Re: [DML] "When all else fails, get a bigger hammer?"

[Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx>]

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