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1. The aftermarket (MTC) resistor pack is complete crap. From the ceramic coating on the resistors, to the connector, right down to the quality of the crimps, there is nothing good about it. If you MUST buy the aftermarket resistor pack, snip the connector off and solder or crimp the original in it's place. You will have to do transplant surgery on it anyway, since the 12v and A/C lead must be transferred.
2. The current aftermarket blower motor offering (Unimotor) is made in Canada, according to the label. Neither the power wire nor the ground are long enough to reach anything. Do yourself a favor and extend them by 6 inches before lying on your back in the car. In the case of the power wire, solder or crimp the original 12v lead on (this too has a cheap connector crimped on).
3. In a car with no airbag, remove the steering wheel. It take about 3 minutes and saves so much trouble.
4. Remove the dash. By the time you have everything else removed, it takes only a few more screws and a few minutes, and may save you from cursing God for ever creating the bastards who designed the vent system.
5. Do not remove the driver's seat until you are ready to crawl on your side into the bowels of the beast. Removing the vent plumbing is much more difficult kneeling in a small space than sitting comfortably. If you are as large as I am, or have knees as bad as mine - or both - you will invent new blasphemies by the time you are done.
6. There may be more than 10 clips holding the blower housing together. Mine had 11 on the right.
7. Make note of which way the motor turns. You CAN install it backwards. As a rule of thumb, the wires should run on the same side of the tunnel as the original wires, but they will be sitting on top of the motor (at least, with the Unimotor replacement).
Finally, a general tip for the job: It takes MUCH less time to disassemble more things to get them out of your way than it does to fight the damned blower housings out through wires and tubes and plumbing and steel.
I wish I could say, "Gee, this job wasn't as bad as I feared," but actually, it was worse, due in part to the shoddy aftermarket parts and the terrible Bentley instructions which gloss over large sections of work.
Art, your website was a great deal of help.
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