simple R&R kind of deal.

Thanks,

Scott

 

The swap is straightforward, pull one out, stick one in. There's screw or two at the bottom of the motor that are PITA's. I stuffed a towel beneath the blower motor to catch the screws that I knew would inevitably fall--they did. Saved some search/swear time.

JamesC

 

The only utterance that came from my mouth was "Thank you JamesC!" as the corner bottom screw slipped from my fingers and onto the rag.

Thanks for the heads up.

Scott

 

very simple to do just dont drop one of the screws it is not very hard to accidently drop one of these little things

the hardest part is removing the shaft nut that holds the blade set to the shaft and getting the blade set to come off the freakin shaft, alot of the times it can be a real PITA


but then sometimes its not

random


good luck

 

This was not one of those times

This was typical me though.

My car has been running a little too hot lately, especially for a 170 thermostat and a Hypertech fan switch. I could also forget about putting the air on in traffic.

I changed the radiator cap on the hopes that the 15 year old original was shot and I checked around the radiator and condenser as much as I could without taking anything apart and couldn’t find anything so I figured that I’d get my coolant flushed along with my next oil change.

I asked my mechanic to look around while he had the car in the air and he found him self not one, but two pages from the New York Times sandwiched in between the condenser and the radiator.

Mind you, I never liked the NY Times as it is an obnoxious paper with its readers being just as.

So now I have another reason to hate the NY Times!

As soon as I pick up the car and start driving away with the air on, the temp needle stays pegged at just above a quarter of the gauge and now I’m happy.

Having the air on puts me in a good mood so off to the store for a cold one I went. As soon as I got back in the car and fired up the AC, nothing happens. I can feel the compressor kick in and the ducts being switched around but nothing is coming out of the vents.

Again, a typical me kind of thing.

After a little research and a bit of troubleshooting (read: I tapped on the blower motor and it starting spinning), I concluded that it was, in fact, the blower motor.

27 dollars and no missing screws later, I now have a car that runs cool, AC on or not.

That’s my blog and I’m stickin’ to it.