when the blower stop on one of my cars , I hit or kick it to test, if it works I then ignore until it stops working then hit it again or hit some good bumps. It normally finally dies when it is below 0 and all the parts stores are closed.
Easy fix, but how many people that didn’t go through the diag process just try and change a motor when it was a bad control module. I always appreciate the diagnostic process.
I think you were more than fair in diagnosing and repairing the blower motor. If they are un happy remind them that there are Chevy dealers everywhere.
Sometimes (rarely) a brush can get hung up in a brush holder during a motor's life as the spring feeds it forward into the commutator. With the amount of wear on both the commutator & brushes, that might have been the case here, and handling the motor can release the brush. Glad to see you get to work on one job that isn't a rust battle!
just replace the blower on my audi, some style, spin to lock in place and two wires leading to a resistor pack...it started acting up and would work when i would reach down and hit it with a hammer...would work a couple days and then fail again...worked long enough to get a new part
Happy thanksgiving to you all from this side of the pond. GM actually did a good job with that blower motor. Makes a change not to have to destroy the dash in an attempt to get to it! Maybe it was just a bad connection, those block connections sometimes need a jiggle! Great viewing as always! Happy thanksgiving!
After years in a rotating electrical shop my guess, heavy on the guess, would be a stuck brush that came loose as you moved the motor during its removal. a very careful inspection may reveal a few tiny burn or arc marks on the armature, but then those may have been polished off when you ran it after removal. At any rate its a win, take it.
I used to have a 2001 Yukon. Removing and reinstalling that kick panel was the bane of my existence. The recessed screw in the middle was near impossible to line back up.
The problem with it was that it’s a GM. In all the years, they have yet to figure out electronics, door handles, or rear fender wells. I had an 08 Tahoe and it was a boat anchor. I’ll never own another GM. Love your videos, Wes. Happy Holidays from KY!
Thank you for talking billing protocol. It's hard to find that healthy place of fair pay/not gouging/not underpaying yourself. I've been in business for myself for six years (residential remodeling) and still struggle with proper pricing. Keep up the great work and happy holidays!
Hi Wes'. I think it was likely brushes stuck. You taking it out would free them. I hated jobs like that. Many years ago, I worked in a Mazda dealership. Loved it. I got sent on all their courses, and loved working on them, as it usually kept me busy and away from the humdrum garage jobs. I really hated taking out dashes and plastic panels. You are so much more laid back though than I was then. I used to get frazzled with jobs like that, and I kinda think the boss new it. Possibly why I got left alone lol. Great video and the two birds looked great too.
I have the exact same issue with a lot of DC motors. Brushes get stuck in the brush holders, especially when worn half-way. A little working back and forth with carbon crunchies falling everywhere, and suddenly it is as good as new.
Quite possible. One of the reasons i like to take my brushes before installing them and cutting a shallow groove in the four sides. Easy to do and it doesn't affect the function, but they don't get stuck anymore.
Turkey was a good case to use the PicoScope!. Mrs Wes smiling at her cooking prowess. Have a great thanksgiving to those who celebrate it, northern hemisphere only methinks. Great vlog Wes, thanks for sharing. Best regards from the UK. John.
That Tahoe ain't that old. Amazing that it would need a blower motor already, but who knows. The fact that the motor was such an easy "plug & play & twist", might be an indicator of their life span... Mrs. Wes is beautiful with or without the make-up... Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. Thank you.
Wish all Blower motors were that easy most the time the aftermarket Blower motors ya have to cut the Oem Wiring and splice then in because most car companies don't give ya a removable pig tail on both ends now that is sweet Nice work GM @Watch Wes Work
You'll take it away from GM when you need to replace the "fan speed module" on that thing. She's right you know, you are lucky. Best regards from Indiana.
Pretty straight forward repair for you compared to some of the jobs you get. Everybody deserves a easy one now and then. Enjoy your turkey. I will probably be eating Thanksgiving turkey for a week. Best to you and your family.
@@WatchWesWork If it was sensing something abnormal then your test light would have caused the same issue and that unit would not have given you power to light that light up.
