FJ60 Blower Motor just quit working

[american psycho]

Shrooms?

Do you have mushrooms growing in there??? Crazy!!!

And while youre there clean up behind the inspection hole cover accesible from the engine,
Need compressed air and vacuum cleaner.

 

[Ridge Runner]

Id replace the brushes while your in there. Mike

This was asked in another section but never got a reply. Where do you get the brushes at?

 

[AnkurGT]

Do you have mushrooms growing in there??? Crazy!!!

I totally was asking myself this question on the previous page, and spewed tea out laughing when I flipped over and read your response! Awesome.

 

[CabinetMan1]

I am new here. I have an FJ60 w/ ZZ4 small block .
I need too replace the blower resistor but can't find it.
Anybody know where it is ?
Thanks

 

[CabinetMan1]

while we are in the area, does anyone know where the blower resistor is located. My blower works on the 2 highest speeds only, used to work on all speeds.
fj60 with ZZ4 chev small block.
Thanks

 

[waxwrapped]

It is up and to the left of the gas pedal. The resistor lives inside the air duct. Look for a cable going into the side of an air duct

 

[Paul07]

Hi
I had the problem that my blower where only working in the 2 strongest position.
It was the resistor who where broke and i did not want to buy a new one for a astronomic price .
So I bought a pvm,easy to install and it works very fine.
http://www.amazon.com/Controller-Kn...1375083320&sr=8-1&keywords=12V-40V+10A+PWM+DC

 

[guzzman]

Does any one have a picture of what this circuit breaker looks like for the 60's with glass tube fuses. I have only found a picture of what it looks like with the blade fuses and mine is not like that picture at all. For the life of me I cannot find this breaker mine is 1982 fj60 .

Thanks for the tip! It worked for me! I was pulling our caravantrailer over a couple of steep mountainpasses in Croatia (temperature was 40 degrees Celcius), when I helped cooling the engine by turning on the heater and blower on fully. This seemed to help a bit, but at the last pass, the blower motor stopped. I'll have to evaluate later, but it seems to me that the combination of extreme engine temperature with extreme outside temperature caused the problem. It never happened before.

 

[jjvbva]

Blower motor stopped today. Checked fuses. OK. Saw the post on resetting circuit breaker. Did that with no luck. Swapped circuit breaker with the one below it. No luck. Do not think it is a fusible link as there are no other outages. Any suggestions? Replace circuit breaker?

I have an FJ62 but suspect it is the same.

 

[Ming89FJ62]

It's just possible that the blower motor is acting up. Unplug the blower and check for power with a VOM. Will take all of 5 minutes. The blower motor is easy to access - three screws and it's down.

I'll suggest you dismantle the blower and the motor, blow the crap out of the motor, check the brushes for wear, oil the bearings, clean the plastic blower and reassemble. If you're lucky you'll buy 2-3 years. If you're not lucky you killed an hour working on your truck. Definitely a job

 

[jjvbva]

Finally got some time to look into this. Had power to the blower. Pulled motor and water came out of the attached tube. Inside was a mess and all wet. Cleaned up good and reassembled......may need to add a half a banana on degree of difficulty......the contacts and springs were tricky. In any event, plugged in and no joy. Went to the bench and put 12V to it. It ran. Put back in truck and it ran there. Gotta love these trucks! Thank you.

 

[HMP]

Old thread - but pic of this breaker that you put the paperclip into to reset?

 

[Ming89FJ62]

There are 2 circuit breakers both in the fuse panel on the DS of the lower dash. Small cylinderical metal with a hole on tje top

 

[HMP]

There are 2 circuit breakers both in the fuse panel on the DS of the lower dash. Small cylinderical metal with a hole on tje top

Reading that you stick a wire down the hole...is it obvious how far to stick it?
Take much pressure? I'll mess with this this evening

 

[Ming89FJ62]

Reading that you stick a wire down the hole...is it obvious how far to stick it?
Take much pressure? I'll mess with this this evening

You will feel a “click” when it resets

 

[casualkid]

You will feel a “click” when it resets

just had this problem on my 90 fj62. put power to the blower motor and still wouldn't work so i sourced another one from another 62 and works fine now. tried to take my original apart and clean it out but i couldn't get the housing back on with the brushes/springs intact.

 

[Beehanger]

Anyone have a line on used ones? trying to buy one, mine went out.
ill pay $50 for a used one!

Dan

 

[cruisermatt]

Anyone have a line on used ones? trying to buy one, mine went out.
ill pay $50 for a used one!

Dan

A used resistor or a used blower motor?

 

[Ming89FJ62]

Anyone have a line on used ones? trying to buy one, mine went out.
ill pay $50 for a used one!

Dan

It's worth the time to drop the motor (all of 3 bolts) and disassemble the motor and knock the crap/junk that accumulated in the motor housing. The brushes can be a bit of a challenge to put back in but you'll figure that out. With a little luck you'll get another 12 months out of the heater.