Hello,

My heater fan stopped working. When this happens, it is usually the ballast resistor for these trucks. However this is the third time I've replaced it and now the resistor and resistor plug are melted. Do I have to get a junkyard harness? Or is there a part available?

I am replacing the blower motor as I believe that is the problem. What a PITA that is.

 

It is a common problem. There is no new replacement plug. So yes junkyard or just buy several terminals and just plug one in after another.

 

my blower motor makes a whirling noise when i turn it on but it eventually stops after a minute any ideas on that?

 

Does the blower motor going bad cause the melting of the plug and the repeated failures of the ballast resistor?

You mean just chop the plug and splice a bunch of spade connectors to the wiring, then plug them to the ballast resistor?

Thanks!

 

Oh and for anyone else who is looking for help replacing the blower motor for this year of vehicle, this article is BS:

http://www.ehow.com/how_7897730_repl...ge-dakota.html

This job is not 30 minutes and you do not simply: "Push the side arms of the glove box in and work them off the inner tracks", you have to remove the whole lower dash panel. Then fight your way to the heater motor box with wires and sheetmetal hanging everywhere blocking your access. Great way to cut your hands and arms. Then cut the wires off the back of the motor and crimp / resolder the new motor wires to the plug harness left in the narrow access space! Or as I am doing, feed longer wires through, making access easier. Fun! Am I bitter? Not in the slightest

 

Could be debris caught on the AC ducts. I had had a flapping and clicking sound with the motor running. When I opened the heater motor box I found a few leaves in it.

 

i cleaned all the debris out last year when i didnt the heater core (so i know the PITA it is lol) doesnt sound like debris sounds more like maybe the motor needing lube or something but i dont want to smell whatever appropriate lube that would use so as long as the heat keeps kicking i probably will just deal with it