help with my heater!!!

[Chris]

Word, I've had a lot of problems with the red car.

Fan problem: Definitely the resistor. They commonly fail, but high speed works because it bypasses the resistor and sends all 12 volts to the motor. I replaced mine before finding out it wasn't the problem...I still may have the old one, which I believe is good. They're pretty easy to replace on M20 cars (fucking a pain on 24v swaps though). I can send it to you and maybe save you the $20 or so they cost. If you take the plate thing off the firewall, it's underneath the motor, right in the middle. It'll take some tugging, but pull it straight out (it's not your traditional looking resistor).

No heat problem: I'll have to double check my car when it's not snowing, but my heater core hoses were reversed when I got the car, and I got zero heat. I'm 99% sure the one from the head goes to the bottom, and the top one goes to the spider hose. Once I swapped them, it started working fine.

Do NOT take the blower motor out if you can avoid it. It's turning, so it ain't broke. Getting it aligned and back in, and then that fucking clip back on was a big pain for me (though again, probably easier on an M20 car).

awesome thanks for the info. Let me know when you have some time to check the hoses... if its how you stated, then mine are reversed. I'll try that before pulling the heater core. I'd rather not have coolant spill all over if I can avoid it.