when the blower stop on one of my cars , I hit or kick it to test, if it works I then ignore until it stops working then hit it again or hit some good bumps. It normally finally dies when it is below 0 and all the parts stores are closed.
Easy fix, but how many people that didn’t go through the diag process just try and change a motor when it was a bad control module. I always appreciate the diagnostic process.
I think you were more than fair in diagnosing and repairing the blower motor. If they are un happy remind them that there are Chevy dealers everywhere.
Turkey was a good case to use the PicoScope!. Mrs Wes smiling at her cooking prowess. Have a great thanksgiving to those who celebrate it, northern hemisphere only methinks. Great vlog Wes, thanks for sharing. Best regards from the UK. John.
Sometimes (rarely) a brush can get hung up in a brush holder during a motor's life as the spring feeds it forward into the commutator. With the amount of wear on both the commutator & brushes, that might have been the case here, and handling the motor can release the brush. Glad to see you get to work on one job that isn't a rust battle!
just replace the blower on my audi, some style, spin to lock in place and two wires leading to a resistor pack...it started acting up and would work when i would reach down and hit it with a hammer...would work a couple days and then fail again...worked long enough to get a new part
Wow dude your video was amazing! I love it! When u broke down the motor to check the brushes made me smile. Awesome family. I never seen anyone break down a motor on you tube and run it on a test machine. I feel u need to push your time up on your labor. I have the same problem no blower operation. I checked the fuses. I took the motor out and straight power the motor to the battery the motor worked. I will check the resistor. If I get power through the resister i will change the motor. Maybe the motor may have a bead spot.
Hi Wes'. I think it was likely brushes stuck. You taking it out would free them. I hated jobs like that. Many years ago, I worked in a Mazda dealership. Loved it. I got sent on all their courses, and loved working on them, as it usually kept me busy and away from the humdrum garage jobs. I really hated taking out dashes and plastic panels. You are so much more laid back though than I was then. I used to get frazzled with jobs like that, and I kinda think the boss new it. Possibly why I got left alone lol. Great video and the two birds looked great too.
I used to have a 2001 Yukon. Removing and reinstalling that kick panel was the bane of my existence. The recessed screw in the middle was near impossible to line back up.
After years in a rotating electrical shop my guess, heavy on the guess, would be a stuck brush that came loose as you moved the motor during its removal. a very careful inspection may reveal a few tiny burn or arc marks on the armature, but then those may have been polished off when you ran it after removal. At any rate its a win, take it.
Thank you for talking billing protocol. It's hard to find that healthy place of fair pay/not gouging/not underpaying yourself. I've been in business for myself for six years (residential remodeling) and still struggle with proper pricing. Keep up the great work and happy holidays!
That Tahoe ain't that old. Amazing that it would need a blower motor already, but who knows. The fact that the motor was such an easy "plug & play & twist", might be an indicator of their life span... Mrs. Wes is beautiful with or without the make-up... Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. Thank you.
Pretty straight forward repair for you compared to some of the jobs you get. Everybody deserves a easy one now and then. Enjoy your turkey. I will probably be eating Thanksgiving turkey for a week. Best to you and your family.
Good job Wes - who knows why the motor failed. Your charge for that job sounds perfectly reasonable to me. Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends - stay safe and healthy (from the home of the blower motor manufacturer).
I have the exact same issue with a lot of DC motors. Brushes get stuck in the brush holders, especially when worn half-way. A little working back and forth with carbon crunchies falling everywhere, and suddenly it is as good as new.
Quite possible. One of the reasons i like to take my brushes before installing them and cutting a shallow groove in the four sides. Easy to do and it doesn't affect the function, but they don't get stuck anymore.
