Spacemonkey...
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The internal heater fan has only worked in 3 and 4 settings, and I always like the fan on at least 1 setting to prevent misting, so it needed fixing pronto. Found on these fora that there is a pack of heater coils in the airflow that determine the fan speed. Sounds like an overly complicated way of doing things, especially as they break on a regular basis. Anyhow, found the repair kit on ebay Freelander I Rezpax Heater Resistor Pack Repair Kit on eBay (end time 13-Feb-11 22:01:29 GMT)
Removed the device from my car. It's green plastic with a wire block coming out of the middle located in the driver's footwell, held in by two screws into the heater/air pipes:
It looked a bit knurdled...
So removed the dead bits with a soldering iron and added the new. Easy peasy took a couple of minutes waiting for solder to melt. Didn't need a solder sucker, just slipped the new bits in while old solder melted.
All together and works a treat on all settings/speeds!
Removed the device from my car. It's green plastic with a wire block coming out of the middle located in the driver's footwell, held in by two screws into the heater/air pipes:
![P1030882.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi53.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg58%2Fspacemonkey_mk1%2FVehicles%2FFreelander%2FP1030882.jpg&hash=641893872bb7bac0359785fa232965af)
It looked a bit knurdled...
![P1030873.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi53.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg58%2Fspacemonkey_mk1%2FVehicles%2FFreelander%2FP1030873.jpg&hash=04afa0b51f7b86e7dce9b92996564baf)
![P1030874.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi53.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg58%2Fspacemonkey_mk1%2FVehicles%2FFreelander%2FP1030874.jpg&hash=739a289bcf16bb1c989c4958c4663ddd)
So removed the dead bits with a soldering iron and added the new. Easy peasy took a couple of minutes waiting for solder to melt. Didn't need a solder sucker, just slipped the new bits in while old solder melted.
![P1030880.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi53.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg58%2Fspacemonkey_mk1%2FVehicles%2FFreelander%2FP1030880.jpg&hash=3d669d122e2b72388a53018c90e86cf2)
![P1030881.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi53.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg58%2Fspacemonkey_mk1%2FVehicles%2FFreelander%2FP1030881.jpg&hash=d4422563b40dd41fca7edd8032739013)
All together and works a treat on all settings/speeds!