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MiraMesaStang
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From: San Diego
Registered: Sep 2002

posted 09-10-2002 06:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MiraMesaStang   Click Here to Email MiraMesaStang     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I have a 1997 Escort, the heater - A/C does not blow air, it does sometimes. The fuses look OK any hints where to start looking?

1985 Mustang GT
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SteveLaRiviere
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From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99

posted 09-10-2002 06:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SteveLaRiviere   Click Here to Email SteveLaRiviere     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
If you can hear the fan turning, then check the air duct valves under the dash. I believe they are vacuum operated on those.

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lyle29464
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From: Mt. Pleasant S.C.
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 09-10-2002 10:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for lyle29464   Click Here to Email lyle29464     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
You should be able to hear the fan running. (you dont have to have the car running to check this. At highway speed you should get air flow (not in MAX settings) with fan off or broke.

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MiraMesaStang
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posted 09-12-2002 10:23 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MiraMesaStang   Click Here to Email MiraMesaStang     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I can hear the swish of the vacuum and I do not hear the blower motot running again. I think the vacuum portion is working OK.

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cpmaverick
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From: Auburn, AL.
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 09-14-2002 08:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for cpmaverick   Click Here to Email cpmaverick     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Could be the switch, the motor, or the blower resistor (or the wiring/plugs in between). If the blower motor is easy to get to unplug it and apply 12V to check it. If it works on high speed only, it's probably the resistor.

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