Forgot to mention...this is IF the resistor is at the bottom of the A/C box.
- Bernd
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernd D. Ratsch" <fasstdak@hotmail.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Blower motor noise
>
> Easiest way to clear out most of the "stuff" in the blower motor is to
> remove the blower motor resistor and turn the fan on high. It will blow
the
> stuff out of the hole but caution...it'll go all over your carpet.
>
> - Bernd
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Mills" <srm804@hotmail.com>
> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 1:17 AM
> Subject: RE: DML: Blower motor noise
>
>
> >
> > Had this problem many times on both my 92's. It's been tree crap that
got
> in
> > through the cowl. I've been able to take care of this by turning the
> blower
> > on high in bi-level mode and switching back and forth from fresh air to
> > recirc until it blew out the vents.
> >
> >
> > >From: Bill Pitz <dakota@billpitz.com>
> > >Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> > >To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> > >Subject: DML: Blower motor noise
> > >Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 15:19:59 -0700
> > >
> > >
> > >Unfortunately, a problem that I thought was finished plaguing me is
> > >back.
> > >
> > >Back in 2000, shortly after I got my truck (2000 CC), I started to
> > >have a noise coming from the blower motor any time the fan was on
> > >(heat, A/C, didn't matter). I took the truck back to the dealer I
> > >bought it from. Unfortunately, since it was an intermittent problem,
> > >it didn't do it for them. Stupidly, they just ordered a new blower
> > >motor and told me to come back when the part came in.
> > >
> > >A few days later, I got a call saying that the part was in and that I
> > >should come back. I did. When they ripped everything apart, they
> > >determined the problem to be a "sticker stuck in squirrel cage" ...
> > >Hmm, ok, rather stupid to order a relatively expensive part when the
> > >"problem" is something so simple.
> > >
> > >The problem didn't return for a while, but it definitely returned.
> > >Each time, though, I'd call the dealer (eventually a different dealer
> > >from the morons I bought the truck from) and was told that if it
> > >turned out to be a "debris problem" that it would not be covered by
> > >warranty and I'd have to pay for it. (Not exactly a fun thought,
> > >since getting access to the blower motor involves removing the
> > >dashboard, disconnecting the A/C lines, heater core, etc.) I never
> > >actually made it into the dealer because the problem would always go
> > >away before I made it in. In short, it's happened at least once every
> > >year since I've had the truck.
> > >
> > >Fast forward to last week. It started doing it again. Of course, I'm
> > >now well outside of my 3 years/36,000 miles and the problem has
> > >returned. I'm pretty convinced that the issue isn't really a
> > >"sticker" stuck in there and that there's actually something wrong
> > >that has been wrong since I got the truck. Of course, I don't really
> > >have much of a way to prove that now (stupid me, I should have
> > >insisted it get fixed when I was still under warranty).
> > >
> > >I'm thinking that the problem is actually something loose or broken in
> > >the fan itself or with the little trap doors that control the air
> > >flow. Anybody ever seen/heard this before? Any idea of what the
> > >problem might actually be or how much it will cost me to get this S***
> > >fixed?
> > >
> > >Thanks.
> > >
> > >-Bill
> >
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