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Old Dec 20, 2015 | 01:48 AM
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heater fan blowing fuses

good morning everyone , problem is the other day i used car and had the heat on and fan on high speed . had to go in house for something so i turned car off. 20 minutes later went back out to car and started car up no blower working,rrieddiff speeds nothing,checked fuse - blown. put another one in & it blew right away ? unhooked fan on firewall fuse still blew,unhooked switch still blew. kinda lost after that . can someone please help with some suggestion. THANKYOU AND MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!
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Old Dec 20, 2015 | 01:40 PM
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Re: heater fan blowing fuses

Here's some info on testing the heater.This is from the 86 Firebird manual
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Old Dec 21, 2015 | 08:46 PM
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Re: heater fan blowing fuses

had that problem with a 1987 celebrity-a wire chaffed through underhood was the cause...
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Old Dec 21, 2015 | 11:27 PM
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thank everyone , still haven,t found problem yet
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Old Dec 25, 2015 | 02:15 AM
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Re: heater fan blowing fuses

FOUND PROBLEM it was a thermodisc 48t in control head ! had to jump it with a inline fuse. cannot find part anywhere. merry christmas
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