AC blower motor wheel project

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I have been thinking about doing this for awhile. I wanted to see if could get the AC to blow hard like a late model. After some research I found a late model blower wheel that was the right size. I had to buy blower motor with the wheel just to get the wheel. I got it on ebay for $33.00 it is for a 07-11 jeep liberty. The wheel has 41 fins on it and my 72 AC wheel has 29 fins. The fins on the newer one are also much larger. This took me a few hours to put together. The new wheel would require a much longer shaft that my motor has so I cut the center out and I clipped and cleaned up an old chevy blower wheel and epoxied and rivet them together. The fit was so good they self centered themselves. I had to open up the blower housing hole about a 32d all the way around to get the wheel in. Also took some side cutters and clipped the top of the fins at an angle for clearance. This runs smooth and quiet and blows hard. I think on medium it blows about what it used to on high.