I May Need That Fan Club After All

Fri   2 May 2008   12:59 by Kevin McGehee 76° and mostly cloudy in Coweta County, GA 3 comments [Asides]

I went through both fuseboxes on my truck but never found any blown fuse that might have caused the in-cab fan to quit working. More to the point, when I started up and headed out on a short drive today, the fan had resumed working. Maybe by pulling and reinserting whichever fuse controls that circuit, I re-established the circuit. Maybe the passage of time caused some non-electrical problem to abate. I don’t know. If it happens again, though, I’ll try smacking the fan housing from inside the cab. If it worked on one Ford, it might work on another.

 

Glen Harness said: May not be a fuse. The fan on our Saturn quit working, and the mechanic traced it to where the wire harness was attached to the fuse box. One of the wires was not as secure as it should have been. That made the fan work one day and not the next. » Fri   2 May 2008   13:43 Kevin McGehee said: That’s a good tip. I think I can check the fusebox under the hood but I’m not sure how accessible that connection is for the one in the cab. I’ll have to remember that if this thing cuts out again, but I’m knocking on particle board it doesn’t. » Fri   2 May 2008   15:41 Kevin McGehee said: Late update: the fan has been playing this game again, but the last time it refused to come on, I grabbed the rubber mallet I use to unlatch the spare-tire holder on the tailgate, and used it to thump where I thought the fan housing might be, under the dash. The fan kicked in immediately. Heh. » Mon   28 Jul 2008   15:36 You must be registered and logged in to comment.