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Originally Posted by Arthur Dalton
See post #8.
The stock wiring is not adequate for high fan on the low fan circuit.
But it can be made to be ....
The resistors have a long life and the new ones are open coil, so they last longer than the originals.
What taxes the resistor is the fan motors start to get dirty/rustted bearings and worn brushes, thereby drawing over spec Amps..the R15 does not like that ....the other is the connections start to conduct poorly b/c of heat fatique...so, again, tha R15 gets a shortened life.
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Woops, my bad, I breezed over that part of your post the first time. OK, no A/C until the resistor comes in on Tuesday.
A partially related question. Does the A/C run in my car when the defrost is selected? I know on the new modern cars it does.
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