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Heater Fan Motor Temporary Fix??[200/1983] posted by Gordon Hull on
Tuesday, 1 December 1998, at 3:21 p.m.
OK - so I am ready to try & temporarily silence the squawking heater fan motor.(86 245)
What I need to know is - where do I access it easily -
1.) throught the front of the dash by removing the rocker switch blocks?
2.) Through the dash air vent after I have removed the dash vents?
3.) or through the trunk?
Although I am not serious about item #3, I suspect that there si a ring of truth to it (remember this is a 245).
If anyone has experience with lubing the bushings - just temporarily - to preserve our sanity till we have no other choice (when it goes KAPUT)
Your advice is appreciated.
I have a replacement motor but am pressed for time right now.
Thanks in advance.
Gord Hull
Re: Heater Fan Motor Temporary Fix??[200/1983] posted by Don Foster on
Tuesday, 1 December 1998, at 4:23 p.m.
Gord --
I've pulled the blower motor out of every 240 I've owned -- seven, so far, not counting others in the family. Most I've cleaned and relubed, and they just keeping on chuggin' (quietly). A few needed replacing (with used, free motors, naturally).
However, my method of extraction is crude. And once done, the heater ducts are not the same -- permanently "modified". So most devoted Bricksters turn their noses up at this approach. Appropriately.
How interested are you?
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