1998 Ford Explorer blower not working

1998 FORD EXPLORER
180,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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JPOSTTX
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Howdy:

My blower quit working about 1 week ago. This has automatic climate control and 2 fans. The AC controls and back fan to still work. I can hear the switch go off under the hood (click) when I manually change fan speed but there is no main blower working. When I removed the fan I was able to get it to operate by 'hot wire'. The fuse / relay all appread to be good.

What next? I bought a new blower motor to see if that fixed it but have been struggleing to get the fan houseing off of the old blower motor.

Should I swap the blower motor anyway? what else could it be, the control head in the dash?

thanks
Aug 1, 2008 at 11:07 AM
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2CARPRO JACK
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Should be a fan speed relay next to the motor, use a test light to see if it is getting power from the switch (control head)
Aug 5, 2008 at 7:43 AM
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