Re: [DML] "When all else fails, get a bigger hammer?"
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Re: [DML] "When all else fails, get a bigger hammer?"
- From: Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 23:08:14 +0000
Dave, I spent hours trying to avoid taking BOTH my fans off to work out
why both of them seemed to have spontaneously failed. In the end I
thought "well, seeing as I'm looking at new motors anyway, I may as well
try this..." and lamped them both with a hammer. Both now spin fine. I
think based on other people's experience, it's due to getting water in
them - Mine do not have a drain hole so at some point in the near future
I'll be taking them apart and checking them. My car has 6000 miles on it.
Martin
#1458
#4426
doctordhd@xxxx wrote:
I'm not a guy who likes to use a hammer to fix things but after the advice on
the list I tried it. One of my cooling fans wasn't running so I jacked up
the "D" and slid under it to take a look. I unplugged the fan motor wires
and connected them to a 12 volt power supply. Then I tapped the back of the
motor housing ever so gently. The fan turned a couple of degrees. I thought
it was mearly from the vibration of the tapping but each time I tapped it
turned more and more until it ran by itself! Now it seems to work properly
when reconected. I'm not sure how long this "fix" will work but I can't seem
to figure out how to remove the motor without taking the entire front of the
car off. Any ideas and comment would be appreciated.
Dave
6530
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