Re: [DMCForum] Blow or no blow?

[Martin Gutkowski <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The motor is spinning correctly. I thought I wrote that.....

Thanks for the advice, That's a good check, I'll try it when I get back 
- we're off to help a customer out with a big rebuild till Sunday

Martin

Walter Coe wrote:

> Well if you're passing around the plate, I'll do a line as
> long as it ain't cut with that damn baby laxative. ;-)
> 
> The blower should spin counter clockwise when looking down
> into the squirrel cage fan.  (Or is that anti-clockwise from
> your side of the pond?)  There is a little raised arrow in
> the plastic.  Be sure the motor is spinning the correct
> direction and that you have the correct squirrel cage for a
> DeLorean.  You can compare yours with the photo:
> www.DMCForum.org/images/offtopic/lower_blower_box.jpg
> 
> I have experimentally determined that every combination of
> squirrel cage configuration along with direction of rotation
> will blow at least a moderate amount of air in a DeLorean --
> even enough to fool someone who installed the wrong one that
> it is almost working correctly.
> 
> If nothing is coming from any of the outlets, this sounds
> like a massively clogged evaporator.  Using the photo as a
> guide, stick you hand in where the blower goes and feel the
> side of the evaporator for blockage.  Be careful not to bend
> the coils on the resistor pack.  Also remember that the fins
> on the evaporator bend very easily, so be gentle.  If it is
> full of leaves, you might get by with pulling them off by
> hand or vacuuming them out.
> 
> Today I ran an evaporator through a dishwasher -- of all
> things.  Seems to have cleaned it up pretty good.  Now I
> have a bunch of trailing arm bolts in there.  Ever notice
> how dirty/greasy they are?  I can't touch one without
> turning my fingers black.
> 
> Walt
>

Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

ADVERTISEMENT

---

Yahoo! Groups Links

• To visit your group on the web, go to:
  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DMCForum/
   
• To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
  DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
   
• Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.