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Just replaced my blower motor on my 87. Bought a new motor which turned out to be defective so I get to do it again. I admire your judgement in getting a motor that has been field tested from a junk yard.
Replacing the motor is fairly easy and a satisfying job but takes some time. It takes a set of torx screw drivers. Get several zip lock bags to keep fastners together On mine I had to first remove the "extra gages" mounted in a panel between the floor and the dash.
Next was the panel below the dash that goes all the way across the interior. First remove the plastic cover under the steering wheel. Remove the two torx head screws behind the steering wheel. The large plastic screw under the steering column only needs to be turned half a turn with a slotted screw driver and it will pull out. This panel can then be pulled downward. Tabs where the two screws go through are fragile. Then remove the ash tray, mounting bracket and a bolt behind it (10mm wrench). Then remove the two bolts (one each side of the car) under the hood and on the outside of the door jambs. These are impossible to touch and see at the same time. Use a light and a 10mm socket with a long extension. The lower panel will then pull out toward the rear of the car and away.
Next event is the facia pannel for the dashboard. Four #2 Phillips head machine screws accessable at the bottom edge of the dash. They are 4 different lengths, but are marked with rings near the threads. The one with one ring goes on the left, the one with four on the right as you face the dash. Pull out the switches, move the wires below the facia and reattach the switches to keep them organized. Be careful pulling off the connector to the headlight switch because the tabs holding the switch to the panel is delicate.
Remove the two speaker grills (two #2 phillips sheet metal screws each). The grills lift up at the front and slide toward the rear of the car.
There are now 4 torx head screws holding the dash on. (One each in the speaker grill holes, two under the glove box). If you remove these, the dash comes out. Then you can finally get at the blower motor.
The motor is held on with three screws, one of which can only be seen through the windshield.
Replacement is pretty much the reversal of the removal except dealing with the small diameter tubes that feed air to the side window defrosters. On my second attempt at the heater blower, I'm going to pull these out of the car, attach them to the dash vents with duct tape and the feed them into the passages behind the dash to make the connection to the hater box below the dash. I don't think it is possible to attach them to the vents as the dash is put into place
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