Pelonis makes decent ones that just barely take the chill out of the air.
They cost much more than 20 bucks and still wont do the job you need in a
Jeep on a cold day. The cheap ones you refer to are absolutely useless.

KH

"Joshua Nelson" <spam_box@ev1.net> wrote in message
news:b102b6e4.0310091019.1d607d89@posting.google.c om...
> My heater fan assembly doesn't work. Rather than wade in and try to
> figure it out and fix it, I've seen those 12v ceramic heaters that
> plug into the cigarette lighter, for about $20. I was wondering if
> anyone has experience with these... do they work as advertised?

 

Pelonis makes decent ones that just barely take the chill out of the air.
They cost much more than 20 bucks and still wont do the job you need in a
Jeep on a cold day. The cheap ones you refer to are absolutely useless.

KH

"Joshua Nelson" <spam_box@ev1.net> wrote in message
news:b102b6e4.0310091019.1d607d89@posting.google.c om...
> My heater fan assembly doesn't work. Rather than wade in and try to
> figure it out and fix it, I've seen those 12v ceramic heaters that
> plug into the cigarette lighter, for about $20. I was wondering if
> anyone has experience with these... do they work as advertised?

 

"Kevin in San Diego" <kevin_hedstrom@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:H1ohb.50700$gv5.42835@fed1read05...
> Pelonis makes decent ones that just barely take the chill out of the air.
> They cost much more than 20 bucks and still wont do the job you need in a
> Jeep on a cold day. The cheap ones you refer to are absolutely useless.

I never fixed mine til I left San Diego for the Sierra. The Chevy blower
works great, and overpowers the missing weatherstripping in my rig.

--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

 

"Kevin in San Diego" <kevin_hedstrom@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:H1ohb.50700$gv5.42835@fed1read05...
> Pelonis makes decent ones that just barely take the chill out of the air.
> They cost much more than 20 bucks and still wont do the job you need in a
> Jeep on a cold day. The cheap ones you refer to are absolutely useless.

I never fixed mine til I left San Diego for the Sierra. The Chevy blower
works great, and overpowers the missing weatherstripping in my rig.

--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

 

"Kevin in San Diego" <kevin_hedstrom@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:H1ohb.50700$gv5.42835@fed1read05...
> Pelonis makes decent ones that just barely take the chill out of the air.
> They cost much more than 20 bucks and still wont do the job you need in a
> Jeep on a cold day. The cheap ones you refer to are absolutely useless.

I never fixed mine til I left San Diego for the Sierra. The Chevy blower
works great, and overpowers the missing weatherstripping in my rig.

--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

 

Thanks Mike, I will try this. I had planned on fixing it eventually
anyway, I just havent' had the time and it's starting to get nippy
out... I thought one of the cigarette-adapter-powered ones might hold
me over from October through December or so. (Didn't expect it to
warm me up in a full scale blizzard or anything.) but it sounds like
even so, that would just be a waste of $20. Guess I'll follow the old
mantra "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right..."


Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:<3F85D72C.9A9865A8@sympatico.ca>...
> You can tag the heater motor power wire under the battery and feed it 12
> volts from the battery to see if it spins up.
>
> If yes, the switch is bad.
>
> If not, then you use a booster cable from the battery negative to the
> heater motor case under the battery to make sure it has a ground and tag
> the power wire with 12 volts.
>
> If it fires, the ground is bad.
>
> If not, the motor is toast.
>
> You can do like I did and put a blower motor from a full sized 73 Blazer
> 350 engine with AC in it. The fan fits right on, you just have to make
> the opening in the firewall larger for the larger motor.
>
> On low, it puts out more that the CJ blower did on high.
>
> Just a warning, in the US, the parts stores have two versions of this
> blower motor, one has a shaft that is 1/2" too long. Their parts
> computer is messed up. The call one the 'heavy duty' or 'premium' or
> something. If they have 2, compare them and grab the one with the
> shorter output shaft.
>
> http://www.off-road.com/jeep/tech/body/heater.html
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Joshua Nelson wrote:
> >
> > > What model of Jeep? Sometimes it's an easy fix.
> >
> > 1982 CJ. None of the dash switches work except headlights and wipers.
> > (No vent, no heater.)

