Sbeghan
Veteran Member
Sorry guys, no pics because I didn't even think about it. This is a pretty easy swap for anyone without back problems or midgets. Instructions are for a left hand side drive vehicle
Inspect your replacement motor and fan assembly, notice that there are no apparent clips or screw holes. This is because it simply slides in vertically. Notice that it has a power plug on the top-left back and a wire clip on the bottom back. The AC /heater blower fan is behind the glove box and can be replaced in 15-30 minutes.
Tools: 1 flathead screwdriver, T20 torx screwdriver, 6mm hex socket
Step 1: unscrewing crap
Under the glove box is a dark grey foam cover. Unscrew the plastic flathead screw to the right (towards the door, in the middle of the foam cover). There are two plastic screws and you only need to remove one. Pull the foam cover all the way to the side. You will notice a socket with white green and yellow wires - this is the resistor pack IIRC. Unplug. There are 2 gold 6mm hex screws holding the resistor pack in, one of which is under the electric plug. Remove these and the panel will fall out.
At the bottom of the glove box are 3 T20 screws. Remove. Open the glove box and there are another 3 at the top and 2 in the rubber bumpers. Remove. Pull the glove box partially out (there is a hidden screw inside the shifter console so we can't remove it). Try to fit your hand behind the glove box, there is more grey padding behind it and behind the padding is the blower motor you want to remove. There are wires clipped into the back of the blower motor. Free these wires and pull them up out of the way.
Part 2: I'm a contortionist midget
I squat facing away from the car and roll my body backwards so that the door sill is supporting my lower back/butt and my head is under the glove box. Make sure that the replacement fan, resistor pack, 6mm wrench and screws are in reach.
Grab the old fan and pull down... it will hang on a plastic rail that the bottom of the glove box screwed into. Now you can bend the rail out with one hand so that the fan will drop out... and then hang by its plug. Unplug it and plug in the new fan (its hard to do because the plug can't maneuver well.
Slide the new fan up making sure that the groves in the back are sliding into place properly. If done correctly it will want to again fall down. Replace the resistor pack and screw it in. Don't forget both screws. Plug it in, bend the grey foam back and screw it in.
Part 3: finishing up
Test the fan to make sure it works. Now you just have to get the glove box back in and screw it in and you're done.
Inspect your replacement motor and fan assembly, notice that there are no apparent clips or screw holes. This is because it simply slides in vertically. Notice that it has a power plug on the top-left back and a wire clip on the bottom back. The AC /heater blower fan is behind the glove box and can be replaced in 15-30 minutes.
Tools: 1 flathead screwdriver, T20 torx screwdriver, 6mm hex socket
Step 1: unscrewing crap
Under the glove box is a dark grey foam cover. Unscrew the plastic flathead screw to the right (towards the door, in the middle of the foam cover). There are two plastic screws and you only need to remove one. Pull the foam cover all the way to the side. You will notice a socket with white green and yellow wires - this is the resistor pack IIRC. Unplug. There are 2 gold 6mm hex screws holding the resistor pack in, one of which is under the electric plug. Remove these and the panel will fall out.
At the bottom of the glove box are 3 T20 screws. Remove. Open the glove box and there are another 3 at the top and 2 in the rubber bumpers. Remove. Pull the glove box partially out (there is a hidden screw inside the shifter console so we can't remove it). Try to fit your hand behind the glove box, there is more grey padding behind it and behind the padding is the blower motor you want to remove. There are wires clipped into the back of the blower motor. Free these wires and pull them up out of the way.
Part 2: I'm a contortionist midget
I squat facing away from the car and roll my body backwards so that the door sill is supporting my lower back/butt and my head is under the glove box. Make sure that the replacement fan, resistor pack, 6mm wrench and screws are in reach.
Grab the old fan and pull down... it will hang on a plastic rail that the bottom of the glove box screwed into. Now you can bend the rail out with one hand so that the fan will drop out... and then hang by its plug. Unplug it and plug in the new fan (its hard to do because the plug can't maneuver well.
Slide the new fan up making sure that the groves in the back are sliding into place properly. If done correctly it will want to again fall down. Replace the resistor pack and screw it in. Don't forget both screws. Plug it in, bend the grey foam back and screw it in.
Part 3: finishing up
Test the fan to make sure it works. Now you just have to get the glove box back in and screw it in and you're done.