Just a a point of reference, the blower motor on my 2008 Civic stopped
working, at least stopped without a punch to it to get it going. I have one
on order for $50 shipped. It is installed with THREE SCREWS under the
glovebox. Five minutes for the whole job. Sheesh.

Jim

On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 5:02 PM Jim. Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> I thought the heater resistor had to be mounted within the blower's
> airflow for proper cooling, anything else would shortening its life.
>
> ??
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 4:32 PM Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Where clutch master cylinder push rod connects to the clutch pedal,
>> inspect
>> the clevis pin hole on clutch pedal, and pin, for excessive wear. Apply
>> grease to those parts.
>>
>> Although Jims' suggestion of marking cable to clamp position should make
>> re-installation foolproof, if a lever(s) has multiple holes for end of
>> cable, it can't hurt to mark which hole the cable end fits into.
>>
>> Apply anti seize to bolts holding the heat exchange box to body.
>>
>> Some will disagree with this but if you're comfortable with doing a little
>> re-wireing, re-locating the heater fan resistor outside in area behind the
>> upper grill will make it easy to replace if-when the time comes. I"ve had
>> my fan resistor mounted this way for years without any issue. But then I
>> use the fan as little as possible.
>>
>> Looking at driver side, above to RH of fresh air ram, image of resistor
>> re-location:
>>
>> https://tinyurl.com/ydyuonzq
>>
>> Then again, since you've had the dash off, box opened, replacing that
>> resistor in the future may not be such a big job.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 10:16 PM, Jared Planter <jaredplanter@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> .... I’m wondering what else I
>> > should do while I have everything apart. Any recommendations would be
>> > greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thank you!
>> >
>> > Jared
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Neil n
>>
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>>
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>>
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>> >
>>
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>>
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