Resistors, - they fail - more frequently than you might imagine.
When I bought my 4x4 the blower worked fine - 2 months later it was dead
- I checked out the resistor - and all the contacts were corroded and
rusty. I cleaned them up with sand paper - reattatched it to the
firewall - plugged it back in - worked like new.
check your resistor contacts first before you buy a blower motor and rip
your dash out or replace your enviromental control unit. I have seen
these resistors go out on DAks like this before - they seem to be prone
to moisture and corrosion. Much cheaper to replace a el cheapo resistor
before you buy a blower motor.
Gregg wrote:
> Bill,
>
> Not sure if I am having the same issue as you are, but my blower/vent is
> quirky to say the least.
>
> Sometimes when I turn on the blower (A/C or vent) it doesn't want to turn on
> to the right speed. It just barely starts blowing, then speeds up and slows
> down (really sucks when you want A/C in the florida summer and it is 2000
> degrees inside the truck). I have found that if I turn the switch off very
> slowly when I shut the truck off and then when I get back in the truck and
> turn the blower/AC on very slowly, it seems to work. I am assuming that it
> is in the controls or is that in the assembly under the dash?
>
> Gregg
> 92 V6
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