Yup, sorry, it's a '95 Dakota. Brother in law did one on his Dad's '90
Dakota and said it was a pain. Of course this is the guy who I had help
me change the timing belt on our previous Minivan and it ended up
costing me a couple hours of finding bolts after he tossed bolts in a
random pile on the floor instead of putting them in labeled baggies...
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: DML: Bzzrrttt
> From: Josh Battles <cletusjones@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, December 30, 2010 7:50 am
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>
>
> On Dec 30, 2010 9:37 AM, "Michael Maskalans" <dml@tepidcola.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 30-Dec, 2010, at 02:17 , M.B. wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm assuming to get rid of the problem permanently I have to take the
> whole dash apart? Maybe I shouldn't, it's a fairly mild way of the truck
> voicing her displeasure; I hate to think what she might resort to next time
> she gets angry if I take her voice away. ;)
> > >
> > >
> > I don't think the Dakota is quite as nice as the early 2nd gen Rams. I
> changed the blower motor out in that truck in about 15 minutes with three
> screws and a plug, and that included fighting with getting the squirrel cage
> off the old motor. It just drops right out from below the glove box. I've
> not noticed anything quite as friendly for blower access in my '98 Dakota
> but I haven't had need to look either.
> >
>
> Iirc he has a gen II...
> And should you have to replace the blower motor in your 98, you might as
> well do the heater core at the same time. They're in the same place and
> require the same amount of work.
>
> And on a sidenote, it only takes about 15 minutes to do a blower motor (or
> resistor) in a BMW E30.
>
> - Josh
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