[VintageLambo] Re: Espada Blowers

Hi all, on my father"s computer in Florida. (stevo.rd@verizon.net) I restored my series 3 back in 1999 (at filippo"s) -This guy gets around ;-) I had removed the console between the driver passenger seat first then removed the small individual leather bits from the dash, then removed the entire dash for redying and cleaning out underneath, and fixing the 2 broken blowers. Everything is a tight fit of course, but the only real pain in the neck and delicate bit for me was the attaching of the 4 up down levers that open and close the various vents. This has to be done when removing the center console from the dash.Removing the screws and thin metal rods that connect the vents to the levers weren"t too bad, but the balance of tension on the metal rods and keeping everything greased and tight was a bitch upon putting everything back. What"s knew. I even used new metal rods for the longer vents. Anyways, sorry to sidetrack a bitbut just wanted to let all know what was ahead. After removing the dash, you will find amongst the nest of electrical wires a fibreglass cover attached by several nuts and bolts that sit on top of the core. As I recall, its under the cover that the 2 hamster-wheel ike blowers sit. Usually what happens is, the rubber nubs on the blowers dry out and break which permit the blowers to rattle or get off balance and stop working.The rubber stoppers, as i recall, prevented the 2 blowers from rubbing against each other. Our solution was just to attach nuts and bolts in their place and locked everything down with good success. Keep in mind that the blowing system to start with is fair at best, so we purchased a more powerful 3 speed motor to use instead. However, then end result was not that much better, but every little bit helped. Hope this helped. stevo ----- Original Message ----- From: John Rowley To: "VintageLambo@yahoogroups.com" Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 10:37 AM Subject: RE: [VintageLambo] espada heater blower Peter, I am having exactly the same problem - the blower fan in my car rattles badly (from when I got it) and I cannot see any way of getting to it.I had thought of installing several small "PC" cooling fans (they are only about 3 1/2 inches across), inside the air ducts and disconnecting the main fan. I would be very interested inany progress you make.Rgds JR -----Original Message----- From: drakepeterdrake [mailto:drakepeterdrake@aol.com] Sent: 18 December 2002 15:10 To: VintageLambo@yahoogroups.com Subject: [VintageLambo] espada heater blower I need to replace the heater blower motor in my series 2 espada. Has anyone ever done this? I know how to take the center console out of the car, but the heater core, etc., is a lot deeper than that. Any suggestions?Thanks. Peter Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to