Thank you all for the great recommendations! After cracking the heater box
and cleaning everything up I ran some tests on the resistor and it's
measuring the correct ohms for each speed but it's surface temperature is
exceeding 300 degrees. I can not find specs to know if that is normal or
not. I am airing on the side of caution and buying an after market
replacement from Van Cafe, because when the blower fan seized it caused the
resistor to get very hot and melt part of the plastic where it sits. So, I
can't put this resistor back in and be able to sleep at night. It delays my
project majorly but I feel like it's better to play it safe in a situation
like this.

Also, I've read about various replacement resistor configurations
(especially the Jeep one) and decided to just go with the aftermarket to
keep with the original design.

On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 3:39 PM Jim. Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> No, seriously, start to finish, the blower motor replacement in the civic
> is five minutes. But I don't think it's like that for many german and
> japanese cars. I know people who have sold BMWs at a loss because they were
> facing AC repairs. The Vanagon isn't THAT bad.
>
> Jim
>
> On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 5:30 PM Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > yes.... removing the vanagon is nothing compared to removing a BMW 635CSi
> > dash...  yup I did the vanagon's and saw a friend with his BMS 635CSi...
> > it's way harder
> >
>