If the motor has been binding for some time, it may have overheated and
shorted some windings.
I haven't opend my TR6 heater for refurbishment yet (it's on my short
list), so I'm not sure what type of motor it is.
George Richardson
Key Men - Keys for Classics
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1957 Triumph TR3
1961 Jaguar Mark 2
1975 Triumph TR6
1997 Land Rover Discovery
On 9/29/2016 7:49 PM, G.D. Huggins wrote:
> All,
>
> So there I was, head in hand wondering aloud, â??How is this effing thing
> still so slowâ???
>
> While doing the prep work to replace a bad wiper wheel assembly, I decided to
> address my non-functioning heater, you know, since I was under the dash and
> all.
> After getting the heater on the bench, I discovered the problem was one of
> the very small bolts that hold the motor into the top sheet of the heater
> body had come free, and the motor was tilted, mechanically binding. So, I
> pulled the motor, wired directly to the carâ??s battery and it spun fine!
>
> However, it produced about as much wind as an old lady blowing on my knees.
> So today, I tore it down, cleaned it up, polished the surfaces, and
> re-insulated the internal wires.
> Put it all back together, hooked it to the battery at it spins.. THE SAME LOW
> SPEED!!
> So all that reconditioning had zero effect.
>
> Desperate for advice, I am wondering if hooking it directly to the car
> battery might be too much power?
> I mean, I would expect that raw energy to make the damned thing take flight
> or something, with zero resistance in the line.
>
> Any sage advice?
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Guy D. Huggins
> 1965 Triumph TR4A
> CTC 63569LO
>
> Online project diary at http://www.genfiniti.com/triumph
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