 

Thanks Mike, I will try this. I had planned on fixing it eventually
anyway, I just havent' had the time and it's starting to get nippy
out... I thought one of the cigarette-adapter-powered ones might hold
me over from October through December or so. (Didn't expect it to
warm me up in a full scale blizzard or anything.) but it sounds like
even so, that would just be a waste of $20. Guess I'll follow the old
mantra "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right..."


Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:<3F85D72C.9A9865A8@sympatico.ca>...
> You can tag the heater motor power wire under the battery and feed it 12
> volts from the battery to see if it spins up.
>
> If yes, the switch is bad.
>
> If not, then you use a booster cable from the battery negative to the
> heater motor case under the battery to make sure it has a ground and tag
> the power wire with 12 volts.
>
> If it fires, the ground is bad.
>
> If not, the motor is toast.
>
> You can do like I did and put a blower motor from a full sized 73 Blazer
> 350 engine with AC in it. The fan fits right on, you just have to make
> the opening in the firewall larger for the larger motor.
>
> On low, it puts out more that the CJ blower did on high.
>
> Just a warning, in the US, the parts stores have two versions of this
> blower motor, one has a shaft that is 1/2" too long. Their parts
> computer is messed up. The call one the 'heavy duty' or 'premium' or
> something. If they have 2, compare them and grab the one with the
> shorter output shaft.
>
> http://www.off-road.com/jeep/tech/body/heater.html
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Joshua Nelson wrote:
> >
> > > What model of Jeep? Sometimes it's an easy fix.
> >
> > 1982 CJ. None of the dash switches work except headlights and wipers.
> > (No vent, no heater.)

 

Thanks Mike, I will try this. I had planned on fixing it eventually
anyway, I just havent' had the time and it's starting to get nippy
out... I thought one of the cigarette-adapter-powered ones might hold
me over from October through December or so. (Didn't expect it to
warm me up in a full scale blizzard or anything.) but it sounds like
even so, that would just be a waste of $20. Guess I'll follow the old
mantra "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right..."


Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:<3F85D72C.9A9865A8@sympatico.ca>...
> You can tag the heater motor power wire under the battery and feed it 12
> volts from the battery to see if it spins up.
>
> If yes, the switch is bad.
>
> If not, then you use a booster cable from the battery negative to the
> heater motor case under the battery to make sure it has a ground and tag
> the power wire with 12 volts.
>
> If it fires, the ground is bad.
>
> If not, the motor is toast.
>
> You can do like I did and put a blower motor from a full sized 73 Blazer
> 350 engine with AC in it. The fan fits right on, you just have to make
> the opening in the firewall larger for the larger motor.
>
> On low, it puts out more that the CJ blower did on high.
>
> Just a warning, in the US, the parts stores have two versions of this
> blower motor, one has a shaft that is 1/2" too long. Their parts
> computer is messed up. The call one the 'heavy duty' or 'premium' or
> something. If they have 2, compare them and grab the one with the
> shorter output shaft.
>
> http://www.off-road.com/jeep/tech/body/heater.html
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Joshua Nelson wrote:
> >
> > > What model of Jeep? Sometimes it's an easy fix.
> >
> > 1982 CJ. None of the dash switches work except headlights and wipers.
> > (No vent, no heater.)

 

Just think of the thousands we would have saved over the years if we had
followed this wise advice every time.
KH

"Joshua Nelson" <spam_box@ev1.net> wrote in message
news:b102b6e4.0310100537.391f6772@posting.google.c om...
> Guess I'll follow the old
> mantra "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right..."
>
>

 

Just think of the thousands we would have saved over the years if we had
followed this wise advice every time.
KH

"Joshua Nelson" <spam_box@ev1.net> wrote in message
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> Guess I'll follow the old
> mantra "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right..."
>
>