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'96 850 Heating and AC Problems

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1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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Re: '96 850 Heating and AC Problems

Post by abscate »

BEJinFbk wrote: 29 Jan 2019, 19:59
Cookeh wrote: 29 Jan 2019, 14:21 Sounds like the resistor to me, as to my knowledge that's the only thing controlling blower motor speed is the resistor. These are easy enough to fit and pretty reasonably priced.

Here's a link to what is potentially the same problem by another poster on this forum:

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Not true. If the MCC fan speed selector switch is bad,
power doesn't even make as far the resistor pack.
And from the description given by the OP, there's
something hinky going on with that switch.
It should crisply snap from position to position
with no additional wiggling or pressure involved.

Sure, the resistors may have also "reached the
end of their broadcast day", no doubt, but beginning
with that sketchy switch is the first move that I'd suggest.

It's all in the wiring diagram:
95 850 MCC Wiring Diagrams.pdf
Yeah , +1000 to that.

Electrical things that work when pressed...means resistance...resistance means heat....heat means fire.
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