.. First task of the day was to repair the lower casing.
My choice of weapons ( what was at hand in other words
) was 3M all weather tape.
It's thick with a smooth surface and seemed good for the job. .
Ignore the highlighted bit for now
I know it's not perfect but if it lasts I'll be happy.
After all I've just bought shiny new parts that'll never be seen and, ( with the exception of the forum
) nobody I know understands or cares about these kinds of things
After fitting the motor & thermal pack the first thing i noticed was a resistor spade very close to the bodywork.
The reason is the new motor has female spades with longer 'tails'
I had no idea if it was a ground or not and wouldn't be a problem, I only knew the basics, wires touching bodywork not usually good
Just to be sure I wrapped it with self-amalgamating rubber tape.
That's a hell of a mouthful, is there another name for it?
With that done I thought now's a good time to test it.
Nothing!
Then I realised, with my attention focussed on the resistor pack, I'd forgotten to plug the motor in
What is this wire in the resistor loom for? I wondered last time I saw it
First impressions were not good, a rubbing noise on all speeds
I spun the motor by hand, to save the resistor.
An hour and a half later, after trying to fine tune via the mountings, i almost gave up. It was the best I could get It with the mounts.
I had it down to the first two speeds rubbing
This is where the highlighted area from the pic comes in.
That was the place it was rubbing and my last-ditch solution was to trim that piece of plastic by 1/16"x2" with the motor in place.
After trying, and failing, to get near it with the usual (jeweller's file, sawblade) I wondered if a craft knife with an extendable blade would cut through the expected hard plastic.
To my surprise it cut like a hot knife through butter!
So far I've got the
slightest noise on speed 1 now. That may be the best I'll get but I'll try again tomorrow.
I may try spraying the fan edges with silicon spray to reduce any friction left and see what happens