Date:         Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:16:36 -0700
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Heater blower motor
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On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Andy Morse<andysings@aol.com> wrote:
>  Thanks all for the tips so far on how to change it out. Ben's place has the best directions so far I've found.
>
> is it possible my blower motor is fine since it does turn on and vibrates horribly, is it possible it came loose? I'm going to wait till I've got everything apart to order parts.
>
> Is there an oem fan out there?
>
> Andy
>



On my '81, the fan itself is held tight in place by the two halves of
the heater housing assembly. Pretty sure it's the same for other model
years. UNlikely your fan has come loose inside the box.

Some pics. You can sort of see the seal around fan where it seats in
place. If you zoom in on the last pic, you can see the manufacture
name AEG and West Germany. Pretty sure a new fan will not be made by
same company.

http://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/HeatExchangeBox81WFan#

From what I've read, "OEM" doesn't always mean a given OEM part is
made by the original manufacturer who made it for the vehicle when it
was new.


Neil.

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