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Subject:Re: Is the rear AC blower motor the same as the front heater blower motor?
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Mon, 4 May 2015 07:34:29 -0700

Jim,

I used one a couple of months ago in a front blower swap. Fit exactly in place, electrical connection different but easily adapted.

Some pics here

https://shufti.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/vanagon-85-doka/

Alistair

> On May 4, 2015, at 5:26 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Is sure looks like it. There are two styles in rear blowers I know of over
> the years. One has two blower fans coupled on a single shaft if I recall
> correctly. I believe these came in the wooden overhead cabinets. The molded
> plastic housings, like the one I took apart for parts this weekend, has
> individual motors that look virtually identical to a front blower motor
> that people are always looking for.
> 
> Are they the same? Will they swap and work? Do they use the same resistors?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jim