Did you get stuck somewhere? The first one I did took about 4 hours, and
there were no greasy yucky parts to deal with. Once you pull the dashboard
(looks intimidating but it's easy) and center console everything is pretty
much out in the open. It's a lot easier than changing a clutch, oil pan
gasket, rear main seal, and other major jobs where you have filthy and heavy
parts, fluids, road grime, dirt and sand falling in your eyes, etc. It's
helpful to have some ziplock baggies to sort and tag all the fasterners as
you take them out. I've seen some guys do it with the dash in place, that
doesn't save any time, I don't even know how they get into the blower
housing with that method.

Now a job I wouldn't wish on anyone, try a headliner in a 700 sedan. I swear
if I ever do that again, I'll have the windshield removed first.

The new motor could be defective, but that's unusual. What's left is the
wiring. Check for voltage at the wires supplying power to the motor.

the switch is new, and hte wire to it is new.

I just don't get why the ground (which was newly done) would go all
the sudden.

I never want to replace the motor again. I wouldnt' wish that on my
enemy.

I hope it's the ground. please....let it be the ground. I dread the
idea of re-doing this (not only cost, but time)