I actually have a heater resistor (brand new) in stock if anyone needs it. It is new and it has the wiring for the switch built onto it. It isn't cheap though. I ordered it for another customer and then they changed their mind. Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com
mark drillock wrote: > Something I have done recently is replace the 2 speed front heater > resistor with a 3 speed one from the rear a/c. This allows a 4 speed > switch to be used on the front heater, with 3 speeds going through the > new resistor. High speed bypasses the resistor in any case. > > old > speed 1 ~ resistor low > speed 2 ~ resistor high > speed 3 ~ direct to fan > > new > speed 1 ~ resistor lower > speed 2 ~ resistor med > speed 3 ~ resistor higher > speed 4 ~ direct to fan > > > This was done to replace a burned out heater resistor NLA, with a more > easily found a/c resistor. Could have wired up with 3 speed switch > feeding the 3 speed resistor, leaving out the direct connection for > speed 4 but the owner wanted all 4 and we had the switch. Time will tell > if the new speed selections are ok. We also used a a/c fan to replace > the bad heater fan. Same part other than slight wiring mod. > > Mark > > > > Dennis Haynes wrote: >> Sure sign the blower motor is about to seize of otherwise fail. Fuses >> should >> never just be replaced without the cause being determined and corrected. >> Also, as I have written in the past there is no real reason or >> benefit to >> operate the dash heater fan on that high speed. The interior will warm >> faster along with the windshield defrosting with the fan on speed 2. >> Once >> moving on the highway turn it off to save it. >> >> Dennis >> >> >> At 07:43 PM 12/27/2009, David Cohen wrote: >>> The switch keeps sticking in the >>> third position. Where do you recommend I buy a switch from? >> >> > |
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