Let's see if we can launch this across the shop... voice of experience talking there. For context, the 4 of us spent 5 minutes on our hands and knees today locating a spring that "pinged", after the tech disassembling the thing (a current clamp) said: "I just know I'm going to lose this spring" (in jest), followed by a soft twang and "I can't believe I just did that." (there was a lot more tension on it than he thought) I found it... and I wasn't even wearing my glasses. Level: expert. 😛
Good job Wes - who knows why the motor failed. Your charge for that job sounds perfectly reasonable to me. Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends - stay safe and healthy (from the home of the blower motor manufacturer).
Wine detail seems like the obvious place to be on a "Day Off" this year! 😎 I think my brother was driving a Bronco when one of his wheels fell off. He was pulling a boat that may have been a bit too heavy, which may have helped save the rig from a head on by allowing him to still steer with only one wheel and a brake rotor. The "freed" wheel also missed the 'head on' by several feet.
My older Chevy's the van have to tap on the "resistor" to make it run sometimes. Tahoe was that way for a bit then failed, replaced the "resistor"and gold.
...13:20.... Yeah, I've seen worse too, but that brush wear at an angle can jam things up, that commutator is pretty well scored.... I like to take the old stuff apart..no matter what it is....
Hi Wes. I like your test light and leads idea. especially with the pill bottle lens.. I have one similar to yours but i used a 1157 bulb for its ruggedness. ps. I like how you explain yourself and drawing out circuits to explain to your viewers how components work.
I have taken apart lots of blower motors and sometimes it is stuck motor bearings, worn bearings or a hung up carbon brush because of dirty brush holders. Other times it's a worn out motor if everything else is good. My experience hope this helps and next time before you take the motor out give it a whack with a screwdriver handle and see if it starts working then it's a stuck brush and it will happen again so you are better off replacing the motor. No need for a comeback.
Brushes were probably sticking in their slides. Chances are if you had given it a swift kick before you took it apart, it would've starting working for a while. A lot of times those motors get worn and start to draw too much power, I've done a couple where either the plug on the blower controller was melted, or the blower connector itself was smoked. GM really skimped on the wiring for those, sometimes even a wrapper on the blower cage can cause them to melt.
Your minimun shop rates sound just fine. Cant be too bad, people keep dropping broken stuff off for you to wave your wand over. Keep up the excellent work. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
I work on electric lift trucks for a living. Magnets in the motor get hot, and lose strength. Try heating a magnet once with a torch. Sometimes you can take a strong neodymium magnet and place on both sides of the motor, to test.
Face Off 🤣 what a *terrible* movie! Glad it was an easy fix Wes 🙂👍 that wheel looked like it soaked up that Illinois *rust* pretty good 😬 no wonder why it flew off lol
I had a Carter Electric fuel pump on my boat years ago that quit working after only one ski season , had to cut it open as it was a sealed unit and found the brushes just stuck in the holder and that was it .
You got lucky with the easy access to the blower motor, I've seen them stuck under the dash, between the heater core and the firewall, a whole day's work getting it out and in... :-( Happy Thx-Giving! :-D
Could be a of the kind that the soldered-component TV sets had. Fine for a few years and then trouble. Tapping can start-stop things. My version was in a FORD car where the solder was present on both sides of the contact pin but not between. One old TV set could be helped by vacuum cleaning the circuit boards among the valves, for which the access is electrically very dangerous. A TV viewer had quick results by stamping hard on the wooden floor. That TV also showed an interference pattern when the oil-firing was not working properly. Then there was the dish-washer ...... {UK English]
Hearing about that tire coming off reminded me of riding ith my brother and a couple friends to school one morning. Luckily we were going slower maybe 35-40 when my brother said 'Look there's a tire going up the road and he slowed down where there the left front started to sink when we realized it was his car. Of course, no jack, but me & the 2 friends lifted the car up as he put the tire back on with 3 nuts stolen from the other wheels. It was pretty funny even back then. Thanks for sharing.
The GM automatic temperature controls seem to be very sensitive to any defect in the blower motor that wouldn't affect a standard resistor style switch. I've replaced many inop motors that worked when bench tested. I don't miss book time one bit. All of my automotive related work is for the company fleet or my own junk. Clients are actively discouraged from wasting my time. 2 hours minimum plus trip charge and hourly after. Weekends/after-hours is double. Outside clients are all of that plus 20%. I've always admired guys like Wes who operate one man shops. All of the headaches and none of the help.
