Heater/Ac Blower 2002 SE

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02starchief
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Heater/Ac Blower 2002 SE

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I replaced the pigtail going to the blower, thinking that was the problem of no blower fan . I have to wiggle the pigtail til the blower starts. I also keep blowing fuses. Any Ideas?
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Re: Heater/Ac Blower 2002 SE

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wiggle? if you wiggle wires, your splice job was buget -redo and put tape on all connections so they dont touch each other.

what was wrong with the original connector?
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Your original issue was probably caused by worn brushes in the fan motor itself. Replace the motor.
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Re: Heater/Ac Blower 2002 SE

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That's probably it. The old pigtail was cobbled up to try to make the fan work. I replaced the pigtail, and it worked fine, as long as you would slightly move the plug side just a little. Now it won't work at all, after three days. The fuse is ok. I re-wired the pigtail with heat shrink barrel connectors that came with the part.
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Re: Heater/Ac Blower 2002 SE

Post by kc9dre »

very well could be the connector that the pigtail is plugging into if you had to move it to the side to get it to work sounds like a cold or broken solder joint. could you fix it maybe, but probably more economical in time and frustration in replacing the fan assembly
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