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Jun 12th, 2021, 12:32 | #1 |
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760 GLE Blower motor quandary…
Hello, first post here, hope this is the correct place. My 1986 760 GLE has developed a fault with the heater/ac blower motor. It’s operation is intermittent and slow when it does work. I bought a replacement from Skandix which has completely different mountings and the fan blades run the other way, despite being listed as compatible with my car and year. Can only assume there are different versions for RHD cars? My trusty garage have tried having the motor reconditioned but it’s essentially sealed. The car is equipped with manual A/C. I’ve tried everywhere to find a a direct replacement, to no avail. Any advice or source of apparently hens teeth motors much appreciated!
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Jun 12th, 2021, 15:09 | #2 |
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I went through this a while ago.
Find someone breaking one, secondhand seems to be the way to go. I'm not stockpiling them here, honest |
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If buying a secondhand 940 fan motor, it will come with the fan blade on it. This is a tight push fit onto the motor shaft and i had to put my old (and replacement) fan motors in the vice and used a pair of 2' tyre levers, one each side, to lever the fan blade off so i could fit my original fan blade to the replacement motor. Cars without A/C usually have a different sort of mounting on the motor and are mounted horizontally whereas the A/C cars seem to have it mounted vertically.
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Thanks Scooby, very useful info. Mine has five mountings but seems there is an adaptor available to make it three. I’m certainly look into the 940 one - just had the AC converted to modern refrigerant so very frustrating that the whole system is useless due to the blower failure!
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