Ok so this came in my center console when i bought the car but cant figure out where the hell it belongs.... anyone know?

 

looks like a heat distributor i personally havent seen one of those any where in the engine bay maybe the previous owner was a a/c tech or electrician i dont think it belongs to the max

 

Lol, well im hoping it does, my blower dont work at all so im hoping maybe this was the replacement part that never got installed, or the defective part ... i tried to run a part number lookup but came back with nothing thus far

 

its the blower motor resistor, pop your glovebox out and you should see a spot and a plug for it

if you cant find it ill get some pic in my car

 

i pulled my glovebox but did not see anything back there missing anything, whereabouts does it belong??

 

hold on ill brb with pick, my blower didnt work at all when i got my max, and this was the culprit, im gunna get pics right now

 

is there more than one resistor, my resistor appears to be longer and thinner than this right below the blower?? or is that something else?

 

its more under the box then the back

 

ok so what ive seen in there looks nothing like this lol, are aftermarket replacements different looking?/

 

yes the new ones are shorter

 

ok sounds good to me thanks alot bro, ive owned a 4th gen and a 5th before but never ran into a part i couldnt identify lol

 

good luck

 

just took it out of my car, take about 10 mins with pics, and theres 3 styles, the OEM long with flat blades, replacements short with flat blades and i have see a short one with dowels

 

it is a heat exchanger for the ejection seat.

 

i see... well my box is out so imma have to check to see if theres one there lol

 

where you at in ct ??

 

just south of middletown, like half hour south of hartford, let me know if you want a hand, i aint doin sheeit today

 

ok so i just looked, and i see where that piece would fit but theres no hole in the box for it but in its place is a 4 blade blue looking resistor mounted in the same location....

 

it appears as tho i have a diff resistor than the one i have pictured lol

 

yea i think i may need to buy a new one just not this style lol, which isnt going to happen todday seein all junkyards and auto stores are closed.... besides im more concerned with getting a new maf and knock sensor first loi dont need ac or heat right now just put windows down and go faster lol

 

someone may have hacked it in, can you get pics?

 

yes i can my phone is like a super computer lol gimme like 5 minutes

 

ok so i snapped two pictures, one of part location and another of the part that was bolted in its place

 

The interior in that shot looks like ish, clean up some of that trash lol .
Going to have to wear a condom to sit on them seats.

 

yea yea, i been neglecting it, and its a 300K car, its got some wear, i have new seat i have to go pick up

 

So does that look like its been hacked or just differnt? my car is a gxe is believe manual climate control for sure

 

ok so i just smacked the blower box with the back or my cordless screwgun blower turns on on "high" but barely spins......

 

that kinda looks like a smaller version of what maxjammin has but capped off. May be different from auto/manual climate controls or 95-96/97-99

 

Yea i gota resistor under theblower motor the wide one .....

 

i forgot to mention, that mine has the Auto Climate control, call your local nissan dealer, and ask them for the print out of the blower motor resistor, that how i figured out my issue

 

Yea i already found a diagram online, my resistor is different, and down below the motor, i dont hae to take anything apart to get to it, the one that was in my console i assume they thought they could use but either never got to it or tried and realized it wasnt the right part, no biggie, 40 bucks at the store for a new one....

 

This link may explain what your part actually is....
http://forums.nicoclub.com/how-to-fi...r-t433421.html

The "module" is a small circuit board with a few electronic parts and one "MosFet" transistor that acts like an old fashioned resistor....

Michael

 

i was able to use that as a guide to fix my sisters 5.5 we got lucky with hers it only needed the solder retouched as it cracked away. (also needed a new blower motor)

infact anytime ive changed either fan amp or blower motor resistor the blower motor is the actual culprit.

when the bearings go out on the blower motor it turns more slowly and does not use aall the voltage going to it, this extra voltage is used up as heat in the blower motor resistor.

 

Glad to help. As for the bad blower, the cause of the heat is actually extra current (amps). Because the motor is dragging (turning slower 'cause it has a mechanical issue) it takes more power to make it turn. That extra current "draw" is what heats up the "resistor circuit" gizmo. Like everything else, it has a limit to what it will allow to pass before it goes poof and lets the smoke out..... We all know that the smoke inside electronic parts is the magic that makes it all work!

 

yea thats what i was tryin to say sometimes its hard to explain but either way you prolly need BOTH now