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Subject:Re: Heater fan CHIRP!
From:Miguel Pacheco
Date:Mon, 8 Apr 2013 12:04:34 -0600

Why not use Mullendore's method?....it's in TheSamba forum and appears easy
to do
Miguel

Miguel

On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>wrote:

> It's so loud and high pitched that it's painful to use the blower, even
> with
> my reduced hearing.  But, as I continue to, it's becoming less frequent.
>  Do
> these things ever fix themselves?  It's probably  dry bearing or worn
> commutator/brushes, but with only 140k on it (an '85) it doesn't seem like
> it should be worn out since my '84 worked fine for 20 years and 225k.
>
>
>
> I'm tempted to shoot some WD-40 into the intake, but I'd probably regret
> it.
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> Stuart
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