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Sadly, mainly due to creeping years, work commitments, an ever growing world weariness to do auto repairs, I can no longer keep my Terrano on the legal side of mot worthiness. And then a failing cv joint, adding to the list of things to do, clinched the decision. Initially I did look for a...

Sorry to be so tardy with feedback, it's just procrastination sinking its claws in. As was mentioned, the fan blew normal when unfastened but squealed like a banshee when screwed in place. I went for the simplest option first, I slackened the 3 screws as Jim suggested and eased out the blower...

Okay thanks Jim, I'll fiddle around a bit with it.

The blower motor has a high pitch whine which gets more intense with speed. When I really need it, I turn it on and wear ear plugs. I replaced it with a spare one I have. Before installing the spare motor, I tested it and it operated quietly, however, as soon as it was installed it squealed...

It looks to be in pristine shape. Has it ever seen a bit of mud?

You're right Don, those guys can have their winter damp, rain and grey. ;) Days like this are a good part of the reason for living here. I made the effort to get the jeep out onto the road so I could take some visitors around the foothills near where we live, about 15km to the south east from...

Liberated by nightfall.

A heavy snowfall, falling straight down is very rare. This happened about 4am sunday morning. The intrepid citizens just take it easy on the sunday, using the roads as footpaths, strolling around the town in clear windless sunshine, tourists had a field day in the snow. Pizza outlets were busy...

I woke up this sunday morning (feb 26) to find a strange soft white blanket outside, the first real snow of the year in the Reykjavik region. Not only that but the snow fell straight down and lots of it. Usually when snow falls here, it falls horizontal and is blown over roads which are...

The new resistor (aka, Pulse Width Modulation PWM DC Motor Speed Control Switch Governor) took 2 weeks to arrive, all told. Estimated arrival time was Feb 20 - March 14 Blower Motor resistor Nissan Frontera, Xterra, Sentra, 271502M105 cost GBP 9.35 plus Intl postage GBP 1.60 Item info...

Thanks Perelaar for the picture. If it does turn out to be the case I will not go that far, that's a humiliating procedure, just to get at a dodgy washer pump. If it comes to it, I'd rather bypass it and install something more simple, removing that entry container. VW use to have peculiar...

Definitely not frozen. And in any case I use the appropriate liquid, usually to -8C is suffice, except when it isn't. But there's a (wet) storm outside now and I won't be venturing out with the toolkit anytime today. Where is this pump? I've been trying to follow the sound of the grunt. There's...

The washer pump when activated, manages to make its usual grunt but doesn't squirt. Possibly this is a close to heart, real life experience for some of you ol' timers and I feel your pain, but on a mechanical level can a pump grunt but not squirt? No liquid comes out at both windscreen and...

That alternative item has a much more impressive name. "Why is the blower fan not working properly?" "Oh I just need to install a 12V-40V 10A Pulse Width Modulation PWM DC Motor Speed Control Switch Governor"

For the bottom bolt, my regular favoured spanners were not fit for purpose. I then searched around a box full of misc. items that once resemble tools and found a smaller in length size 14 spanner (15cm long) and it allowed me to have just enough space to loosen the bottom bolt. That spanner has...

The fan had only worked at top speed, then it stopped working altogether. I took out the resistor and it looked very guilty. With Fez's post in mind, I tested it to see if top speed worked, alas it didn't. I checked the fuses and both blower fuses 2 x15 amp had blown. I replaced them and now can...

Thanks for that link but unfortunately does not post to Iceland. With this particular item, the few UK based sellers that do condescend to offer a cheapo air mail option for an intl. sale, tend to be £10 higher than that price, plus an add-on £12 charge for filling out one of customs decl...

Thanks solarman, it's the flat plate type. It's full speed fan from now on, until the new resistor arrives.

I have ordered one of these and it will be on a slow boat from China. But it's cold, in the meantime in theory I could use one from the scrap dealers (aka environment friendly recyclers). Just to speed up the process, could I just hook up a recyclable resistor prospect to the now dangling...

You guys are trying to turn a common everyday issue into a potential armageddon :) The Terrano protection system did its job. I noticed the engine stuttering, I noticed the warning lamp, I found out what the warning light indicated thanks to a lazy ferret, I took remedial action and now the...