Your minimun shop rates sound just fine. Cant be too bad, people keep dropping broken stuff off for you to wave your wand over. Keep up the excellent work. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
You got lucky with the easy access to the blower motor, I've seen them stuck under the dash, between the heater core and the firewall, a whole day's work getting it out and in... :-( Happy Thx-Giving! :-D
Happy thanksgiving to you all from this side of the pond. GM actually did a good job with that blower motor. Makes a change not to have to destroy the dash in an attempt to get to it! Maybe it was just a bad connection, those block connections sometimes need a jiggle! Great viewing as always! Happy thanksgiving!
Wine detail seems like the obvious place to be on a "Day Off" this year! 😎 I think my brother was driving a Bronco when one of his wheels fell off. He was pulling a boat that may have been a bit too heavy, which may have helped save the rig from a head on by allowing him to still steer with only one wheel and a brake rotor. The "freed" wheel also missed the 'head on' by several feet.
Hi Wes. I like your test light and leads idea. especially with the pill bottle lens.. I have one similar to yours but i used a 1157 bulb for its ruggedness. ps. I like how you explain yourself and drawing out circuits to explain to your viewers how components work.
Wish all Blower motors were that easy most the time the aftermarket Blower motors ya have to cut the Oem Wiring and splice then in because most car companies don't give ya a removable pig tail on both ends now that is sweet Nice work GM @Watch Wes Work
You'll take it away from GM when you need to replace the "fan speed module" on that thing. She's right you know, you are lucky. Best regards from Indiana.
Hearing about that tire coming off reminded me of riding ith my brother and a couple friends to school one morning. Luckily we were going slower maybe 35-40 when my brother said 'Look there's a tire going up the road and he slowed down where there the left front started to sink when we realized it was his car. Of course, no jack, but me & the 2 friends lifted the car up as he put the tire back on with 3 nuts stolen from the other wheels. It was pretty funny even back then. Thanks for sharing.
I always bill a minimum of an hour to diagnose a problem. As a rule I will typically unplug whatever it is and plug it back in. Amazing how often that "fixes" the problem. Thanks Wes. Hope you ate too much turkey and got a good nap in.
I hope you and yours had a Happy Thanksgiving! That is much easier than changing the blower motor on my 1994 Tahoe. Looks like GM has improved things a bit.
Face Off 🤣 what a *terrible* movie! Glad it was an easy fix Wes 🙂👍 that wheel looked like it soaked up that Illinois *rust* pretty good 😬 no wonder why it flew off lol
Another interesting and instructional video. Always good to see Mrs. Wes. She is simply gorgeous. And she’s right, you are one lucky fellow. (Never, ever, disagree with a beautiful woman.) I really enjoy your videos. I think of them as Andrew Camarata done right. Hope you and the family had a great Thanksgiving.
The problem with it was that it’s a GM. In all the years, they have yet to figure out electronics, door handles, or rear fender wells. I had an 08 Tahoe and it was a boat anchor. I’ll never own another GM. Love your videos, Wes. Happy Holidays from KY!
Let's see if we can launch this across the shop... voice of experience talking there. For context, the 4 of us spent 5 minutes on our hands and knees today locating a spring that "pinged", after the tech disassembling the thing (a current clamp) said: "I just know I'm going to lose this spring" (in jest), followed by a soft twang and "I can't believe I just did that." (there was a lot more tension on it than he thought) I found it... and I wasn't even wearing my glasses. Level: expert. 😛
Could be a of the kind that the soldered-component TV sets had. Fine for a few years and then trouble. Tapping can start-stop things. My version was in a FORD car where the solder was present on both sides of the contact pin but not between. One old TV set could be helped by vacuum cleaning the circuit boards among the valves, for which the access is electrically very dangerous. A TV viewer had quick results by stamping hard on the wooden floor. That TV also showed an interference pattern when the oil-firing was not working properly. Then there was the dish-washer ...... {UK English]
...13:20.... Yeah, I've seen worse too, but that brush wear at an angle can jam things up, that commutator is pretty well scored.... I like to take the old stuff apart..no matter what it is....
