[GH85Carrera]

Good food and friends at the PCA breakfast.

When we got home Mrs Carrera asked if I loved her enough to haul her to Norman for some more pet fish. Oh Joy, 70 miles round trip mostly on I-35 what could be more fun? About 10 miles from home the fan was not blowing at all or not right. It was a lovely day again for the weather.

When we got home I started diagnosing the problem. I had to replace the fan motor once before because it is on 99.9% of the time I am driving the car. I almost never roll the windows down. The Elky has plenty of wind noise with the windows up, I don't need more with the windows down.

I pulled the fan motor for the AC & heat in 5 minutes (try that on your car!) and it ran OK but it was real hard to turn by hand. I already had a new replacement on my shelf. The new fan spun easily and no doubt the fan was pulling just too many amps. I figured the fan relay might be be cooked so I pulled it and the connectors were partly melted. It had been struggling with the load.

I just happen to have one of those as well. After owning a car for 26 years and over 310K miles I have some spare parts ready to go. The fans seem to last 170K or so. I will start looking for a new fan and relay to have on hand. Parts are getting tougher to find. It is good to have a new one ready to go. The fan switch is tired so I will get two of those. I had to spray my current switch with Deoxit to get it working right.

All is well with the heat and air again. I have the entire brand new GM "Head Unit" which is the part that runs the heat and AC. It is new old stock GM original in the box. I got it from a GM dealer in 2006. If mine ever quits, I am ready.