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Old 06-16-2012, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by mustang_170556
sounds like, by the process of elimination, that if as soon as you replaced a resistor it started making a burning smell, and the resistor smells exactly like what the air blowing out smells like it's pretty safe to say that it's the resistor. as far as a break-in period, i've never heard of one. you may have gotten the wrong part or a bad resistor. also, you might want to think about what blew the old resistor.... maybe this new one is just strong enough not to blow and the old one wasn't. you may want to test the volts and amps going into the new resistor. my .02
When I removed the old resistor and looked at where the plug connects onto it, it looked corroded. So the first resistor I bought said it was for Blower Motor W/Auxiliary AC. I went & picked up the correct resistor without Auxiliary A/C and it seems to be working fine now. I ran the a/c on all the fan speed setting, for a while on each setting, & no smells have come out the vents. With the 1st resistor i started to get the smell right away.
 
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By the way, thank you all for your time and your help.
 
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Old 06-16-2012, 12:56 PM
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glad to be of assistance and i'm glad you got your truck all fixxed up.... electrical problems can be a bi+ch
 
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Old 06-29-2012, 11:44 AM
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I don't think it was from the vents. Sounds like that wonderful burning electronics smell imo.
 



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