Re: AC/Heater fan problems with 94 Dakota

From: Mike Meyerhoff (mike@mypants.org)
Date: Sun Aug 18 2002 - 11:14:45 EDT


I'll look in my 92 fsm... later. now I'm gonna go to the autocross for the
afternoon.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicholas G. Aumen" <naumen@bellsouth.net>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 10:33 PM
Subject: DML: AC/Heater fan problems with 94 Dakota

>
> Help!
>
> I have a 94 Dakota with a 318, and a 5-speed (and, 185,000 miles!). The
> AC/Heater fan started to go out a couple of months ago. First, the low
> and medium speeds quit, then after about a month, the high speed quit as
> well.
>
> Thinking it was the slide switch on the dash, I replaced the entire
> climate control unit that includes the switch. Still no fan.
>
> Now thinking the problem was a bad fan motor, I tore out half the inside
> of the truck to get to the fan motor. I took the motor out, hooked both
> leads directly to the battery, and the fan works.
>
> Therefore, I guess the problem has to lie between the switch and the
> fan. Does anyone know if there is a resistor(s) between the switch and
> fan that could have gone bad, or is the resistor in the switch itself? I
> tried to follow the wires under the dash, but everything disappears into
> a large wiring conduit, and I hesitate to take that apart to trace
> things. I have a third-party shop manual, and the wiring diagrams are
> limited and of no help.
>
> If anyone has the appropriate page of the genuine shop manual wiring
> diagram, I would love any information that might be provided.
>
> Thanks!
> Nick
>



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