Seahorse
4th January 2009, 08:25 AM
Since purchasing my 2000 model Freelander over a year ago, the fan (and consequently the A/C) never worked on low speed (1).
Finally got the better of me after a weeks touring with the fan running constantly on speed 2. (Which is noisy enough to interfere with normal conversation.)
Figured that it was either the fan switch itself or the resistor pack. Decided to check the resistor pack first. This is located in the drivers side footwell just above the fan itself. A little bit of a stretch to get the two self tappers that hold it in place out, but nothing too difficult.
With the resistor pack out and under the magnifying glass, all appeared to be OK. So out with the trusty multimeter. This showed up a fault in the low speed resistor. Closer inspection showed that the resistor wire was broken at the solder joint. This was rectified by a quick repair job with the soldering iron.
Replacing the resistor pack was not quite as easy as getting it out, but still manageable with a few well chosen words!!
Fired the engine up, switched the A/C on and started the fan on Speed 1 and It all worked as designed.....The fan was whisper quiet!!!
A more permanent fix may be necessay if the resistors continue to break. Next time I will probably replace the whole bank with ceramic resistors with the following values.
Speed 1. 2.6 Ohm
Speed 2. 1.32 Ohm
Speed 3. 0.27 Ohm
Finally got the better of me after a weeks touring with the fan running constantly on speed 2. (Which is noisy enough to interfere with normal conversation.)
Figured that it was either the fan switch itself or the resistor pack. Decided to check the resistor pack first. This is located in the drivers side footwell just above the fan itself. A little bit of a stretch to get the two self tappers that hold it in place out, but nothing too difficult.
With the resistor pack out and under the magnifying glass, all appeared to be OK. So out with the trusty multimeter. This showed up a fault in the low speed resistor. Closer inspection showed that the resistor wire was broken at the solder joint. This was rectified by a quick repair job with the soldering iron.
Replacing the resistor pack was not quite as easy as getting it out, but still manageable with a few well chosen words!!
Fired the engine up, switched the A/C on and started the fan on Speed 1 and It all worked as designed.....The fan was whisper quiet!!!
A more permanent fix may be necessay if the resistors continue to break. Next time I will probably replace the whole bank with ceramic resistors with the following values.
Speed 1. 2.6 Ohm
Speed 2. 1.32 Ohm
Speed 3. 0.27 Ohm