 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Car Forum / Saab Cars / April 2005SAAB 9000 CDE blower resistor
OK, so where abouts is the heater blower resistor pack thingy on a 9000 CDE? My blower only works in position 4 ! Thanks, Mike > OK, so where abouts is the heater blower resistor pack thingy on a 9000 CDE? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Mike He - tell me about it. Quite simple to fix, you need to replace the resistor pack in the blower housing. The pack is accessible from the housing wall if you take off the plastic across the bulk head. Unfortunately, the resistor pack cost about GBP 60 at dealer, but it might be possible to repair the RP by replacing the power diode. I also have a duff RP which I intend to repair, some day... Any advice here on this? > > OK, so where abouts is the heater blower resistor pack thingy on a 9000 CDE? > > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > RP by replacing the power diode. I also have a duff RP which I intend to > repair, some day... Any advice here on this? _______________________________________ There is a over temperature protection in the resistor pack - a temperature fuse. Once it blows the fan works only on high speed ("4") that supplies power to the blower motor directly by-passing any resistors. It's the diode looking thingee in the pack (the rest are coil resistors) easy to see. Replace the temperature fuse with similar fuse rated to something like 100-110 degrees celsius (Original is 109 deg Celsius, but more troublesome to find). Replacement part of 100-110 degrees can be found virtually almost in any electronics shop - cost,,, maybe 0.5-1 Euro... One you get new fuse use innovative way to CRIMP it to the wires,,, do not weld! Welding don't probably stand vibration, heat and coldness for long... Resistor pack can be accessed without removal of the motor. Follow the leads and find a small "oval" shaped cover that is held in position by clips in the end of the blower housing. Hope this helps you 60 sterling pain ;-) SuoTimo BTW,,, this might increase you pain,,, if the bearings of the motor are getting bad the motor drags in start and causes overheating in the speed controller thus blowing the thermal fuse... But try first to replace the thermal fuse,,, they also tend to get bad by time. [...] > BTW,,, this might increase you pain,,, if the bearings of the motor are getting bad the > motor drags in start and causes overheating in the speed controller thus blowing the > thermal fuse... But try first to replace the thermal fuse,,, they also tend to get > bad by time. Thanks, SuoTimo. I'll be hunting down that thermal fuse thingy. BTW this is a generic problem with many car makes. Possibly such things like blower housing comes from component manufacturers. [...] > Replace the temperature fuse with similar fuse rated to something like 100-110 degrees celsius > (Original is 109 deg Celsius, but more troublesome to find). Replacement part of 100-110 degrees [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > SuoTimo SuoTimo, thanks again. I found a thermal fuse, Maplin order No RA64U. Just one question: Is this device directional? It looks like a pointed device. But I've removed the old fuse some time ago and forgot the direction it was mounted. > [...] > > Replace the temperature fuse with similar fuse rated to something like 100-110 degrees celsius [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > question: Is this device directional? It looks like a pointed device. But I've > removed the old fuse some time ago and forgot the direction it was mounted. You can connect it either way i.e. it's like a resistor not like a diode... SuoTimo > He - tell me about it. Quite simple to fix, you need to replace the resistor > pack in the blower housing. The pack is accessible from the housing wall if > you take off the plastic across the bulk head. Thanks Johannes, Please can you be more specific about how to get to the blower housing? Which bit of platic across the bulk head. Thanks again, Mike > > He - tell me about it. Quite simple to fix, you need to replace the > resistor [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Mike The black plastic shield that goes across the entire width of the engine bay close to the windscreen. It can be quite fiddly to remove and to refit, and don't loose those small things that take the screws. |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.