Thanks Mark.  I agree that they are much better protected.  funny
that one of those rear air units potentially could be worth more torn
apart than sold complete as a unit!!

Max

At 07:45 AM 2/28/2009, mark drillock wrote:
>I have noticed this myself. Recently I was helping a relative to
>replace his dash heater fan and we side by side compared it to one
>of those A/C fans. As far as we could tell they were the same other
>than the trivial wiring connections. We tried both, running them on
>all 3 speeds and could not tell any difference.
>
>The A/C fans live in a much more protected place and I suspect lots
>of us will end up using them in our dash heaters down the road.
>
>A web search showed an aftermarket fan replacement to fit both
>applications with the same replacement part.
>
>Mark
>
>
>
>Max Wellhouse wrote:
>>I recently took apart a cracked rear AC housing from the 86 Syncro
>>and noted that the twin blower motors in there look a LOT like the
>>single blower motor that's used in the front heater set up.  These
>>wouldn't happen to "swap in directly" now.......would they?
>>thanks
>>DM&FS