I hope you and yours had a Happy Thanksgiving! That is much easier than changing the blower motor on my 1994 Tahoe. Looks like GM has improved things a bit.
i have had a blower motor that failed intermittently, it would work under braking, bu not otherwise, removed the motor, and tested it, in certain orientations it worked fine, others not at all, on disassembly the brushes had worn (in 240,000 miles) a 1/4" deep groove in the commutator (testiment to volvos build quality that there was still commutator left after that depth) what was happening was under braking the side of the brush was contacting the remains of the commutator, making the circuit, otherwise the brushes and commutator were just not quite reaching over the gap.
I always bill a minimum of an hour to diagnose a problem. As a rule I will typically unplug whatever it is and plug it back in. Amazing how often that "fixes" the problem. Thanks Wes. Hope you ate too much turkey and got a good nap in.
I charge a minimal of 1hr and if I can complete the whole job in that time from diag to complete that's all I charge. That's a common repair. If the motor doesn't run it's usually the motor and if it won't shut off it's the controller. Thanks.
Maybe a stalled bearing caused the unit not to start, typically standard practice isn’t to check the output to the motor but to jump power to the motor, or maybe that’s just here, that way you can give it the input it wants and if it doesn’t start then you know it’s pretty much toast, sometimes manually turning it helps, but as you likely already know, that can skip past a dead spot you might not find again without the equipment you happen to have, and then it’s a return visit or a return failure at least
Charging for the job.... Minimum 1Hr or part there of plus parts and shipping or travel time to get them. Make the customer aware of this before taking the job on. If job is 1.25 Hr charge is 2 hours. If you are filming the job a small discount might be in order to ease your conscience. The customer is paying for your time , expertise, plus tooling, consumables, education (to keep up with new technology etc), insurance , workshop upkeep etc, etc. Don't be afraid to charge a fair fee for fixing damage the customer has done through using the vehicle. Your not in business to be everybody's friend. That rim is a highly desirable item for a home foundry operator. The aluminium is high grade. Cheers Eric
A tip for those who have an old car with a broken defroster fan. Computer fans are on 12 V and they can be put in the hose that goes up to the window. This of course only applies to old cars. On the newer cars you have to troubleshoot.
I've had the similar problem with that on my or 6 Colorado and my buddies and my dad's 2005 ford f150 On all of ours it was the blower motor resistor now that may of been Built-in to that or 6 taho But more commonly than not it usually is the blower motor resistor Those blower motor resistor is usually reside right next to the blower motor in the duct work The moving air helps keep the resistor cool
years ago when i was working in the GM electrical truck world we used to see a bunch of motors (blower and otherwise) with brushes stuck in in their holders and the report of inop.
when the blower stop on one of my cars , I hit or kick it to test, if it works I then ignore until it stops working then hit it again or hit some good bumps. It normally finally dies when it is below 0 and all the parts stores are closed.
Ha! Same here...😀✌🏾
Now that's engineering. :)
The intro was enough, but I stayed til the end!
Wes you are becoming one of my favorite mechanic CZcamsrs, because you are very thorough and have a subtle sense of humor
I spotted the problem immediately. The volume control was set to low for Pearl Jam. Turn it up loud and all is good
Hmm. That is a major issue!
Major issue with that also!!
👍👌👏 Uhm... that seems pretty comprehensive. 😁😁
Best regards luck and health.
Jeremy's spoken...can't find a better man...Even flow...don't call me daughter...
@@eformance Garden is my personal favorite
Easy fix, but how many people that didn’t go through the diag process just try and change a motor when it was a bad control module. I always appreciate the diagnostic process.
Yep, don't be a parts changer!
#ScannerDanner
Boy she was all shined up for thanksgiving!
I think you were more than fair in diagnosing and repairing the blower motor. If they are un happy remind them that there are Chevy dealers everywhere.
Mustie picked the wheel up, he’s doing a 2 hour vlog on it! 👍
@Chris Hall Bahaha...that's too funny..but too true😂👍
Oh cool!
