john in KY Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 1995 Legacy. Last few weeks the blower has failed. Fooled with it a few minutes tonight and can hear a relay under the dash click when the "speed" switch with is turned. Thinking problem is either the relay or the motor has failed. Leaning toward the motor because I can hear the relay click Been super sick last few weeks, haven't been to china, and don't want to go through the trouble of replacing one of the two guesses only to learn it was the other guess. Because the relay clicks, does this mean it is good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmdew Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Easy to pull the motor and wire it direct or read voltage under load. I have spares if you need one. Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 (edited) 51 minutes ago, john in KY said: Because the relay clicks, does this mean it is good? No. The contacts could be burned so bad they won't make contact. Does the motor run on high setting? If not then it probably is the relay. Edited January 31, 2020 by Rampage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john in KY Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 (edited) Crawled under the dash today and didn't take long to determine gaining access to the relay would be a nightmare so went to the other side and pulled the motor. Replaced it and the system works. Just for jollies, test the original motor out of the car and it worked? Guessing the motor has a "flat spot". Edited January 31, 2020 by john in KY spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbchux Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 It's possible the worn brushes on the motor were knocked clean as you replaced it (for the first month or so of driving my winter beater Outback this year, I had to smack the blower with my snow brush to get it to start working in the morning), just like smacking a bad starter. Or, your problem is actually a bad contact somewhere that you jostled when replacing, and it'll return... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Ah the 95 didn’t start! You’ve had that thing a long time, that’s great Could pull it apart and see how bad the dust or brushed look though probably a good chance of being inconclusive. Ive had electric motors work after disassembling, blowing all the dust out, and cleaning up the contacts. Like chux said, working on it may knock dust off, unstuck something, jiggled a wire..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster2 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 I have had a problem like this in the past. It turned out the blower motor was still good. The real problem is that leaves, dirt and crap, drops down from the couling to jam up the motor from rotating. I cleaned out the accumulated crap, and the blower motor began working just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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