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Posted by: shane Apr 2 2016, 09:50 PM

My blower motor never worked and I took my tank out and painting my trunk. So I took out the blower cleaned the terminals were it gets juice and it ran good, it's kinda of firm to spin but seems ok. Is there a good alternative to a $90 Bosch motor just don't want to have to pull my tank later. What's the chance of the old one lasting? Thanks

Posted by: r_towle Apr 2 2016, 09:52 PM

Have you oiled it?

I will give you a pass here.
Does it work?
If yes, install it and keep working.
If no, replace it.

It takes about 15 minutes to remove a fuel tank, maybe another ten to get that motor out.

Posted by: nicabr Apr 2 2016, 11:17 PM

Have you checked the relay? My fan did not work and I found out after some investigation that the relay was bad. Now my fan works fine and it was an easy fix.

Posted by: Junebug Apr 3 2016, 03:41 AM

The motors are strong, you need to look inside if you feel it is hard to rotate. When I tore into mine as a non-running unit, I had power to the fan, but did not go. Years of pine needles and other debris had found their way into the impeller and broken a few housing bits, that in turn wedged themselves perfectly stopping the rotation. after a good cleaning and new brushes motor runs good. Some plastic welding of the housing and then I added the black aluminum window screen over the stock inlet grill under the body vents that I read about here. You might be able to see through the two drain outlets before splitting the housing. My experience 2p

Posted by: rhodyguy Apr 3 2016, 08:46 AM

Try removing the ashtray and cleaning the slider contacts.

Posted by: rstover Apr 4 2016, 06:44 PM

I agree with cleaning the slider contacts. This fixed my problem and was recommended to me by Brad Meyer. I removed the foam from a 1 in foam brush and wrapped the plastic with cotton cloth and used fluid film sprayed on the cloth to clean.

Posted by: Junebug Apr 11 2016, 12:05 PM

Here is my blower apart just for a visual of the guts.

Posted by: malcolm2 Apr 11 2016, 01:17 PM

Don't forget the little foam ring gaskets for the flappers.

Also, I found this website today. Has anyone used them? they have a complete fan and just the motor... only a $50 savings IIRC.

http://www.rmeuropean.com/ Free freight after $65.