89 560sel No Blower Motor

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Chas.O.Hall - 26 Oct 2006 05:24 GMT

Thanks for taking the time to read this.
I am having trouble with the blower motor not working, there are the
console lights for all the other switches but none for the Fan Speed or
for the Direction selectors. The fan does not go on but when i select a
direction switch i can hear the ducting opening and closing.
I have checked the fuses, they all seem fine.

any thoughts/help would be appreciated.

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macdrone - 26 Oct 2006 23:05 GMT

> Thanks for taking the time to read this.
> I am having trouble with the blower motor not working, there are the
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>
> any thoughts/help would be appreciated.

Could be alot of things, first try the fuses, the strip fuse next to
the fuse box, the blower motor regulator and then the climate control
unit.

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Chas.O.Hall - 27 Oct 2006 14:18 GMT

Thanks for the reply.
The strip fuse is this the one by it's self to the left of the main fuse
box in it's own clear single case ? I will check that one anyhow.
Hope it's something easy to get to.
Thanks again.

> > Thanks for taking the time to read this.
> > I am having trouble with the blower motor not working, there are the
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> the fuse box, the blower motor regulator and then the climate control
> unit.

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Richard Sexton - 29 Oct 2006 02:06 GMT

If it's not the fuses, and it's not the blower motor itself (it usually
gets noisy for a year before it dies) then it's invariably the push button
assembly. Look for a used one off ebay for 50.

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Chas.O.Hall - 30 Oct 2006 00:22 GMT

I rechecked the fuses and the Auxilary fuse for conitinuity and they all
check good.
Now as i was closing the lid on the Aux fuse i touched the fuse it's
self thinking this is a big chunk on metal going across the terminals.
then i saw it was indeed broken. (: Ran into the house and made a
temporary fuse out of a couple of folds of tin foil. "Presto" blower
works. Now to find where i can get that funny looking fuse.
But still no lights on the pushbutton assembly !?

Thanks again for the thoughts and help

> If it's not the fuses, and it's not the blower motor itself (it usually
> gets noisy for a year before it dies) then it's invariably the push button
> assembly. Look for a used one off ebay for 50.

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macdrone - 30 Oct 2006 02:33 GMT

> I rechecked the fuses and the Auxilary fuse for conitinuity and they all
> check good.
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> > gets noisy for a year before it dies) then it's invariably the push button
> > assembly. Look for a used one off ebay for 50.

If you have any luck with the unit lights email me. I had the same
problem so far, just didnt get the lights working yet.

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Chas.O.Hall - 30 Oct 2006 20:05 GMT

> > I rechecked the fuses and the Auxilary fuse for conitinuity and they all
> > check good.
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> If you have any luck with the unit lights email me. I had the same
> problem so far, just didnt get the lights working yet.

Will do, but don't hild your breath on that. Problably won't get to that
until the spring as it is getting cold out here in canada.

Thanks.

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Richard Sexton - 31 Oct 2006 12:51 GMT

>I rechecked the fuses and the Auxilary fuse for conitinuity and they all
>check good.
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>works. Now to find where i can get that funny looking fuse.
>But still no lights on the pushbutton assembly !?

Buy enough fuses to replace tham all and clean the contacts
in the fuseholder itself with an pen ink eraser. The stories
about fuses testing good but not working in these cars are
legend. Replace them every 10 years and you shouldn't have a
problem. Your are original no doubt: change 'em!

The pushbutton lights are controlled by the dimmer rheostat.
Does that work?

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