Re: I need heat!

From: ronnie (rchapman@iserv.net)
Date: Tue Nov 20 2001 - 17:46:27 EST


this sounds like the switch try this pull the switch from the dash when you
get this out you can see a metal plate if its melted theres the problem try
this//ronnie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alek Benedict" <alek@sigecom.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 5:25 AM
Subject: DML: I need heat!

> Hey folks,
>
> Got a problem with my truck and I figure it's one someone
> here has encountered before ..
>
> It's getting %@#$ing cold out, and the heater in my truck
> appears to be broken. Here are the symptoms: the vent
> select buttons work. I can choose to have air blowing on
> the windshield or towards me, no problem. The temperature
> select slider works fine too - it changes the temperature
> of the air just dandy. And it blows when I'm moving.
>
> It's when I'm not moving that the problem arises. It doesn't
> blow. The only air I get when I'm moving seems to be the
> air being forced through the system by the forward velocity
> of the truck.
>
> I'm guessing either that the blower motor is bad, or that
> there's an electrical foulup that's keeping it from coming
> on.
>
> Anyone have any ideas on what it could be? Fixes? Estimation
> of cost/trouble to fix it? Truck in question is a '93 2.5L.
> Could this be the "infamous" blower motor resistor melting?
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Alek Benedict
>
>



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