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bodger
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Thu Jan 01, 2009 6:47 pm

mine has just packed up today, the blowers have only been working on number 4 recently but today i started getting a grinding noise and the blowers started working intermitantly and have now completely stopped. still gettin heat through when on motorway etc but no blowers. :(
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Thu Jan 01, 2009 8:36 pm

i recently just got the same problem.. let me know if you find the problem.. :?
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Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:43 pm

The problem isn't difficult to guess! The motor has finaly seized up, after twenty years with no lubrication.
Very common problem, and there's at least one current thread about what to do about it.
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Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:26 pm

cheers brian, so anyone local to stockport got a heater motor winkeye
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Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:35 pm

one here chris remove it yourself winkeye
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Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:23 pm

i also have the same problem haha!
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Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:28 pm

e30topless wrote:one here chris remove it yourself winkeye
you have pm :D
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Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:56 pm

i had the same problem it just stopped but i got to the motor and greased up the shaft to the bearing and it worked again its about 20min job if you need loction of the motor let me know and ill help regard scott
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Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:14 pm

bodger wrote:
e30topless wrote:one here chris remove it yourself winkeye
you have pm :D
never got one ?
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e30topless wrote:
bodger wrote:
e30topless wrote:one here chris remove it yourself winkeye
you have pm :D
never got one ?
tried again :o:
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