blower resistors suck

[RocketFast321]

Well mom wants her car back so i jump into the grand am and turn on the a/c on and all i hear is a/c compress kicking on so I'm like damn-it. Only speed that works is 5. So this afternoon i go to the local Pontiac dealership that i don't like. Pay $28 for the resistor and then proceed to change it in the dealership parking lot. I got some weird looks but nobody told me to stop. /
end rant

[Bjornboy81]

lol....that's it! I was expecting some long story of how you threw your back out changing it and had to be rushed to the hospital...or somthing like that! :lol:

Oh, well...glad it didn't happen. How the change go...simple and easy?

[RocketFast321]

for the most part, I had to take the fan motor out to get at the other bolt. and the new resistor is bigger.

[VanishingImage]

I dunno what its like on the 99+ GA's but I had to change one at the dealership about a couple weeks ago on a new Bonneville(04-05 model) and lemme tell ya,no easy way of getting it out.

[RocketFast321]

One bolt is easy to get to if you are flexable (I am) With the one in the back you have to bend into a veryvery weird position. If you have a little borther or sister let them do it.

[Bjornboy81]

Ya, I did mine about a month ago, and it's insane how it's jammed back there. I bought a really small rachet to get in there with, and it took like 20 min because it would only rachet one click at a time! I noticed that the new one is bigger, at first I thought they gave me the wrong one, but looking at the paths on it, you can tell it's pretty much the same, just bigger.

[rabidpanda69]

this is why i havent changed mine yet. I HATE working under the dash.

[buckeyejack]

Where is it located? In the switch?

[RocketFast321]

behind the blower motor under the dash on the pass. side.

[MikeNice]

yeah, changed mine about a year ago. What a PITA! If you're smart, you'll only use one screw when putting it back. Save yourself some backache if you ever have to replace it again. Thats what I did...

[RocketFast321]

i thought about doing that

[car audio dave]

i changed mine about 2.5 years ago. mine didnt seem bigger, but the board was insulated. i used two u-joint adaptors and it worked pretty good. i forget how long it took but i then did my womans car a month later and i did it in like 3 minutes cus i knew exactly what i was doing.

[Bjornboy81]

^helps when you have the right parts! I was fudging it with random tools...wasn't happening...then I broke down and got the small rachet.

[MikeNice]

Just buy the ratchet...then return it. :)

[Bjornboy81]

:D that's what I did! :D