#mustie1
@@WatchWesWork he can’t find the points
But no 30 minute carb rebuild!
As a customer, never worked on vehicles except my own DIY, I think the way you charged it out was perfectly fair.
Damn Wes, you got yourself a beauty there! Nice score
Sometimes (rarely) a brush can get hung up in a brush holder during a motor's life as the spring feeds it forward into the commutator. With the amount of wear on both the commutator & brushes, that might have been the case here, and handling the motor can release the brush. Glad to see you get to work on one job that isn't a rust battle!
Just what I wrote!
Well, kinda!
Well written!
just replace the blower on my audi, some style, spin to lock in place and two wires leading to a resistor pack...it started acting up and would work when i would reach down and hit it with a hammer...would work a couple days and then fail again...worked long enough to get a new part
Happy thanksgiving to you all from this side of the pond. GM actually did a good job with that blower motor. Makes a change not to have to destroy the dash in an attempt to get to it! Maybe it was just a bad connection, those block connections sometimes need a jiggle! Great viewing as always! Happy thanksgiving!
Some reason I thought it was Sunday when I saw your video, Always excited to see new videos in the morning and drinking my coffee.
Thanks for the video Wes, it's nice to see you do a repair and not have to fight with parts that are entombed in rust.
After years in a rotating electrical shop my guess, heavy on the guess, would be a stuck brush that came loose as you moved the motor during its removal. a very careful inspection may reveal a few tiny burn or arc marks on the armature, but then those may have been polished off when you ran it after removal. At any rate its a win, take it.
I used to have a 2001 Yukon. Removing and reinstalling that kick panel was the bane of my existence. The recessed screw in the middle was near impossible to line back up.
Hi Wes, well here is another one telling you ,,,Mrs Wes looking awesome.Thanks for the videos by the way.
Thank you for continuing these videos Wes. Especially in this season of "isolation" this year.
You bet!
I still don't get people who give thumbs down....
Hope you had a great thanksgiving, excellent as always.
You can't please everyone.
Happy Thanksgiving Wes and family
Same to you!
@@WatchWesWork up yours!! wait! oh, you meant that in a good way. lol
The problem with it was that it’s a GM. In all the years, they have yet to figure out electronics, door handles, or rear fender wells. I had an 08 Tahoe and it was a boat anchor. I’ll never own another GM. Love your videos, Wes. Happy Holidays from KY!
No sesame street tonight kids, Wes and mrs Wes just ate big bird!
Thank you for talking billing protocol. It's hard to find that healthy place of fair pay/not gouging/not underpaying yourself. I've been in business for myself for six years (residential remodeling) and still struggle with proper pricing. Keep up the great work and happy holidays!
Hi Wes'. I think it was likely brushes stuck. You taking it out would free them. I hated jobs like that. Many years ago, I worked in a Mazda dealership. Loved it. I got sent on all their courses, and loved working on them, as it usually kept me busy and away from the humdrum garage jobs. I really hated taking out dashes and plastic panels. You are so much more laid back though than I was then. I used to get frazzled with jobs like that, and I kinda think the boss new it. Possibly why I got left alone lol. Great video and the two birds looked great too.
Bearing resistance too high, module detects too much amp draw and goes into failsafe.
i still think it was the muffler bearing
@@lostintime8651 - I thought it was the squirrels...
no, wait, wrong channel.
Yes that makes since
I wonder if one of the motor brushes got stuck, and then released during the swap.
I have the exact same issue with a lot of DC motors. Brushes get stuck in the brush holders, especially when worn half-way. A little working back and forth with carbon crunchies falling everywhere, and suddenly it is as good as new.
especially the way the one side was half mooned out where the other side had more even wear tells me the spring was fucky
I had a Kirby classic vacuum cleaner that had a stuck carbon brush and it was a real pain in the ass to get it free.
Yep, my first move on any electrical motor is to bang on it, rotate it, sometimes they last years longer. Fuel pumps included.
Quite possible. One of the reasons i like to take my brushes before installing them and cutting a shallow groove in the four sides. Easy to do and it doesn't affect the function, but they don't get stuck anymore.
