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1997 Blazer fan doesn't work on high

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Old 03-25-2013, 07:11 PM
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I replaced the blower motor resistor. (I figured I'd get that out of the way first.) I replaced that part after having searched here and that seemed to be the wisdom of the group. Now I'm seeing that the blower motor resistor controls settings 1,2,&3, but not 4/high.

I looked haphazardly at the fuses and didn't see anything. I've replaced the b.m.r. I figure it could be the switch, a short, or the motor. Am I right?

How do I go about troubleshooting this the least inconvenient way? I've got a multimeter but I'll probably have to dust it off, ...so go easy.
 
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The blower motor is obviously OK because it works on 1, 2, & 3. The high speed blower relay is located on the firewall, toward the passenger side of center. It's about a 1" cube, black plastic with 5 wires attached to it. All 4 blower speeds go through the relay, but when you select HIGH, the relay latches and supplies the blower motor with battery voltage.

Dark blue: Supplies voltage to the blower motor from the resistor for speeds 1, 2, & 3. It's obviously OK because you have all of the low speeds.
Purple: Goes from the relay to the blower motor, it's also OK because the blower motor works.
Black: Splices to the blower motor ground wire and grounds to the rear of the right cylinder head. This is also good on yours.

Here's where you'll find the problem:
Orange: With the ignition ON, the mode switch set on HEATER, the blower switch on HIGH speed, it must show battery voltage.
Red: Must show battery voltage at all times.

If the orange and red wires check out OK, the relay is faulty. If either or both fail, post your results.
 

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Old 03-30-2013, 08:51 PM
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you replace the heater control?(the control under the radio) fairly common thing to go if you have all speeds but one
 
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