Brushes were probably sticking in their slides. Chances are if you had given it a swift kick before you took it apart, it would've starting working for a while. A lot of times those motors get worn and start to draw too much power, I've done a couple where either the plug on the blower controller was melted, or the blower connector itself was smoked. GM really skimped on the wiring for those, sometimes even a wrapper on the blower cage can cause them to melt.
Happy Thanksgiving Wes and family! Great video. I have twice been sitting at a light and had a wheel go past me from the other direction. It is as surreal as it is funny. In hindsight, I should have followed them but I'm sure I had something to do.
@@WatchWesWork One other event I recall. The wife and I were headed east on i64 approaching the HRBT when of course traffic stopped because no one knows how to drive through a tunnel. We were on the bridge in a bend and a wheel past us on the left, hit the bridge side and bounced over into the Chesapeake bay. I said "that's awesome" and the wife asked why. I said its awesome that whatever let loose the wheel is behind us. Cheers!
I've had the similar problem with that on my or 6 Colorado and my buddies and my dad's 2005 ford f150 On all of ours it was the blower motor resistor now that may of been Built-in to that or 6 taho But more commonly than not it usually is the blower motor resistor Those blower motor resistor is usually reside right next to the blower motor in the duct work The moving air helps keep the resistor cool
The GM automatic temperature controls seem to be very sensitive to any defect in the blower motor that wouldn't affect a standard resistor style switch. I've replaced many inop motors that worked when bench tested. I don't miss book time one bit. All of my automotive related work is for the company fleet or my own junk. Clients are actively discouraged from wasting my time. 2 hours minimum plus trip charge and hourly after. Weekends/after-hours is double. Outside clients are all of that plus 20%. I've always admired guys like Wes who operate one man shops. All of the headaches and none of the help.
I had the same issue on my rav4 I toolkit it in the tech ( high priced mechanic wrench bending knuckle buster). gave it a what and sent me home 2 yers ago and it's been fine since!
Happy Thanksgiving, nice 5C collet set. Heh. One hour minimum in my shop, including any diagnostics. I usually won't charge for a ballpark dx and quote though, only if the job hits the shop. Never did much automotive stuff though, mostly heavy machinery and industrial.
Good Morning Wes and happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. I have given up on this "organic differential fluid" issue and just did plain 80/90. Nobody from Freightliner, Thomas,or Meiritor could give me an answer.
Hi Wes end play control is what I figure, or brush hang up and dry bearing dry drag, up here in AK motor drag at -40F can over load system because fuses are over rated by extreme cold and you get a handy chain reaction motor drag, motor control looses all speed steps, then you go to ignition switch over load and then it's switch time too.
This motor seems to be a universal motor type. And this type normally has a very high starting torque. Almost infinity if you can deliver the amps. So I think the motor control somewhat limits the current. Perhaps the old motor pulls to much current at start and the control shuts off. Just a educated guess... Great video s love them 👍
Just age dry on lube in motor also Canada motor will last long time and I know company sell them too manufacturer they are to deal with! Excellent Video and Happy Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend to everyone!
Hey Wes, Happy Thanksgiving to y'all 👍 It's a shame if you have to go by book times bro, but for a straight forward job like this, understandable you can't charge a great deal. Diag time should be a min 1/2hr-1hr or more depending on the diag, and always try to charge something for your 'parts person hat' (however that be) it still costs you time, fuel etc. Also don't forget a little from each job should try to cover some of Tim Taylor's cost (you know who I mean) it can take quite a few jobs to recover those outlays, and it all comes out of your pocket over the years. Also, for any GM vehicle repair nowadays..(even though it's not your customer's fault)....Double labour charge, and you'll still be cheaper than the dealer... It's to make up a little for stupid, difficult to work on, cheap junk..hopefully your customer still comes back, but with a Toyota instead..lol😂
I have taken apart lots of blower motors and sometimes it is stuck motor bearings, worn bearings or a hung up carbon brush because of dirty brush holders. Other times it's a worn out motor if everything else is good. My experience hope this helps and next time before you take the motor out give it a whack with a screwdriver handle and see if it starts working then it's a stuck brush and it will happen again so you are better off replacing the motor. No need for a comeback.
@@WatchWesWork If it was sensing something abnormal then your test light would have caused the same issue and that unit would not have given you power to light that light up.
when the blower stop on one of my cars , I hit or kick it to test, if it works I then ignore until it stops working then hit it again or hit some good bumps. It normally finally dies when it is below 0 and all the parts stores are closed.
Ha! Same here...😀✌🏾
Now that's engineering. :)
I spotted the problem immediately. The volume control was set to low for Pearl Jam. Turn it up loud and all is good
Hmm. That is a major issue!
Major issue with that also!!
👍👌👏 Uhm... that seems pretty comprehensive. 😁😁
Best regards luck and health.
Jeremy's spoken...can't find a better man...Even flow...don't call me daughter...
@@eformance Garden is my personal favorite
Wes you are becoming one of my favorite mechanic RUclipsrs, because you are very thorough and have a subtle sense of humor
Easy fix, but how many people that didn’t go through the diag process just try and change a motor when it was a bad control module. I always appreciate the diagnostic process.
Yep, don't be a parts changer!
#ScannerDanner
The intro was enough, but I stayed til the end!
I think you were more than fair in diagnosing and repairing the blower motor. If they are un happy remind them that there are Chevy dealers everywhere.
Turkey was a good case to use the PicoScope!. Mrs Wes smiling at her cooking prowess.
Have a great thanksgiving to those who celebrate it, northern hemisphere only methinks.
Great vlog Wes, thanks for sharing.
Best regards from the UK.
John.
Thanks!
Sometimes (rarely) a brush can get hung up in a brush holder during a motor's life as the spring feeds it forward into the commutator. With the amount of wear on both the commutator & brushes, that might have been the case here, and handling the motor can release the brush. Glad to see you get to work on one job that isn't a rust battle!
Just what I wrote!
Well, kinda!
Well written!
just replace the blower on my audi, some style, spin to lock in place and two wires leading to a resistor pack...it started acting up and would work when i would reach down and hit it with a hammer...would work a couple days and then fail again...worked long enough to get a new part
As a customer, never worked on vehicles except my own DIY, I think the way you charged it out was perfectly fair.
Wow dude your video was amazing! I love it! When u broke down the motor to check the brushes made me smile. Awesome family. I never seen anyone break down a motor on you tube and run it on a test machine. I feel u need to push your time up on your labor. I have the same problem no blower operation. I checked the fuses. I took the motor out and straight power the motor to the battery the motor worked. I will check the resistor. If I get power through the resister i will change the motor. Maybe the motor may have a bead spot.
Mustie picked the wheel up, he’s doing a 2 hour vlog on it! 👍
@Chris Hall Bahaha...that's too funny..but too true😂👍
Oh cool!
#mustie1
@@WatchWesWork he can’t find the points
But no 30 minute carb rebuild!
Some reason I thought it was Sunday when I saw your video, Always excited to see new videos in the morning and drinking my coffee.
Thank you for continuing these videos Wes. Especially in this season of "isolation" this year.
You bet!
Hi Wes'. I think it was likely brushes stuck. You taking it out would free them. I hated jobs like that. Many years ago, I worked in a Mazda dealership. Loved it. I got sent on all their courses, and loved working on them, as it usually kept me busy and away from the humdrum garage jobs. I really hated taking out dashes and plastic panels. You are so much more laid back though than I was then. I used to get frazzled with jobs like that, and I kinda think the boss new it. Possibly why I got left alone lol. Great video and the two birds looked great too.
Happy Thanksgiving Wes and family
Same to you!
@@WatchWesWork up yours!! wait! oh, you meant that in a good way. lol
Boy she was all shined up for thanksgiving!
Hell no that's more than fair. Any other shop would charge a full 1 hour for diagnostic work and then the .2 hours to install. Matt C.
I used to have a 2001 Yukon. Removing and reinstalling that kick panel was the bane of my existence. The recessed screw in the middle was near impossible to line back up.
After years in a rotating electrical shop my guess, heavy on the guess, would be a stuck brush that came loose as you moved the motor during its removal. a very careful inspection may reveal a few tiny burn or arc marks on the armature, but then those may have been polished off when you ran it after removal. At any rate its a win, take it.
Thank you for talking billing protocol. It's hard to find that healthy place of fair pay/not gouging/not underpaying yourself. I've been in business for myself for six years (residential remodeling) and still struggle with proper pricing. Keep up the great work and happy holidays!
That Tahoe ain't that old. Amazing that it would need a blower motor already, but who knows. The fact that the motor was such an easy "plug & play & twist", might be an indicator of their life span...
Mrs. Wes is beautiful with or without the make-up...
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
Thank you.
Bosch. Now we know why it quit working...Sounds like a fair charge out. Cool story about the wheel.
Keep the sense of humor with your wife. It will serve you well.
Hi Wes, well here is another one telling you ,,,Mrs Wes looking awesome.Thanks for the videos by the way.
I approve of the Mrs labor distribution.
Thanks for the video Wes, it's nice to see you do a repair and not have to fight with parts that are entombed in rust.
Pretty straight forward repair for you compared to some of the jobs you get. Everybody deserves a easy one now and then. Enjoy your turkey. I will probably be eating Thanksgiving turkey for a week. Best to you and your family.
Mrs Wes on "wine detail" cracked me up. No crusty rust in this one. You got lucky!
Great video...I just spent
Good job Wes - who knows why the motor failed. Your charge for that job sounds perfectly reasonable to me.
Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends - stay safe and healthy (from the home of the blower motor manufacturer).
I wonder if one of the motor brushes got stuck, and then released during the swap.
I have the exact same issue with a lot of DC motors. Brushes get stuck in the brush holders, especially when worn half-way. A little working back and forth with carbon crunchies falling everywhere, and suddenly it is as good as new.
especially the way the one side was half mooned out where the other side had more even wear tells me the spring was fucky
I had a Kirby classic vacuum cleaner that had a stuck carbon brush and it was a real pain in the ass to get it free.
Yep, my first move on any electrical motor is to bang on it, rotate it, sometimes they last years longer. Fuel pumps included.
Quite possible. One of the reasons i like to take my brushes before installing them and cutting a shallow groove in the four sides. Easy to do and it doesn't affect the function, but they don't get stuck anymore.
it's been quite a while since u had an easy fix video, keep the videos coming, I really enjoy watching them
Your minimun shop rates sound just fine. Cant be too bad, people keep dropping broken stuff off for you to wave your wand over. Keep up the excellent work. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
Very true!
You got lucky with the easy access to the blower motor, I've seen them stuck under the dash, between the heater core and the firewall, a whole day's work getting it out and in...
:-(
Happy Thx-Giving!
:-D
Happy thanksgiving to you all from this side of the pond. GM actually did a good job with that blower motor. Makes a change not to have to destroy the dash in an attempt to get to it! Maybe it was just a bad connection, those block connections sometimes need a jiggle! Great viewing as always! Happy thanksgiving!
The Florida pool pump motor repair guy approved ! that was good info
Mrs Wes is so cool. And Mr Wes, don’t let the muggles get you down.
Wine detail seems like the obvious place to be on a "Day Off" this year! 😎
I think my brother was driving a Bronco when one of his wheels fell off. He was pulling a boat that may have been a bit too heavy, which may have helped save the rig from a head on by allowing him to still steer with only one wheel and a brake rotor.
