Stock fj 60 dash fan quit working. A/C compressor works but not the fan.

[John McVicker]

Compressor has cold air when you open it to ‘VENT’ but when you slide to recirculate the fan does not go on. It’s not the fuse, maybe the circuit breaker or the fan motor itself??
Any thoughts? Currently on the road to SAS9.

 

[OSS]

Poke a sturdy paper clip into the little central hole on the circuit breaker- in the fuse panel - to reset the fan breaker. Maybe it tripped.

 

[duncanrm]

Step 1.. verify the fan motor is working.. Get eyes on your blower motor.. it'll have a single electrical connection.. it will have just two pins, unplug it and give the two pins on the fan side of the connection Earth and Batt +.. The fan should roar into life.

If it roars into life - you have a problem that is not the blower motor.

If it doesnt roar into life the blower motor is faulty.

Your connection is probably on the opposite side to mine as this vehicle is Right Hand Drive.

 

[John McVicker]

Thanks @OSS did that to the circuit breaker & no luck. @duncanrm dropped the motor & the brushes are done for. Going in to town tomorrow & try to find some brushes that will work

 

[John McVicker]

Oops, try to find some brushes that work and a soldering iron. And then we’ll see if that solves our problem. Will let you guys know tomorrow if we get it fixed. I think we are on the right track.

 

[John McVicker]

6:30 am, heading in to Ridgeway (population around 750) to see if we can find some brushes that we can sand down to a proper fit for the blower motor. If so, this should get it working again. Will report back.

 

[toy_tek]

Good luck I was just in ridgeway and couldn’t even find a stick of deodorant to buy

 

[John McVicker]

Ok, all fixed. Fortunately SAS9 is about 1 hour from Proffits Cruisers & they fixed me up with a good used fan motor. Was not a direct fit but took the ‘new’ motor out & put it in the old housing. All good now. The brushes AND the armature both were shot on the old motor.

 

[Spike Strip]

The Seimens motors on RockAuto are pretty good if you want something for a backup. It's what I have in mine and works fine.

 

[John McVicker]

Time will tell, but I believe I got lucky with this part being in great shape. The housing was a bit different than the one on my 60, this may have been off of a 62??

But when I removed the motor in order to install it into my housing, I got a good look at its brushes etc. etc. Everything looked to be in great shape & barely used. I‘ve had my 60 for 24 years & purchased it from the original owner. They used it for a daily driver the whole time they had it & I DD it for many years also. So that blower motor got a bunch of use. My ‘new’ one looks brand new in comparison. Lucky.