Just recently went through that one myself! More than likely, the bearings in the blower motor are shot. You will know that is it if it makes a squealing sound when it does happen to come on, thus your "gremlin" analogy. Nothing to do there except purchase a new blower motor. Now, the blower motor is probably not working b/c the blower resistor is bad. This sort of looks like a small rectangular plate with a spring/coil on it. This is what I would check if I were you. Good luck! Regards, Darren Decker #5000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/dmcnews http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications