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Any one had luck in finding a replacement blower motor for the underseat heater on 47 super clipper?

David

Might be easier to just find an entire good used unit.

What's wrong with it? I can disassemble the front blower motor on the later cars. IDK how different this one would be.

rear bearing is frozen on shaft-cannot get the armature out. I have had this thing apart years ago-I thought one of the brushes was the issue.

I am looking for one-also.

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Since the motor will apparently be scrapped anyway if you cannot get the armature out you might try drilling a small hole directly in the center of the protrusion in the bottom of the case. Drill directly over where the bushing and armature shaft end is located. Start with a few drops of penetrating oil thru the hole for a day or so to see if that helps the armature release. If no luck, use a small pin punch inserted thru the hole being careful to try and keep the punch end aligned directly on the shaft center. There is a possibility of a felt pad used as an oil reservoir between the housing and shaft so take that into consideration. Once the punch is on something solid give a few gentle hammer taps to see if you can move the armature that way. If it still doesn't release then nothing is lost and you still scrap the motor. If it does release you might be able to replace the bushing and salvage the motor. If successful you can always close the hole again with a dab of JB Weld or RTV silicone.

Since the motor hangs below the body there is a universal 6v heater motor that MIGHT be able to be adapted. Believe the universal motor is longer than the original and I don't remember exactly how the original motor mounts. If the heater box or case has a recess that holds the motor and it can be cut or modified to accommodate the universal motor, the hanging down a bit more should not be a problem. I don't know how the diameter compares as to whether it would fit that way though so you might compare dimensions as listed for the universal motor to see if it is feasible. Here is details of the universal motor as sold by a Ford vendor and other mfg's vendors sell the same motor at different price points.

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My father taught me a long time ago on cars with heater motor in bad locations to use hack saw to cut little slot in the dimple for shaft put in some oil then seal with duck seal. Not sure of proper name for product but in came in block about size of pound of butter was green gray color stayed soft for years . Always wondered why design engineers like putting heater motor where they were subject to water and dirt . Remember had Pontiac GPT where motor was at bottom of heater ducting and collected water under dash from air intake. My 84 OLds had motor under hood above heater duct easy to change but never had to. Just my little rant on car design . Newer car not made to be worked on easily

My 1964 Crown Imperial limousine had two heaters under the rear seat, both of which were seized when I bought the car in the early ‘70s. Fortunately, a Chrysler station wagon used the same motors for their optional rear A/C and the local dealer had them in stock! I wish these thing were so easy today.

Thks Howard-I have that mtr on my radar-it looks like a good possibility-I did find one on ebay and will see how it goes.

David[UPLOADING IMAGE.... PLEASE WAIT]

My under the seat motor went wobbly and noisy. I sent it to Joe Manna, who advertises in the Counsellor. The shaft seat was worn. The windings are not really made for long lasting quality, like 80 years. I ordered a new Ford motor above from Carpenter Ford parts. The dimensions look good, but I’ll have to try it to be sure it fits. The other motor with additional wires is for the heater/defroster which reverses rotation using its switch, which gives each direction two speeds. That motor is rebuilt and will replace the existing H/D motor on the firewall.
The bottom pan was rusted out. I made a CAD drawing and had it laser cut. The Dual Stream under seat heater is very effective front and back seat.

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