Hi Andrew,

Yep it was my first blower motor change out.

Due to an on going parts situation it took over a week to get things there and installed.

See this post:

http://www.brickboard.com/RWD/volvo/1564115/220/240/260/280/blower_motor_resistor.html

Having one recently under my belt, I think now I could do it in a day or day and a half. Knowing what I know now I would get extra impeller clips and the resistor from the dealer, and the dealer only. Avoid the MTC resistor. The motor from Advance is the same brand as Art used in his 1990.

I printed out Art's tutorial and broke it up in sections stapled together, labeled 1-2-3, etc. I went step by step using his guide. I replaced the dash cap, which comes off first, at the same time with a rather nice one from a 1992 so that was lucky.

Cover everything below your work area, dropped things seem to go into a black hole, especially those impeller clips, you don't drop them, they launch.

I used blue painters tape to label vacuum hoses and anything else, and cable ties to bundle/manage cables. I separated fasteners that came from different sections, that helped on "reconstruction". Art's work on the heater console and placement of lamps and switches is stellar.

Pay very close attention to hose and cable routing, photographs were/are of immeasurable value here.

The only real surprise was the deformed center vent that was replaced with a PNP acquisition, and me losing things to the "Black Hole".

So when is the big change out day?