Heater motor

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RedThunder
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Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:26 am

Hi Guys,

Had a post here a while ago about my heater blower motor not working, so I sourced a replacement motor and resistor from www.e30partz.com and replaced the two of them - and now it still doesnt work :cry:

Could it be that I got dud parts or could the problem lie elsewhere?

Bit of background, fan stopped working except for speed 4 then I took it out gave it a bit of WD40 and all four speeds started working for a day or two, then it knackered completely.

As far as I know the switch is working, is this the only other possibility? Not sure how to test it

Thanks!

Going insane with the cold :x
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Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:30 am

sounds like the varistor in switch is knackered dude slave in 2nd hand switch an see if that solves your woes HTH
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Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:31 am

Does the fan run if you apply power directly to it?
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Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:46 am

Panic over, got my hands on a voltage tester with a light on it for pittance in the local motor factors and narrowed it down to a blown fuse.

Fuse replaced and now I have glorious heat!! :D

I wasn't even cold but took it out for a spin with the heat on full blast cause I missed it so much!

Now to sort out all the other rust, leaks and crap thats wrong with it :-x
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