I have allready replaced the blower motor on my 96 sts. It quit. I now have a vibration and noise on my 95 etc. only on high speed. does that sound like a bad blower motor.? If so does anybody know Where to get one of These at a reasonable price?
When I R & R 'd the blower on my '97 Deville I forced it in on the advice of a Caddy mechanic. In hind site, I force a bit too much as it worked fine for about 6 months then literally exploded from centrifical force. It obviously was cracked a bit byt forcing it in. Next time I rocked the motor forward to give me the clearance I needed. If you shoe horned it too much, that may be your problem.
When I R & R 'd the blower on my '97 Deville I forced it in on the advice of a Caddy mechanic. In hind site, I force a bit too much as it worked fine for about 6 months then literally exploded from centrifical force. It obviously was cracked a bit byt forcing it in. Next time I rocked the motor forward to give me the clearance I needed. If you shoe horned it too much, that may be your problem.
Remove the passenger side torque strut (dog bone) at the engine and rotate it up and out of the way. Completely remove the drivers side and replace it with a 7" turnbuckle for about $10 from the hardware store (or buy an $40 engine tilting tool). Tighten up on the turnbuckle and you should be able to tilt it enough to gain about 2" in clearance by the firewall.
Thanks, Is this a fairly easy job? The garage I believe, wanted over 150.00 to do this. It doesn't sound to bad. What do think for a first timer? And are the torque struts hard to get to?
Torque struts are very eay. Just have a look nad it will become very evident. Blower motor is another story. After you do it once it is quite easy. First time as always is a whole different ball game but doable. This is for a Deville but maybe of some help. May be the same on your car, I don't know for sure. http://www.cadillacforums.com/forum...ille-blower-motor.html?highlight=blower+motor
Did I read where somebody said that They got a used one Blower motor and they did not have the clearance problems? Does that mean that the used one would be easier to install?
Yes, the original blower can be disassembled by removing the inertial plate and removed with out any problems. Installation in reverse will eliminate the clearance problems, but they where redesigned for a reason and a used one may fail at some point in the future.
This method still requires removing the front cradle bolts, right? But using the turnbuckle tool allows the engine to be tilted without lifting the car and then lowering the cradle with a jack, if my understanding is clear.
The turnbuckle method does not require removing any cradle bolts. It is an alternative that will give you an inch or two of clearance. It's one method or the other.
Thanks Ranger! Gathered a lot of info from this site. Not sure what I might have been doing wrong, but I just could not get close to the clearance i needed only by pulling from that driver side torque strut position. Even tried to remove the cam cover, but there was just no clearance for that either. Finally took the cradle bolts out, which was intimidating, but what a piece of cake! With a jack under the center of the cradle and another jack under the center of the frame (with a short 2x4 for more frame support, that motor rolled right over and my fan popped right in. Praise God! Also made it very easy to get those cam cover bolts back in. Then I lowered the frame jack, sort of bounced the frame by standing on the front bumper, and the cradle went right back in place. Bolted it up, got everything back together, and heard that little fan purr. Awesome! I used a Four Seasons fan, #35121, because I read that some of them come in two pieces. But the one I got was one piece, and the fan cage is a little shallower than the original. All is well so far!
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