blown 87

Does any body have a link on how to use a late model blower resistor in a early car?

I have been told there is a way to do this by just changing some wires in the connector around.

I have a resistor out of a 89, but it makes my blower go on high speed on all settings.

I need to get a blower motor and resistor installed tomorrow morning.

Thanks, Greg Nettles


PS, is this site slow for every body or just me?

Larry928GTS

http://www.nichols.nu/tip022.htm

SeanR

In case ya missed it Greg.

chewy8000

Painfully slow for me as well, on a T1 line at work too?

blown 87

Thanks guys, i will give it a shot tomorrow.

Mine did not work on anything but speeds 3 & 4, now it is just 4.

I put a latter style resistor in it and it blew on high speed all the time.

Looks like there are several failure modes for these parts.

SeanR

Do the pin swap, it will work normal. Done it a few times, just in the past year.

blown 87

Thanks Sean, glad to know that it works.

I am going to also do a blower motor swap, I have heard it squeal a couple of times, so I know the bearings are dry.

I was holding off until I got it back to the body shop because of having to take the hood back off, they can be a bitch to get adjusted right.

SeanR

Don't swap the motor unless you can find one that you know is in better condition.

Drill the top of the motor housing, 1/4 inch hole, drip a bit of oil/lube in there and run the motor from a 12v source and get it lubed up real good. Use some black RTV and seal up the top. The motors are no longer available.

Or, if you swap it out, send the bad one to me.

Oh, I've not been able to get my hood to adjust correctly since I got the car. I prefer to call it drivers side cowl induction.

blown 87

I ended up taking mine to a body shop to get it adjusted right, took 2 guy about a hour, I spent the better part of a day not doing a damn thing but wearing bolts out trying to get it right.

I have a extra motor, out of a low mileage car, but I am going to try your trick first, it would be a big plus if I do not have to deal with the hood.
Thanks for the tip.

M. Requin

All day long, and still slow, glad to know it is not just me.

SeanR

Greg, I think it's just a temp fix, but I want to get as much mileage out of them as I can. As to the hood, I just gave up and figured if someone else wanted to give it a try, they are welcome to it and I'd toss a 12 pack in for the time.

And yes-----------RLIST has sucked the past 2-3 days.

blown 87

Worked like a charm guys.
One thing is not clear on the instruction page, it sounds like that they want you to open up the points on the old and the new types, do not do this with the new type.