The "freed" wheel also missed the 'head on' by several feet.
Happy Thanksgiving Wes & Family!
Same to you!
Your defiantly a wise man! Keep-em-happy.
"Defiantly" or "definitely"?
Happy Thanksgiving sir. Looks like you get to have all the fun blower motors you finding Wheels in the field
You got that right!
Hi Wes. I like your test light and leads idea. especially with the pill bottle lens.. I have one similar to yours but i used a 1157 bulb for its ruggedness. ps. I like how you explain yourself and drawing out circuits to explain to your viewers how components work.
Wish all Blower motors were that easy most the time the aftermarket Blower motors ya have to cut the Oem Wiring and splice then in because most car companies don't give ya a removable pig tail on both ends now that is sweet Nice work GM @Watch Wes Work
Happy thanksgiving guys turky looks awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks! I smartly left everything else to the Mrs...
Happy thanksgiving to you and the family
Perfect Intro. Hope you had a happy Thanksgiving.
Thanks! You too!
Happy Thanksgiving! You are one luck fella for sure. I hope u enjoyed the family time.
Lol at the turkey at the beginning 🤣 definitely looking good Making me hungry @Watch Wes Work
You'll take it away from GM when you need to replace the "fan speed module" on that thing.
She's right you know, you are lucky.
Best regards from Indiana.
Warranty control module simulates failed parts and detects when you have renewed them.
Merry thanksgiving to you and to your lovely family bro 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks so much!
Thanks! Had to replace blower motor and the resistor. Your video helped!
Interesting education and Mr. Wes is a lucky fella
Hearing about that tire coming off reminded me of riding ith my brother and a couple friends to school one morning. Luckily we were going slower maybe 35-40 when my brother said 'Look there's a tire going up the road and he slowed down where there the left front started to sink when we realized it was his car. Of course, no jack, but me & the 2 friends lifted the car up as he put the tire back on with 3 nuts stolen from the other wheels. It was pretty funny even back then. Thanks for sharing.
I always bill a minimum of an hour to diagnose a problem. As a rule I will typically unplug whatever it is and plug it back in. Amazing how often that "fixes" the problem.
Thanks Wes. Hope you ate too much turkey and got a good nap in.
Yeah. I did try that, but I guess the issue could have been at the other end of the pigtail.
I hope you and yours had a Happy Thanksgiving! That is much easier than changing the blower motor on my 1994 Tahoe. Looks like GM has improved things a bit.
Face Off 🤣 what a *terrible* movie! Glad it was an easy fix Wes 🙂👍 that wheel looked like it soaked up that Illinois *rust* pretty good 😬 no wonder why it flew off lol
I know. It's so bad!
Another interesting and instructional video. Always good to see Mrs. Wes. She is simply gorgeous. And she’s right, you are one lucky fellow. (Never, ever, disagree with a beautiful woman.) I really enjoy your videos. I think of them as Andrew Camarata done right. Hope you and the family had a great Thanksgiving.
Definitely a lucky man! Enjoy your weekend.
Glad to see you get an easy one once in a while!
Cool to see you test the old motor. I think I have the same DSO, ha ha.
Those Rigol scopes are great.
No sesame street tonight kids, Wes and mrs Wes just ate big bird!
The problem with it was that it’s a GM. In all the years, they have yet to figure out electronics, door handles, or rear fender wells. I had an 08 Tahoe and it was a boat anchor. I’ll never own another GM. Love your videos, Wes. Happy Holidays from KY!
Wes you lucky bastard. That's a beautiful....... turkey 😅😅 Happy Thanksgiving Wes Family!!
Let's see if we can launch this across the shop... voice of experience talking there.
