Date: 11 Sep 2002 11:34:47 -0600
From: andrewunix <agreenbunopsamnet>
Subject: Re: '97 900SE ACC fan not working


11 Sep 2002 04:37:13 -0700, dougwilloughbynopsamast.net suggested: : andrewunix <agreenbunopsamnet> wrote in message news:<slrnant3im.p2.agreenbunopsam.nyx.net>... :> 10 Sep 2002 15:52:08 -0700, dougwilloughbynopsamast.net suggested: :> : I'm pull what's left of my hair out on this. The ACC fan on my 97 :> : 900se is on the fritz. Sometimes it works, most of the time it :> : doesn't. When it does work, it comes on high only, regardless of what :> : is being displayed on the ACC's display. Going through the archives of :> : this newsgroup, I decided it was probably a bad fan speed resister. :> : On a NG 900, it should be located near the fan, under the cabin air :> : filter, right? Wrong. No resistor block. So, two questions: :> : :> : - Has anyone else experienced this problem and how did you go about :> : resolving it? :> : :> : - Assuming it is the fan speed resister, on the '97 900se convertible, :> : where is the fan speed resister located? :> :> http://www.thesaabsite.com/900new/NGfanspeedresistorlocation.htm :> :> : A shop manual with a circuit diagram would sure make this job easier. :> : Why isn't one available for NG 900s? :> :> You can get a UK version Haynes manual. With the exception of the driver's :> seat being on the wrong side of the car, it's fairly consistent. :> I do have to say that the Haynes manual is very vague on a lot of topics, :> but it's the only NG 900 manual I know of. : : The diagram from thesaabsite is exactly what I expected to find. When : I openned it up, no resister block! Just two wires coming into the : block, two wires going off to the motor. Interesting. Well, at least you know that you were looking in the right place. : The UK version of the Haynes manual doesn't give the circuit diagrams : for ACC equiped 900s. Yeah, it's a pretty poor resource, but it does help every now and then. -- agreenbu Return to Main Index

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