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Re: heater fan sucks

To: "john lakie" <doelakie@yahoo.com>, <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: heater fan sucks
From: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 00:20:17 -0400
John, 
It's a DC motor. Swap the leads and you'll be all set.
Rich Chrysler
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john lakie" <doelakie@yahoo.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 10:00 PM
Subject: heater fan sucks


> It's not very often that I've had to turn on the
> heater fan on my BJ8 but it's proven to be pretty
> ineffetive whenever the need arises.  As I make more
> and more use of the car it's becoming a problem when
> the windshield "fogs" up reducing my visibility. At
> first I just assumed that the  duct work to the vents
> on the dash were not correctly fitted or perhaps the
> vents were partially plugged, but all seemed to be in
> order.  I could here the fan run, but was unable to
> detect any noticeable airflow.  
> Eventually, I came to discover that whan I put my hand
> over the intake duct (behind the front grill), air was
> actually being blown out, not being drawn in.  Would
> this be something as simple as reversing the
> electrical connections to the fan, as this car was
> converted over to negative ground years ago; or has
> the fan motor been installed backwards???
> thanks in advance,
> John Lakie
> 65 BJ8   




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