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Heater blower switch

Posted: 25 Sep 2015, 22:03
by ssnax
Well after several months of ownership and looking at various pictures of other peoples non rusty t25's i stumbled across a picture of of a heater panel ...and discovered that little hole next to the levers should have a knob in it to adjust the blower speed.. :oops:
Knob ordered and delivered...job done ..sort of
I know in the near future im going to have remove the dash more than likely to fix or replace the blower motor!....so i checked i could remove the heater panel and levers ok ...yep no problem but i also noticed there's nothing actually plugged into the back of the actual blower switch ....sigh.

So my question ...there seems to be 4 spade end connections ,what plugs into them, are they individual wires,is it a multi plug,what colours go where....can anyone help with a bit of advice of what i should be looking for in the forest of wires?

Thanks

Re: Heater blower switch

Posted: 25 Sep 2015, 23:15
by CovKid
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plus back of Haynes manual which gives colours etc

Re: Heater blower switch

Posted: 26 Sep 2015, 03:41
by Jeff J
Did my 1985 one recently & the wires connected to a plug the same shape & colour as the switch. It was a tight fit but gentle levering removed it ok.

Re: Heater blower switch

Posted: 26 Sep 2015, 16:45
by ssnax
Cheers jeff j ,i will hunt for the plug in the birds nest!

Re: Heater blower switch

Posted: 27 Sep 2015, 08:50
by ghost123uk
Of course the chances are it has been "hot wired" likely due to the switch being damaged by excess current pulled through it by a failing blower motor. If that is the case (and only guessing here of course) you will likely need a new switch, a new resistor pack and a new motor, non of which is expensive, but a faff to strip the dash down to fit the motor and resistor pack.

Re: Heater blower switch

Posted: 27 Sep 2015, 09:41
by ssnax
Thanks Ghost,yes im pretty much thinking that will be the course of events myself! but im ok with that ,the dash will be coming out for a general cleanup/tidy up as one of my winter projects anyway just thought id get a jump on what wires connected to the back of the switch :)
Just being a bit lazy really its all been about rust and paint so far so haven't bought a haynes for it yet.

Re: Heater blower switch

Posted: 27 Sep 2015, 09:54
by ghost123uk
ssnax wrote:haven't bought a haynes for it yet.
Adam (dbz summat) is selling Haynes manuals for £5 each in the for sale section.

Re: Heater blower switch

Posted: 27 Sep 2015, 09:58
by ssnax
Thanks ,but he sounds angry and wont post :evil: ill get one off t'bay

Re: Heater blower switch

Posted: 27 Sep 2015, 10:37
by ghost123uk
Oh yeh, forgot the no post bit :?