Re: Henry's 55 Constellation

Posted by Cli55er On 2015/8/27 10:59:01

I got a new heater fan blower motor from a local source. Thanks local source!

I was able to rebuild this one successfully, although whoever made this model of fan motor did not really want you rebuilding this on your own as they put the brushes on the opposite end and there was no way with human hands to hold the brushes against the springs and drop in the armature piece.

I had to have my wife help and we both used a paper clip going in from the bolt holes and held the brushes in place while I dropped the armature piece in place. this worked great.

I also just used black rtv to make a new rubber gasket for the mounting panel to fan motor. I didn't tighten it all the way down until it was dry so that it had some thickness to it like the original gasket.

I used that black door edge guarding you can buy at wally world that is used to stop door dings and paint chips when opening your door on your car. it doesn't want to stay very well, but once it is mounted it will hold on fine with pressure against the fender.

I still need to get a new rubber grommet from the hardware store for the new wires where they come out of the fan motor body. I also need to crimp on end terminals.

as for the rubber that is used when mounting the fan to the fender, I'm going to try to use the same rubber I used when mounting the radiator to the cradle and see what happens. the toilet bowel ones.

I have 2 weeks stay at home vacation coming after Friday...so I'll be rebuilding a few other things like the antenna and the washer jar.

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