Warranty control module simulates failed parts and detects when you have renewed them.
She's one lucky gal.
"if the woman doesn't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."
Turkey was a good case to use the PicoScope!. Mrs Wes smiling at her cooking prowess.
Have a great thanksgiving to those who celebrate it, northern hemisphere only methinks.
Great vlog Wes, thanks for sharing.
Best regards from the UK.
John.
Thanks!
Mrs Wes on "wine detail" cracked me up. No crusty rust in this one. You got lucky!
Glad to see you get an easy one once in a while!
That Tahoe ain't that old. Amazing that it would need a blower motor already, but who knows. The fact that the motor was such an easy "plug & play & twist", might be an indicator of their life span...
Mrs. Wes is beautiful with or without the make-up...
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
Thank you.
Great video...I just spent
The best things about the day after Thanksgiving are turkey hash for breakfast and turkey sammiches for lunch!
Eat leftovers until it starts tasting like the onions stored in the refrigerator lol
Unless the dogs from over at the Bumpus house steal the whole turkey off the table and you're forced to get Chinese food...
Yes sir!
How abot some turkey soup?
Wish all Blower motors were that easy most the time the aftermarket Blower motors ya have to cut the Oem Wiring and splice then in because most car companies don't give ya a removable pig tail on both ends now that is sweet Nice work GM @Watch Wes Work
Your defiantly a wise man! Keep-em-happy.
"Defiantly" or "definitely"?
Happy thanksgiving to you and the family
it's been quite a while since u had an easy fix video, keep the videos coming, I really enjoy watching them
You'll take it away from GM when you need to replace the "fan speed module" on that thing.
She's right you know, you are lucky.
Best regards from Indiana.
Pretty straight forward repair for you compared to some of the jobs you get. Everybody deserves a easy one now and then. Enjoy your turkey. I will probably be eating Thanksgiving turkey for a week. Best to you and your family.
Mrs Wes is so cool. And Mr Wes, don’t let the muggles get you down.
Bosch. Now we know why it quit working...Sounds like a fair charge out. Cool story about the wheel.
like these quirk and easy job that any body with basic test instruments can do and fix themselves
Perfect Intro. Hope you had a happy Thanksgiving.
Thanks! You too!
Wes you lucky bastard. That's a beautiful....... turkey 😅😅 Happy Thanksgiving Wes Family!!
The fan controller was sensing something not in spec so it shut the motor down, wonderful world of computer control.
@K.D. Pearce Rats, Mice??..lol
I suppose that could be. But the amp draw seems normal.
@@WatchWesWork If it was sensing something abnormal then your test light would have caused the same issue and that unit would not have given you power to light that light up.
Probably brushes hanging up. You knocking it around removing it probably unhung them allowing commentator contact.
Also, isn'tt amp draw effected by how much static pressure is in the system? I.e. amps are generally higher in the open air?
I don't know
A friend at the dealership says it's the brushes they where told just replace it. The new part is better than oem.
Happy Thanksgiving Wes & Family!
Same to you!
Definitely a lucky man! Enjoy your weekend.
Just replaced the blower moter in my '84 Ford F150...and the resister. Surprisingly easy.
Yeah, those are on the outside. Really easy.
The Florida pool pump motor repair guy approved ! that was good info
Happy thanksgiving to all of your family and friends
Loved the "extra" wheel and tire.
Merry thanksgiving to you and to your lovely family bro 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks so much!
That wheel in the field made my day..100k by Christmas !!!
Should be!
Lol at the turkey at the beginning 🤣 definitely looking good Making me hungry @Watch Wes Work
Interesting education and Mr. Wes is a lucky fella
Happy thanksgiving guys turky looks awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks! I smartly left everything else to the Mrs...
Let's see if we can launch this across the shop... voice of experience talking there.
For context, the 4 of us spent 5 minutes on our hands and knees today locating a spring that "pinged", after the tech disassembling the thing (a current clamp) said: "I just know I'm going to lose this spring" (in jest), followed by a soft twang and "I can't believe I just did that." (there was a lot more tension on it than he thought)
I found it... and I wasn't even wearing my glasses. Level: expert. 😛
Good job Wes - who knows why the motor failed. Your charge for that job sounds perfectly reasonable to me.
Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends - stay safe and healthy (from the home of the blower motor manufacturer).
Wine detail seems like the obvious place to be on a "Day Off" this year! 😎
I think my brother was driving a Bronco when one of his wheels fell off. He was pulling a boat that may have been a bit too heavy, which may have helped save the rig from a head on by allowing him to still steer with only one wheel and a brake rotor.
The "freed" wheel also missed the 'head on' by several feet.
For a moment there, I thought Mrs. Wes meant she was on 'whine' detail ;)
If the shoe fits!!
@@mrswes True :)
My older Chevy's the van have to tap on the "resistor" to make it run sometimes. Tahoe was that way for a bit then failed, replaced the "resistor"and gold.
...13:20.... Yeah, I've seen worse too, but that brush wear at an angle can jam things up, that commutator is pretty well scored.... I like to take the old stuff apart..no matter what it is....
Hi Wes. I like your test light and leads idea. especially with the pill bottle lens.. I have one similar to yours but i used a 1157 bulb for its ruggedness. ps. I like how you explain yourself and drawing out circuits to explain to your viewers how components work.
I approve of the Mrs labor distribution.
I have taken apart lots of blower motors and sometimes it is stuck motor bearings, worn bearings or a hung up carbon brush because of dirty brush holders. Other times it's a worn out motor if everything else is good. My experience hope this helps and next time before you take the motor out give it a whack with a screwdriver handle and see if it starts working then it's a stuck brush and it will happen again so you are better off replacing the motor. No need for a comeback.
Cool to see you test the old motor. I think I have the same DSO, ha ha.
Those Rigol scopes are great.
I didn't know Huffelpuffs were so wild. Maybe I should look for one myself.
They aren't normally...
Thanks! Had to replace blower motor and the resistor. Your video helped!
Brushes were probably sticking in their slides. Chances are if you had given it a swift kick before you took it apart, it would've starting working for a while.
A lot of times those motors get worn and start to draw too much power, I've done a couple where either the plug on the blower controller was melted, or the blower connector itself was smoked. GM really skimped on the wiring for those, sometimes even a wrapper on the blower cage can cause them to melt.
Your minimun shop rates sound just fine. Cant be too bad, people keep dropping broken stuff off for you to wave your wand over. Keep up the excellent work. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
Very true!
I work on electric lift trucks for a living. Magnets in the motor get hot, and lose strength. Try heating a magnet once with a torch. Sometimes you can take a strong neodymium magnet and place on both sides of the motor, to test.
Kick panel: sharp knife and black duct tape works wonders.
Face Off 🤣 what a *terrible* movie! Glad it was an easy fix Wes 🙂👍 that wheel looked like it soaked up that Illinois *rust* pretty good 😬 no wonder why it flew off lol
I know. It's so bad!
Glad to see you get an easy one! Another fine video, thanks for sharing.
I had a Carter Electric fuel pump on my boat years ago that quit working after only one ski season , had to cut it open as it was a sealed unit and found the brushes just stuck in the holder and that was it .
Keep the sense of humor with your wife. It will serve you well.
You got lucky with the easy access to the blower motor, I've seen them stuck under the dash, between the heater core and the firewall, a whole day's work getting it out and in...
:-(
Happy Thx-Giving!
:-D
Could be a of the kind that the soldered-component TV sets had. Fine for a few years and then trouble. Tapping can start-stop things. My version was in a FORD car where the solder was present on both sides of the contact pin but not between. One old TV set could be helped by vacuum cleaning the circuit boards among the valves, for which the access is electrically very dangerous. A TV viewer had quick results by stamping hard on the wooden floor. That TV also showed an interference pattern when the oil-firing was not working properly. Then there was the dish-washer ...... {UK English]
Hearing about that tire coming off reminded me of riding ith my brother and a couple friends to school one morning. Luckily we were going slower maybe 35-40 when my brother said 'Look there's a tire going up the road and he slowed down where there the left front started to sink when we realized it was his car. Of course, no jack, but me & the 2 friends lifted the car up as he put the tire back on with 3 nuts stolen from the other wheels. It was pretty funny even back then. Thanks for sharing.
