I watched a video of that being changed. I hope that is as close as I ever get to that job.

Doesn't look particularly difficult, but lots and lots of stuff has to be removed.

I suspect the motor has a burnt spot somewhere on it and depending on where it stops, it can't get going again. Going to yank the center vent and stick an air nozzle from my compressor in there to see if I can get it spinning. I just can't spare most of a weekend to mess with it at the moment... travel, kid stuff, yard work, it never ends. At least the fan isn't a fortune.

Good chance on bad commutator contact. I refurbished a blower motor once and it was a situation where the contacts were press fit and high resistance. I soldered them and brought it right back to life.

Smart idea to try to spin the blower with shop air but low pressure high volume probably would work better. Vacuum over one dash vent with the rest closed. Set outlet to dash only that will probably be your best bet.


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What is/was broken on your E53 today?
 

Mine did exactly like that. At a mere 150k miles. My engine looked new not a speck of oil in the engine bay anywhere.

Turned out to be the oil filter o-ring. 60 seconds to replace the o-ring, 2 hours to remove the fan, the belly pan and deep clean all the oil off of everywhere. Hope it's similarly simple

Check brake linings popped up today on the way home. So its front brake job time. Normally not a big deal. But I had to basically press the passenger side wheel back on the hub after hammering on the hub for the wheel bearing job. So getting the wheel off may be "interesting".

I had a couple very tight hub to wheel fittings where I had a very hard time removing a wheel. Since then I've been cleaning the hub with wire wheel and a shot of anti seize before reassembly.

If you want to get your wheels loose turn the lugs loose then 1 or 2 turns from snug while up in the air. Set the truck down they will usually pop loose with a bang. Then put it back up in the air to continue.


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That's how I have to remove all the wheels. This wheel is different. I had to use the dremel tool to grind part of the hub off to get the wheel back on. Its literally PRESSED onto the hub using the lug bolts to force it on.

I splayed out the hub when I was beating on the cv axle that was stuck last time and missed and hit the hub a fair amount damaging the flange. I had beat on the cv axle so hard I actually shortened the length of the axle by 1 inch or more before I realized it.

I remember reading about that. I think the trick will still work. The hub only reacted m reaches 3-4 mm into the wheel. Dremel a little more before reassembly


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Well it rained all day yesterday so I figured I would change the brakes today.

Its almost 11:30am and its 39 degrees outside.... NOT.

Damn fridge temp in AL? Ouch. If you don't get a break on temp you can make a quick lean-to and use a simple forced air or radient heater. It was about 10°F when I installed my alternator and this trick saved the day.


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