Rover 75 2003 fan not working

[Boltonboy]

I managed to fit fan back on to motor did the demist test still not working I was hoping it would work where do I go from here to fix it thankyou for all your help arctic you are a credit to the club your pictures really helped me .

[SD1too]

Originally Posted by Boltonboy

... did the demist test still not working ...

OK Matt, refer back to posts 2 & 4 and let us know whether or not you can see a resistor.

Simon

[Boltonboy]

i cant see a resistor

[Arctic]

HI Matt.
Therefore it looks like you have a four wire 3 speed fan, which the low speed brush as worn down, and most likely the medium brush also, can you double check for us that this is the case you have four wire coming from the fan motor, you can do this by reaching in behind the fan blade and removing the conduit.


If it turns out that you have the above fan you will not know the extent of the failed brushes until the fan is removed from the car and the motor opened up, only then will you know if it can be repaired.

https://youtu.be/Ca1VksWf4nE

[Boltonboy]

okey thankyou mate will investigate further

[Boltonboy]

I have had bumper off no resistor I take it the bushes are gone how would I fix these I have watched arctic YouTube video on how to remove motor and backing where do I go from there to fix or what to look out for

[Arctic]

Hi Matthew.
Your next step is to remove the fan from the car, do you have A/C gas in your car? if so then you will have to cut round the A/C connections so you do not disturb the gas which in turn would be an extra cost.

If you have no gas in the car personally i would still cut round the A/C connections so as not to crack open the joints, if the condenser is past it's best then it make no difference as you would have to remove it any way.

So its fan off the car open the motor and check to see how many brushes have failed, and if the commutator is still ok not burnt out couple of photos below.

Here you would get away with replacing only 1 brush but personally i would change the two low & medium if not all four.
1

here you can see right away the motor as been burned out.
2

3

4

Even though three brushes are in tact, the lower brush as done the damage.
5

It as melted the cooper coils.
6

This one the brush as dug into the motor.
7

Here low & medium affected but not to bad.
8

Motor ok too.
9

Clean it up with some emery cloth
10

so once you have the motor exposed let us know what it looks like.

[Boltonboy]

Thankyou will let you know

[Boltonboy]

I have recently fitted my new condenser and uprated fan with gold resistor all working now tested and all working on to the next job