For context, the 4 of us spent 5 minutes on our hands and knees today locating a spring that "pinged", after the tech disassembling the thing (a current clamp) said: "I just know I'm going to lose this spring" (in jest), followed by a soft twang and "I can't believe I just did that." (there was a lot more tension on it than he thought)
I found it... and I wasn't even wearing my glasses. Level: expert. 😛
Just now got a chance to watch this video. The brushes looked quite worn to me. Don't know. Regardless, Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
Could be a of the kind that the soldered-component TV sets had. Fine for a few years and then trouble. Tapping can start-stop things. My version was in a FORD car where the solder was present on both sides of the contact pin but not between. One old TV set could be helped by vacuum cleaning the circuit boards among the valves, for which the access is electrically very dangerous. A TV viewer had quick results by stamping hard on the wooden floor. That TV also showed an interference pattern when the oil-firing was not working properly. Then there was the dish-washer ...... {UK English]
Just replaced the blower moter in my '84 Ford F150...and the resister. Surprisingly easy.
Yeah, those are on the outside. Really easy.
Glad to see you get an easy one! Another fine video, thanks for sharing.
Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for the great videos.
...13:20.... Yeah, I've seen worse too, but that brush wear at an angle can jam things up, that commutator is pretty well scored.... I like to take the old stuff apart..no matter what it is....
The best things about the day after Thanksgiving are turkey hash for breakfast and turkey sammiches for lunch!
Eat leftovers until it starts tasting like the onions stored in the refrigerator lol
Unless the dogs from over at the Bumpus house steal the whole turkey off the table and you're forced to get Chinese food...
Yes sir!
How abot some turkey soup?
Enjoyed this video bro. All the very best and safe travels
Brushes were probably sticking in their slides. Chances are if you had given it a swift kick before you took it apart, it would've starting working for a while.
A lot of times those motors get worn and start to draw too much power, I've done a couple where either the plug on the blower controller was melted, or the blower connector itself was smoked. GM really skimped on the wiring for those, sometimes even a wrapper on the blower cage can cause them to melt.
Happy Thanksgiving Wes and family! Great video. I have twice been sitting at a light and had a wheel go past me from the other direction. It is as surreal as it is funny. In hindsight, I should have followed them but I'm sure I had something to do.
Jeez. I've seen many cars on the side of the road minus a wheel, but never seen it happen.
@@WatchWesWork One other event I recall. The wife and I were headed east on i64 approaching the HRBT when of course traffic stopped because no one knows how to drive through a tunnel. We were on the bridge in a bend and a wheel past us on the left, hit the bridge side and bounced over into the Chesapeake bay. I said "that's awesome" and the wife asked why. I said its awesome that whatever let loose the wheel is behind us. Cheers!
Bearing resistance too high, module detects too much amp draw and goes into failsafe.
i still think it was the muffler bearing
@@lostintime8651 - I thought it was the squirrels...
no, wait, wrong channel.
Yes that makes since
I've had the similar problem with that on my or 6 Colorado and my buddies and my dad's 2005 ford f150 On all of ours it was the blower motor resistor now that may of been Built-in to that or 6 taho But more commonly than not it usually is the blower motor resistor Those blower motor resistor is usually reside right next to the blower motor in the duct work The moving air helps keep the resistor cool
The GM automatic temperature controls seem to be very sensitive to any defect in the blower motor that wouldn't affect a standard resistor style switch. I've replaced many inop motors that worked when bench tested.
I don't miss book time one bit. All of my automotive related work is for the company fleet or my own junk.
Clients are actively discouraged from wasting my time. 2 hours minimum plus trip charge and hourly after. Weekends/after-hours is double. Outside clients are all of that plus 20%.
I've always admired guys like Wes who operate one man shops. All of the headaches and none of the help.
Yes. Many headaches!
I think you did it right. Diagnostic fee is
I just bought her lots of wine!
@@WatchWesWork LOL. You both rock. Have a good weekend!
I had the same issue on my rav4 I toolkit it in the tech ( high priced mechanic wrench bending knuckle buster). gave it a what and sent me home 2 yers ago and it's been fine since!
