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Re: Overheating Engine Fixed!!

Posted By:	Hawker
Posted On:	August 14, 2003 at 9:52 pm GMST

Joshua,

Thanks for the ideas! Fixed!

I made sure screws were all tight, pushed the connector firmly in and jiggled it as well, turned on the switch and it came on strong.

Thanks man!

Joshua S wrote:

> Pull the switch out and check
> with Ohm Meter to check if it
> still working.
> Do you know were the fan motor
> is?
> It is under the passager side
> dash, run your hand to the fir
> e wall than all the way to the
> right and up, you should now
> be ale to fell it. the Motor i
> s up-side down(pointing up)
> Check if it is lose, tighen it
> . This was a problem in my 85
> agout every 6-months or so, I
> had to retighten the three scr
> ews and than the fan would run
> as smooth as silk.
> If not lose?
> Turn the switch on and listen
> for any type of noise coming f
> rom the motor, hold the motor
> to check if it getting hot.
>
> Know after al that, remove the
> three screws that are retainn
> ing the fan motor, disconnect
> the fan wires and remove the f
> an motor.
> Check the motor by spinning th
> e blade on the fan, your looki
> ng a ball bearing smooth spin
> on the motor, if the motor doe
> s not spin freely your there i
> s grity(jerky) fell to spining
> fan.
> If so, either one or both the
> bearing are bad or you have so
> mething suck in the motor or b
> etween the motor and fan.

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Message:	Hawker wrote: > Joshua, > > Thanks for the ideas! Fixed! > > > I made sure screws were all ti > ght, pushed the connector firm > ly in and jiggled it as well, > turned on the switch and it ca > me on strong. > > Thanks man! > > > > Joshua S wrote: > > > Pull the switch out and chec > k > > with Ohm Meter to check if i > t > > still working. > > Do you know were the fan mot > or > > is? > > It is under the passager sid > e > > dash, run your hand to the f > ir > > e wall than all the way to t > he > > right and up, you should now > > be ale to fell it. the Motor > i > > s up-side down(pointing up) > > Check if it is lose, tighen > it > > . This was a problem in my 8 > 5 > > agout every 6-months or so, > I > > had to retighten the three s > cr > > ews and than the fan would r > un > > as smooth as silk. > > If not lose? > > Turn the switch on and liste > n > > for any type of noise coming > f > > rom the motor, hold the moto > r > > to check if it getting hot. > > > > Know after al that, remove t > he > > three screws that are retain > n > > ing the fan motor, disconnec > t > > the fan wires and remove the > f > > an motor. > > Check the motor by spinning > th > > e blade on the fan, your loo > ki > > ng a ball bearing smooth spi > n > > on the motor, if the motor d > oe > > s not spin freely your there > i > > s grity(jerky) fell to spini > ng > > fan. > > If so, either one or both th > e > > bearing are bad or you have > so > > mething suck in the motor or > b > > etween the motor and fan.
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