In a message dated 12/29/03 1:48:22 PM, austins@IX.NETCOM.COM writes:

<< Maybe I'm missing something, but didn't the original post (sorry - it was
an excellent post but I don't have access to it at the moment) refer to
getting at the motor from OUTSIDE the bus - from/through the air intake
vent???>>

Yes it did.  Still, the outboard motor bearing is no more accessible through
the makeup air intake.  Anyway, by the time the bearing is squealing, it is
also wallowed.  Certainly anyone is welcome to fritter away his time in the
futile effort to revive a blower motor without opening the ventilation box, but
the time spent mucking about with boroscopes and coat hanger probes would be
better spent simply installing a new blower motor.

As I have said nearly every time this subject appears, it is not that big of
a deal.  The first time you do one, start early and surely before supper you
will be patting yourself on the back.  Just make sure before you start that you
have the new motor, the air box clips (if the van is '86 or newer) and the
battery disconnected.

George