I've got the RAVE software, and a neighbor is a hard-core LR enthusiast. Once I have a new blower motor, what's the estimated time to make the swap? Should I plan 1 hour or 3? It looks relatively easy, but this will be my 2nd job on this beast (first was a bad starter, 4 days after purchase).



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No time at all to swap them out--just 3 screws hold it in place...just need to be a bit of a contortionist to get your eyes/hands under the glove box (rave suggests removing glove box, but i found it unnecessary) All together about 1/2hour.

 

You also must disconnect the SRS wire. When I did it it caused my SRS light to go on. However I don't want the air bags to go off if I hit a rock or something when off roading so I am fine with them being disabled.

 

Tremendous. Part is due in today, and the temps across the next 3 days are in the triple digits (including our family trip this weekend). Huzzah for fortuitous timing!

Of course, Murphy's Law may apply, in which case I'll be here asking for more help...

 

Got the part yesterday, took about a half hour to pull the old one and get the new one in - that last screw was a challenge, but only because the angle was a difficult reach... in, on, and cold as ice!

Thanks for the help/advice!

Now, a question about the old blower motor - is there any value to it? Is that the kind of thing that someone would refurbish, or should I just pitch it?

 

And its out again. 16 hours of sweet, cool air. Temp was 104 this afternoon.

Any ideas?

 

If you adjust the fan speed manually, does it ever work? If you turn it to the high setting, does it do anything?

 

No, nothing. I did manage to do an ugly test using some wire and the battery, fan works fine. There's clearly a short/bad connection. Help me out, what's upstream? Looks like some kind of resistor block? When I turn on the AC, there's an audible click down there, in the guts above the fan. Well, it was fine for about 18 hours....

 

Resistor - Climate Control Blower Motor | Land Rover Electrical Parts, Batteries, Relays, Lamps & More

See if you are getting power to the resistor. If no power to, then you need to track back further. If power to resistor, see if power from it. I have never tested mine, as I have had no problems. If it is like most resistors, the voltage will change from it depending on what fan speed you have selected on the HVAC control panel.

 

And we have a solution! I'll try to get a picture of it tonight to add to the knowledge base here.

Turns out that both blower motors are fine (so if someone does need one...). With the help of my neighbor, we ended up in the fuse box, where there's an odd jumper that holds the fuse for the blower motor. I don't know if this is a common thing, or a failure in the fuse box and this patch job was an easy solution. Regardless, the end result is that the jumper/fuse was making irregular contact with the box. We got the AC back on once we realized this, and it did fine this weekend. On Sunday, the problem reoccurred, and I had it going again in under 4 minutes. I'm going to have to figure out if it's merely the contact points or in the jumper wire itself, but that's not as urgent since I can get it going again so easily.