Happy Thanksgiving, nice 5C collet set. Heh. One hour minimum in my shop, including any diagnostics. I usually won't charge for a ballpark dx and quote though, only if the job hits the shop. Never did much automotive stuff though, mostly heavy machinery and industrial.
Wishingbu continued success!
Good Morning Wes and happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. I have given up on this "organic differential fluid" issue and just did plain 80/90. Nobody from Freightliner, Thomas,or Meiritor could give me an answer.
I think you'll be just fine with that.
A friend at the dealership says it's the brushes they where told just replace it. The new part is better than oem.
I didn't know Huffelpuffs were so wild. Maybe I should look for one myself.
They aren't normally...
Hi Wes end play control is what I figure, or brush hang up and dry bearing dry drag, up here in AK motor drag at -40F can over load system because fuses are over rated by extreme cold and you get a handy chain reaction motor drag, motor control looses all speed steps, then you go to ignition switch over load and then it's switch time too.
I think those are all possibilities. I don't know if the controller monitors amp draw. I doubt it.
@@WatchWesWork in really cold weather fan motor can pull high amps for long periods of time half cook fan switch and ignition switch
This motor seems to be a universal motor type. And this type normally has a very high starting torque. Almost infinity if you can deliver the amps. So I think the motor control somewhat limits the current. Perhaps the old motor pulls to much current at start and the control shuts off.
Just a educated guess...
Great video s love them 👍
That could be.
Loved the "extra" wheel and tire.
Happy thanksgiving to you and your family
I still don't get people who give thumbs down....
Hope you had a great thanksgiving, excellent as always.
You can't please everyone.
hope you guys had a wonderful Thanksgiving thanks for the great content keep up the good work!!!!!
Thanks! You too!
Good customer relations job. Keep it cheap or no labor charge. Liked the vid. thanks.👍
Just age dry on lube in motor also Canada motor will last long time and I know company sell them too manufacturer they are to deal with! Excellent Video and Happy Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend to everyone!
Hey Wes, Happy Thanksgiving to y'all 👍
It's a shame if you have to go by book times bro, but for a straight forward job like this, understandable you can't charge a great deal. Diag time should be a min 1/2hr-1hr or more depending on the diag, and always try to charge something for your 'parts person hat' (however that be) it still costs you time, fuel etc. Also don't forget a little from each job should try to cover some of Tim Taylor's cost (you know who I mean) it can take quite a few jobs to recover those outlays, and it all comes out of your pocket over the years.
Also, for any GM vehicle repair nowadays..(even though it's not your customer's fault)....Double labour charge, and you'll still be cheaper than the dealer... It's to make up a little for stupid, difficult to work on, cheap junk..hopefully your customer still comes back, but with a Toyota instead..lol😂
I have taken apart lots of blower motors and sometimes it is stuck motor bearings, worn bearings or a hung up carbon brush because of dirty brush holders. Other times it's a worn out motor if everything else is good. My experience hope this helps and next time before you take the motor out give it a whack with a screwdriver handle and see if it starts working then it's a stuck brush and it will happen again so you are better off replacing the motor. No need for a comeback.
The fan controller was sensing something not in spec so it shut the motor down, wonderful world of computer control.
@K.D. Pearce Rats, Mice??..lol
I suppose that could be. But the amp draw seems normal.
@@WatchWesWork If it was sensing something abnormal then your test light would have caused the same issue and that unit would not have given you power to light that light up.
Probably brushes hanging up. You knocking it around removing it probably unhung them allowing commentator contact.
Also, isn'tt amp draw effected by how much static pressure is in the system? I.e. amps are generally higher in the open air?
I don't know
You two crack me up. Lol. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
Happy thanksgiving to all of your family and friends
00:13, you two are such an adorable couple.
Happy Late Thanksgiving from Michigan!!! Good looking turkey!! . . . . Rog