Date:         Wed, 31 Dec 2003 09:10:39 -0500
Reply-To:     Gary McEachern <GlmceN@NETSCAPE.NET>
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From:         Gary McEachern <GlmceN@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject:      Re: can the front blower motor (etc)
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I don't know where you are located... but if the blower dies in the middle of the winter in the North East it is a big deal to do almost any job that requires being outside in the cold! In the summer the job is lenthly but fairly simple except for dealing with the rusted screws that hold the blower assembly in place. This has been an issue on all the replacements I have done. I have replaced three on different vans and know enough to avoid this job unless the weather is unseanonably moderate.



Gary


 Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM> wrote:

>In a message dated 12/29/03 1:48:22 PM, austins@IX.NETCOM.COM writes:
>
><< Maybe I'm missing something, but didn't the original post (sorry - it was
>an excellent post but I don't have access to it at the moment) refer to
>getting at the motor from OUTSIDE the bus - from/through the air intake
>vent???>>
>
>Yes it did.  Still, the outboard motor bearing is no more accessible through
>the makeup air intake.  Anyway, by the time the bearing is squealing, it is
>also wallowed.  Certainly anyone is welcome to fritter away his time in the
>futile effort to revive a blower motor without opening the ventilation box, but
>the time spent mucking about with boroscopes and coat hanger probes would be
>better spent simply installing a new blower motor.
>
>As I have said nearly every time this subject appears, it is not that big of
>a deal.  The first time you do one, start early and surely before supper you
>will be patting yourself on the back.  Just make sure before you start that you
>have the new motor, the air box clips (if the van is '86 or newer) and the
>battery disconnected.
>
>George
>


--
Gary McEachern
Reading, Ma
'90 Westy Subavanagon
'86 Wolfy Subavanagon
'87 Syncro (Son's van)


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