Just a a point of reference, the blower motor on my 2008 Civic stopped working, at least stopped without a punch to it to get it going. I have one on order for $50 shipped. It is installed with THREE SCREWS under the glovebox. Five minutes for the whole job. Sheesh. Jim On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 5:02 PM Jim. Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > I thought the heater resistor had to be mounted within the blower's > airflow for proper cooling, anything else would shortening its life. > > ?? > > Jim > > > On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 4:32 PM Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Where clutch master cylinder push rod connects to the clutch pedal, >> inspect >> the clevis pin hole on clutch pedal, and pin, for excessive wear. Apply >> grease to those parts. >> >> Although Jims' suggestion of marking cable to clamp position should make >> re-installation foolproof, if a lever(s) has multiple holes for end of >> cable, it can't hurt to mark which hole the cable end fits into. >> >> Apply anti seize to bolts holding the heat exchange box to body. >> >> Some will disagree with this but if you're comfortable with doing a little >> re-wireing, re-locating the heater fan resistor outside in area behind the >> upper grill will make it easy to replace if-when the time comes. I"ve had >> my fan resistor mounted this way for years without any issue. But then I >> use the fan as little as possible. >> >> Looking at driver side, above to RH of fresh air ram, image of resistor >> re-location: >> >> https://tinyurl.com/ydyuonzq >> >> Then again, since you've had the dash off, box opened, replacing that >> resistor in the future may not be such a big job. >> >> >> On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 10:16 PM, Jared Planter <jaredplanter@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> .... I’m wondering what else I >> > should do while I have everything apart. Any recommendations would be >> > greatly appreciated. >> > >> > Thank you! >> > >> > Jared >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Neil n >> >> Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> >> >> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> >> >> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ >> > >> >> Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay> >> > |
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