Wanted: rear heater motor

[weeboo]

Location

United States

Wanted: working rear heater motor for the FJ55.

The fan and coils aren't needed, but if you absolutely must sell the whole heater, I'd be willing to have a look at your price.

thanks

 

[PabloCruise]

So you just need the motor? It might be the same as a 40 motor, in which case you can post in the bigger classified section.

Just verify the 40 and 55 rear heater fan motor is the same...

 

[map101]

I needed a rear heater motor for my 77' fj40. went to radio shack. the have an electric 12 volt fan approximately 3 inches square that fits. You just have to file off the lower 4 edges and it falls into place. I hooked up and put in a remote $1 toggle switch. think i may have spent a total of $13 and 20 minutes. hope that helps. ps. it is also quiet.

 

[weeboo]

hey, that's great news... I'll check it out and report back as to how it works for me

 

[weeboo]

You wouldn't by chance be talking about a computer cooling fan, would you? (looks like this)

I needed a rear heater motor for my 77' fj40. went to radio shack. the have an electric 12 volt fan approximately 3 inches square that fits. You just have to file off the lower 4 edges and it falls into place. I hooked up and put in a remote $1 toggle switch. think i may have spent a total of $13 and 20 minutes. hope that helps. ps. it is also quiet.

 

[n2666s]

part numbers from radio shack would be nice;

Lou

 

[weeboo]

I found out that my heater core is bad as well as the motor (leaks) and the local radiator shop won't fix. I may just have to make a new heater with a 120mm computer fan and a little geo metro heater core... just to get me thru winter...

 

[map101]

radio shack part number

Yes, regarding picture of fan motor from radio shack. Looks like one in pic posted above. Part Number. CAT. NO. 273-243B.
12VDC
0.16A 1.9W
DC Brushless Fan

 

[n2666s]

weeboo, might try another radiator "old timer" shop.they usually can be rebuilt or a new core placed in the housing.....would try another 'cause even if your blower fan is not working it is still a nice heat source once the engine warms up..........my 0.02
MAP..thanks for the numbers

Lou

 

[weeboo]

I have been thinking about the whole rear heater thing, and frankly, if you don't care about leaving it original, a computer cooling fan is a fantastic idea. I've built a lot of computers and there's many benefits to these fans:

1) they are dirt cheap, if you need to replace one
2) they run for thousands of hours
3) The are available in different configurations - ranging from ultra-quiet to gale force wind

If someone wanted to make their own heater (because no one would fix your circular heater core) you could use a larger 120mm computer cooling fan and an old small heater core out of any compact car. Computer enthusiasts use this same setup in liquid-cooled computers.

Make your own Water Cooling System

 

[n2666s]

weeboo, this is a very nice thread "making your own water cooling system" lots of realy good ideas; thanks and

Lou