No heat in the south bend special

[Rodney Bullock]

My blower motor went south for the winter in my high flying hawk. I went down the country yesterday and got my parts car blower motor, bought it up here and tested it. To my surprize it ran smoothe and easy. My question is what should I do to make sure it stays that way. I am very afraid of using used electric parts as they sometimes fail:( My dear wife will not ride in a car that has no heat.The Plymouth has great heat This could be a good thang!

[John Mulders]

Rodney, move to warmer places!

I don't have a heater at all in my P15.

Then again , I am sweating all the time, need airco !

John

[Don Coatney]

In the late 60's I had a 61 furd econoline van. It worked well with my bell bottom leisure suit and long hair. The heater motor started screaming everytime I turned it on. Now that I think about it this was not the only thing that screamed in this van. I was living in Ohio and working in Shicaga and I used this van to commune. (is this a pun?) The heater motor in this van stuck out of the top of the heater and was vary accesible. I simply used a small drill bit and drilled a hole in the exposed end of the motor. Now that I think about there were a lot of things exposed in that van. Anyway I then squirted a couple of drops of oil in the new hole and the screaming quit. That is my story.

[Rodney Bullock]

[RobertKB]

A double double entendre!

[Plymouthy Adams]

Rodney...what I read here is that you have lost your touch...

I installed the heater and fabricated plenumn in the 54 night before last..hve not fired it up since..been busy getting the shop in somewhat an order..bad parts is I don't recall what an orderly shop should look like...

[Don Coatney]

Rodney...what I read here is that you have lost your touch...

I installed the heater and fabricated plenumn in the 54 night before last..hve not fired it up since..been busy getting the shop in somewhat an order..bad parts is I don't recall what an orderly shop should look like...

Tim;

I think you are cleaning your shop only because you have visitors coming:rolleyes: You should be spending your time making more rasin pies.

[Plymouthy Adams]

right on both points to a degree...but as Sal can attest, I usually put thing back in place after each major event..a clean shop is the product of a sick mind or a very lazy hobbyist...really I can't say that is true either..I usually come in of the evening..work flat out till I am exhausted...kill the lights and call it a day..that is why I clean up after events..I excel in my own little world of organized chaos

still raining here..third day...we need it...company will have to overlook the orchard and the leaves everywhere...nothing I can do...that was to have been my Friday venture...as for the shop and barn...there are so many cars in there it is ideal for playing Marco Polo

[Rodney Bullock]

Yes I have lost my touch:o I like drving the cars with my coat off. The Plymouth allows this, all other cars must follow suit. That studsnbreaker has to do the same. I went out this morning to meet the chrome guy, he meets some of us at the speed shop to take parts back so he can chrome them. They were surprized that I drove the coupe(Plymouth) I told them I needed to wash the underside(they laughed for half hour) Hey My windshield wipers work and the radio is very audible, since I installed the R45s plugs. Thanks to who suggested them as they work better than any plug I have tried. It was hot in the coupe very comfortible. The blower in the coupe made a noise when I first fired it, that went away and now it's pure heat.

I wish I did live where it's warm all the time... Don't worry I will be feeling the heat soon enough where I'm going:eek:

It's funny when I first turned the heat on I only felt cold air. I thought for a min. then realized that the valve was closed under the hood. I opened it and looked to my right and the devil was in the passenger seat:eek: Oh wait that's the wife, I was taking her to the store:cool:

[Normspeed]

You're so right about Mopar heaters, they get the job done. My door rubber is shot and you can see a lot of daylight around the doors when they're shut tight. But the heater puts out so much that I have to dial it down once the engine is warmed up.

Rodney, I just went through my heater blower motor. It's a squirrel cage setup, probably similar to yours. Wish I had taken some photos. But it was easy.

First, the short way you could try: Like Don did, drill a tiny hole in the upper case right over the end of the shaft. put just a drop or two of a good light oil in there. Plug it with whatever works, from a toothpick to a tiny cork from the hardware store, as long as it doesn't push in against the shaft end.

Then take off the squirrel cage, it's likely got an allen head setscrew and might take a bit of wiggling before it pops off the shaft. Around the shaft in the housing you might see a small fiber washer. pick it out with a small pick or a sewing needle. You'll reuse it. Under that you'll see either a small felt cushion or the shaft where it enters the bushing. Either way, give it a couple drops of good light oil, spin it, and if it feels good and loose, put it back together and you're done.

If you go as far as opening the case, you'll need to deal with getting the brushes back in place later, and working around old insulated wiring that can crack if you're not careful, and old fiber brush plates that can really be brittle and fragile but you'll have the opportunity to really clean the gunk off the shafts with a wire wheel, clean and inspect the brushes and armature, and really lube the bushings from scratch. That's what I ended up doing and is made a huge difference.

[pflaming]

That car is so HOT it does't need a heater. Drove to high school in the early 50's in a 38 Chevy 1/2 ton truck with no heater, no floor board, plywood window in the driver's door and no windshield wipers. When I complained my older brother reminded me it was warmer than the tractor! Heat is relative.!

[Plymouthy Adams]

did your brother drive the tractor to school?

[pflaming]

No, but Dad had Minneopolis-Moline row-crop that went 30 mph. That really was a dangerous tractor at 30 mph but we didn't care or was too naive. I would never let one of my kids drive it today but that was then.

[Plymouthy Adams]

tell me about it..lots of things I did everyday as a kid...never ever consider letting my kids do the same...it is amazing we have survived the trip to now...did a lot of traveling to and from on a Ford 8N..been there...had more fun than you can imagine..