RE: [alfa] Spider Blower motor removal

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@xxxxxxxxx>]

For the record,

I have in fact removed the lower half of the blower assembly while the
top half was bolted in the car.  This is with the dash and center
console in place, side panels removed, and it was a '72 Spider, if that
matters.

It's very tricky, and I recall having to use a screwdriver to remove the
two rear clips.  Putting those same rear two clips back in place was
more difficult than the removal..

It was a long time ago, the last time I had to do this job with the dash
and upper core still in the car, but as I recall, it was still a lot
easier to do than removing or lifting the dash, etc.

HTH,

bs

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided] On 
> Behalf Of Jeff Greenfield
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 9:47 PM
> To: 'Karl Robrock'; alfa@domain.elided
> Subject: RE: [alfa] Spider Blower motor removal
> 
> 
> Karl -
> 
> What year car is this?
> 
> I could be wrong, but I don't think that there is enough room 
> to remove the lower half of the housing without removing the 
> entire assembly from the car.
> 
> There are four (I think) nuts that hold the heater box to the 
> firewall. If it is an earlier car (pre-efi) it is easier to 
> remove the dash to get the heater housing out.
> 
> The later the car, the harder it will be as there is more 
> stuff in the way.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Jeff
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided] On 
> Behalf Of Karl Robrock
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 6:00 PM
> To: alfa@domain.elided
> Subject: [alfa] Spider Blower motor removal
> 
> I'm trying to replace my blower motor and inspect my heater 
> core (I got a drop of coolant on my hand while yanking away 
> at the blower motor housing). I removed the four 7mm bolts 
> that hold the ducts on to either side of the housing, and 
> perhaps five 8mm nuts off of studs, removed the rear linkage 
> for one of the flaps, and the cable linkage, but I can't seem 
> to get that lower cover off to get access to the motor. Any 
> suggestions?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Karl
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