re: Spider heater fan

["Giller,Bruce C." <bgiller@domain.elided>]

Jon,

	To get the heater fan out, you need to remove the rear and center
console and the dash.  The heater fan housing has to be removed from the
car because there are clips on the backside of the plastic fan housing
that hold it together.  You need to drain the coolant system.  I know
that that Spider manual sez to disconnect the A/C hoses but I just
pushed my A/C unit out of the way.  Took me about 4 hours to remove the
fan housing from the car the first time and about 5 hours to put it back
together.  The Spider manual is a great help to find out where the
hidden bolts/screws are located.

	If you contemplate doing this, let me know and I can give a few tips
that might save you time.

	Bruce

	Did the same thing on my GTV - 1 hour to get it out - 30 minutes to put
it back in....my kind of project!

	Bruce

	'86 Spider
	'74 GTV

> Looking for a quick word of advice, if any, before I take out a second
> mortgage to have someone strip out the interior on my Spider - my heater fan
> suddenly stopped working one day recently.  One day fine, the next nada,
> except a strong smell of hot electrics - no surprise, I'm sure.  The switch
> still works fine, the dash lights work as normal (dim on slow, bright on
> fast), which according to my wiring diagram implies some connection through
> the motor is still working, and I can turn the fan with my fingers through
> the floor vent, so I know it's not frozen.  I took out the consoles this
> weekend and couldn't find any loose connections.  Number 4 fuse was blown,
> but according to my wiring diagram this controls the cigar lighter; the fan
> should be on Number 7.  Either way, replacing the fuse didn't help.  So I'm
> off to get a new multimeter to make sure I'm getting power to the fan
> terminals on the motor (now that I know how to get to them), but it sounds
> like the fan motor just went kaput for no apparent reason.  Since replacing
> it means draining the a/c (which is beyond my abilities), I'm hoping there's
> something obvious I've overlooked - but I can't think what it would be.

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