A squirrel chewed thru the squirrel cage, and no one has a direct-replacement plastic one, so I had to use this $16 metal one from NAPA or O'Reilly (I forget now).
The motor was very hard-to-turn, so I removed it, sprayed penetrating oil into the vent hose hole, and let it soak into the lower bushing overnight. Then I flipped it, added more oil, and let it soak into the front bushing. It freed up, so I chased that with engine oil, and the motor worked for another ~2 years. Eventually, I replaced it with a new Siemens motor.
Blower Motor Siemens PM249;
Motorcraft MM527; Visteon 100066
Blower Motor Connector
Motorcraft WPT041Blower Wheel
Motorcraft MM1071, Siemens BW9308 (smaller metal)
Blower Motor Resistor
Motorcraft YH1698; Wells JA1176; Standard RU-318; BWD RU1013; Dorman 973-011 (973-412 with pigtail)
Blower Resistor Connector Dorman 973-307; Standard Motor Products RU318; ACDelco 15-80675
![53squirrelcage.jpg A squirrel chewed thru the squirrel cage, and no one has a direct-replacement plastic one, so I had to use this $16 metal one from NAPA or O'Reilly (I forget now).
The motor was very hard-to-turn, so I removed it, sprayed penetrating oil into the vent hose hole, and let it soak into the lower bushing overnight. Then I flipped it, added more oil, and let it soak into the front bushing. It freed up, so I chased that with engine oil, and the motor worked for another ~2 years. Eventually, I replaced it with a new Siemens motor.
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Blower Motor Siemens PM249; [url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000C5BUB6/]Motorcraft MM527[/url]; Visteon 100066
Blower Motor Connector [url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000IYIUL4/]Motorcraft WPT041[/url]
Blower Wheel [url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00809W254/]Motorcraft MM1071[/url], Siemens BW9308 (smaller metal)
Blower Motor Resistor [url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001CAB9YI/]Motorcraft YH1698[/url]; Wells JA1176; Standard RU-318; BWD RU1013; Dorman 973-011 (973-412 with pigtail)
Blower Resistor Connector Dorman 973-307; Standard Motor Products RU318; ACDelco 15-80675](https://www.supermotors.net/getfile/768018/fullsize/53squirrelcage.jpg)