Well, it finally got hot enough that I fixed the air conditioner on my pickup truck. The compress/evap part was working great, but my blower motor was hit-or-miss. It would work when I first started the truck and then keep running (slowly and inefficiently) until I stopped the truck and shut it off. I could drive to town with air conditioning (sorta) and when I started to come home, the blower would not work. I was sure it was overloading for some reason, maybe binding in the bearings.
It's been that way for two years. I needed to haul my trash to the county drop-off site and I knew it was gonna be a very hot ride back. So, I pulled the truck under the shade tree and took out the blower motor. What I found was that the blower motor was full of leaves. I cleaned out the leaves and held the motor while turning on the switch. It roared to life and seemed to have renewed energy. I sprayed some lube onto the bearings just for insurance and put the motor back it. Now the blower really puts out air and doesn't overload. Once more my old '96 Dodge diesel has come through for me. I drive that truck at least once a week to haul trash and it seems to just keep going despite its age and 375k miles. :cool2:
So Lou, is the caption to your picture the horse thinking: "So how many beers did he have, how long ago....."
