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#94735 02/20/2006 9:38 PM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 15 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 15 | I just finished reading the thread about the heater switch, and how it works. I understand all that. My question is where does the darn resistor mount in a '62, non-deluxe heater? When I bought my truck, there was no resistor. Just a jumper across the terminals that gave me wide open speed. The resistor is not mounted to the back of the switch like it was on A/D trucks. I think that it mounts to the fan housing somewhere, but, I can't tell where. Any help and/or pics will be appreciated.
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#94736 02/20/2006 11:13 PM | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | hey Mark, welcome to the fray! can't tell ya just where it mounts as I haven't had a 60's model in awhile, but the controls should have a slider type switch like such and the seperate resistor looks like here - I'd bet that there'll be about 4 wires off the switch - 1 to power, 2 to the resistor, 1 to the motor - the resistor would then have 1 to the motor - switch would have off, lo, med, high with the lo and med going thru 1/2 or all of the resistor - no idea where it would mount, but I'd think maybe inside the heater case Bill | | |
#94737 02/21/2006 4:20 AM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 | usually mounts on the backside of the heater/defrost plenum, can't really see it until you remove plenum,brian | | |
#94738 02/21/2006 5:42 AM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 926 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 926 | You don't really have to see it to install it. You can install it by feel pretty easily.
If it's like the one I just installed,it has 3 wires to it,and does go on the back of the heater plenum. Reaching back just left of the heater motor,you'll feel a rectangular hole with 2 tabs sticking out. The coil sring side goes into the hole,and the board snaps into the tabs.(tight fit-you may have to pry on the tabs to get the board to snap in.) Then just connect the 3 wire plug and it works.
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#94739 02/22/2006 4:51 AM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 15 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 15 | Speed,
That sounds right, but I think that my board is too wide. The coils fit into that slot with no problem. I'll try it again tomorrow when I have more time. Thanks Bill and 64fleetside for the timely responses.
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#94740 02/22/2006 8:44 AM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 926 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 926 | The board won't go into the hole-just the coils. Then the 2 tabs on the outside of the plenum squeeze the edges of the board to hold everything in place. You'll notice the board has kind of an hourglass shape;the narrow spots are to register the board in the tabs. As I said,it's a very tight fit,so you might have to reach back there and pry one tab outward while you push the board under it.
Not a fun job,but far from the worst one.
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