Welcome Visitor! Please take a few seconds and Register
for our forum. Even if you don't want to post, you can still 'Like' and react to posts.
So my next step is to replace the blower motor. But I have a question about that... the old motor has the electrical connector on the rear of the motor, but the motors offered at Advance Auto and AutoZone don't. They simply have the positive & negative wire leads, as seen below. ALSO... I haven't pulled my old motor out yet, but there's some sort of rubber tube connected to the underside of the motor which comes out, makes a 90-degree turn and goes into something else. What the heck is that?
I bought the blower motor at Advance Auto Parts. They had it for $19.99 vs. AutoZone at $39.99... exact same part number! The tube on the bottom of the motor is indeed a cooling tube. It's a rubber tube that's strapped around the body of the motor by a molded-in ring. The motor has knock-out holes, so the one on the bottom got knocked out and the tube fit right in. The other end connected to an air port at the bottom of the condenser coil case. I had to reuse the old motor gasket as the new motor did not come with one. As for the electrical connection, one reason I chose this motor was because the online image showed connector spades at the ends of the wires. Some motors just had bare wire ends. What the store website did not indicate was that the motor came with a connector housing that matches the connector that plugged into the old motor. So after checking polarity for the correct spin direction, I slid the two spades into the connector housing and that plugged right into the old connector in the truck. Put everything back together and it works great. Now.... to find that coolant leak so my new fan will actually be worth using! 
For a small yearly donation, you can support this forum and receive a 'Supporting Member' banner, or become a 'Supporting Vendor' and promote your products here. Click the banner to find out how.
