James Nipper

Well, mic canic was right, it was indeed a MOUSE !!
The mouse created such an imbalance, it caused the severe
vibration. I was able to get the
fan out myself, and there was a dead mouse in the fan assembly.
I removed it , along with a few leaves, and the fan blower now works great
!!





--James----





i would lay money a mouse has something to do with it

James Nipper wrote:

> The blower motor started making an awful racket. At first, I thought it
> might have been a leaf or something caught in the intake to the fan. In
> older Jeeps, I have been able to find the air intake under the hood, where
> the fan motor itself is located. On closer inspection of the 2000 JGC,
I
> see that the motor is inside the car, under the dash.
>
> When I turn up the fan speed, the darned thing vibrates quitd strongly and
> is very loud. Now I wonder if it is more than something like a leaf
trapped
> in the fan.
>
> I would just like some basic comments or hints here. Is it easy to remove
> the fan motor from under the dash? Is is likely just a worn motor, fan
> blades. or just something trapped that may come loose if I take the motor
> out ??
>
> Thanks for any tips on this !!
>
> --James--

James Nipper

Well, mic canic was right, it was indeed a MOUSE !!
The mouse created such an imbalance, it caused the severe
vibration. I was able to get the
fan out myself, and there was a dead mouse in the fan assembly.
I removed it , along with a few leaves, and the fan blower now works great
!!





--James----





i would lay money a mouse has something to do with it

James Nipper wrote:

> The blower motor started making an awful racket. At first, I thought it
> might have been a leaf or something caught in the intake to the fan. In
> older Jeeps, I have been able to find the air intake under the hood, where
> the fan motor itself is located. On closer inspection of the 2000 JGC,
I
> see that the motor is inside the car, under the dash.
>
> When I turn up the fan speed, the darned thing vibrates quitd strongly and
> is very loud. Now I wonder if it is more than something like a leaf
trapped
> in the fan.
>
> I would just like some basic comments or hints here. Is it easy to remove
> the fan motor from under the dash? Is is likely just a worn motor, fan
> blades. or just something trapped that may come loose if I take the motor
> out ??
>
> Thanks for any tips on this !!
>
> --James--

James Nipper

Well, mic canic was right, it was indeed a MOUSE !!
The mouse created such an imbalance, it caused the severe
vibration. I was able to get the
fan out myself, and there was a dead mouse in the fan assembly.
I removed it , along with a few leaves, and the fan blower now works great
!!





--James----





i would lay money a mouse has something to do with it

James Nipper wrote:

> The blower motor started making an awful racket. At first, I thought it
> might have been a leaf or something caught in the intake to the fan. In
> older Jeeps, I have been able to find the air intake under the hood, where
> the fan motor itself is located. On closer inspection of the 2000 JGC,
I
> see that the motor is inside the car, under the dash.
>
> When I turn up the fan speed, the darned thing vibrates quitd strongly and
> is very loud. Now I wonder if it is more than something like a leaf
trapped
> in the fan.
>
> I would just like some basic comments or hints here. Is it easy to remove
> the fan motor from under the dash? Is is likely just a worn motor, fan
> blades. or just something trapped that may come loose if I take the motor
> out ??
>
> Thanks for any tips on this !!
>
> --James--