The GM automatic temperature controls seem to be very sensitive to any defect in the blower motor that wouldn't affect a standard resistor style switch. I've replaced many inop motors that worked when bench tested.
I don't miss book time one bit. All of my automotive related work is for the company fleet or my own junk.
Clients are actively discouraged from wasting my time. 2 hours minimum plus trip charge and hourly after. Weekends/after-hours is double. Outside clients are all of that plus 20%.
I've always admired guys like Wes who operate one man shops. All of the headaches and none of the help.
Yes. Many headaches!
I hope you and yours had a Happy Thanksgiving! That is much easier than changing the blower motor on my 1994 Tahoe. Looks like GM has improved things a bit.
Happy Thanksgiving luv your videos
Happy Thanksgiving sir. Looks like you get to have all the fun blower motors you finding Wheels in the field
You got that right!
i have had a blower motor that failed intermittently, it would work under braking, bu not otherwise, removed the motor, and tested it, in certain orientations it worked fine, others not at all, on disassembly the brushes had worn (in 240,000 miles) a 1/4" deep groove in the commutator (testiment to volvos build quality that there was still commutator left after that depth) what was happening was under braking the side of the brush was contacting the remains of the commutator, making the circuit, otherwise the brushes and commutator were just not quite reaching over the gap.
I always bill a minimum of an hour to diagnose a problem. As a rule I will typically unplug whatever it is and plug it back in. Amazing how often that "fixes" the problem.
Thanks Wes. Hope you ate too much turkey and got a good nap in.
Yeah. I did try that, but I guess the issue could have been at the other end of the pigtail.
I charge a minimal of 1hr and if I can complete the whole job in that time from diag to complete that's all I charge. That's a common repair. If the motor doesn't run it's usually the motor and if it won't shut off it's the controller. Thanks.
00:13, you two are such an adorable couple.
Maybe a stalled bearing caused the unit not to start, typically standard practice isn’t to check the output to the motor but to jump power to the motor, or maybe that’s just here, that way you can give it the input it wants and if it doesn’t start then you know it’s pretty much toast, sometimes manually turning it helps, but as you likely already know, that can skip past a dead spot you might not find again without the equipment you happen to have, and then it’s a return visit or a return failure at least
Happy Thanksgiving! You are one luck fella for sure. I hope u enjoyed the family time.
Charging for the job....
Minimum 1Hr or part there of plus parts and shipping or travel time to get them. Make the customer aware of this before taking the job on.
If job is 1.25 Hr charge is 2 hours. If you are filming the job a small discount might be in order to ease your conscience.
The customer is paying for your time , expertise, plus tooling, consumables, education (to keep up with new technology etc), insurance , workshop upkeep etc, etc.
Don't be afraid to charge a fair fee for fixing damage the customer has done through using the vehicle. Your not in business to be everybody's friend.
That rim is a highly desirable item for a home foundry operator. The aluminium is high grade.
Cheers Eric
First one of that vintage I've seen with the temp and blower control labels still intact. Around here they're always scratched off already
My 98 Ranger driver side automatic climate control system consists of a manual crank window assembly and a sliding rear window.
I'm very familiar with that system!
A tip for those who have an old car with a broken defroster fan.
Computer fans are on 12 V and they can be put in the hose that goes up to the window.
This of course only applies to old cars. On the newer cars you have to troubleshoot.
Just now got a chance to watch this video. The brushes looked quite worn to me. Don't know. Regardless, Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
Happy Late Thanksgiving from Michigan!!! Good looking turkey!! . . . . Rog
Never mind the Blower Motor. I'm glad I wasn't standing in the middle of a field in the dark.
I've had the similar problem with that on my or 6 Colorado and my buddies and my dad's 2005 ford f150 On all of ours it was the blower motor resistor now that may of been Built-in to that or 6 taho But more commonly than not it usually is the blower motor resistor Those blower motor resistor is usually reside right next to the blower motor in the duct work The moving air helps keep the resistor cool
years ago when i was working in the GM electrical truck world we used to see a bunch of motors (blower and otherwise) with brushes stuck in in their holders and the report of inop.