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Old 01-24-2013, 04:42 PM   #1
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Fan Motor ?

Can you remove the fan motor without removing hood hinge ? Non A/C Cab.
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Old 01-24-2013, 05:05 PM   #2
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Re: Fan Motor ?

I think you can but you have to move the hinge forward. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
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Old 01-24-2013, 05:14 PM   #3
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Re: Fan Motor ?

Thanks, I have a good spare but it's cold and I don't want to screw around with the hood right now! It looks like you could squeeze it out around the hinge ?
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Old 01-24-2013, 05:30 PM   #4
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Yup, you oughta be able to squeeze it out.


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Old 01-24-2013, 06:16 PM   #5
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Re: Fan Motor ?

I haven't had any luck doing that. I always wind up removing the hinge. WES
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Old 01-24-2013, 06:48 PM   #6
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Re: Fan Motor ?

Use a pencil to outline around the hood hinge bracket if you have to remove it. I've had good luck reinstalling it by doing that.
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Old 01-24-2013, 10:19 PM   #7
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Re: Fan Motor ?

Thanks guys, I got all the little 5/16 screws out after playing Houdini for about an hour in the cold, and guess wat ? You CAN NOT get the fan motor and squirrel cage out of the housing with out unbolting the hood hinge !
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Old 01-24-2013, 10:33 PM   #8
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My apologies for wasting your time


But at least Oregon isn't as cold as Indiana!
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Old 01-24-2013, 10:57 PM   #9
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My apologies for wasting your time


But at least Oregon isn't as cold as Indiana!
I don't think you wasted his time. It's always worth a try and he just found out the hinge has to be moved out of the way.

Temp here in my area of Texas was in the mid 70's. Had to turn the a/c on in the house.
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Old 01-25-2013, 12:04 AM   #10
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Re: Fan Motor ?

You can drop the inner fender down and get it out too. Don't have to touch the hinge that way.
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Old 01-25-2013, 12:49 AM   #11
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Re: Fan Motor ?

I just did this a few weeks ago. Search my old posts. It isn't that hard, but yeah- you need to remove the bottom screws from the hinge. Having removed my inner fender before, I think the hinge I easier.
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Re: Fan Motor ?

I think I will try to drop inner fender, my helper "wife" hurt her arm so removing the hinge is out of question right now
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Re: Fan Motor ?

Would it be easy to remove the whole box assembly under the hood and have the blower motor slide out with it? You would prob have to pull the blower motor out a little so the cage doesn't get caught on the cab. When I removed my blower motor I never had to remove anything... I wonder if my blower was an aftermarket could possibly be a smaller? Who knows.
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I think I will try to drop inner fender, my helper "wife" hurt her arm so removing the hinge is out of question right now
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You don't need a helper for this. Just get a big beach towel and fold it over so its thick and padded and put it on the fender and the cowl. Unbolt the hood on one side, and rest it on the towel while you change the motor. Once you get in and do it, you'll see that it's really easy. Removing the fender? Most my bolts were rusted and wouldn't budge. Had to even cut a bolt off. This was for another project that I removed the fender
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Old 01-25-2013, 01:40 PM   #15
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Re: Fan Motor ?

The fan is mounted to the heater core assembly on the engine side of the firewall, interior assembly is the air distribution part of the system. I am going to remove the entire engine side housing to check for debris like leaves and stuff and also replace the stock heater core while I have it all apart. Would also like to replace the aftermarket heater hoses and cheep POS clamps that are on it now! Does anyone know where to get GM script hoses and original type tower clamps ?......Thanks for the input guys
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