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Wednesday evening, I met some friends for dinner. Pulled out of the restaurant and a minute down the street, "CHARGING SYS FAILURE" message comes on the Tahoe's dash. Voltmeter at 11 volts. No problem. I'm a few minutes from work -- pull in there to have a lit parking lot, bathroom and warm area to wait.
Had my wife stop at Autozone, grab a Duralast Gold alternator and bring some tools. 15mm, 10mm, 8mm, flat screwdriver and headlamp and had the new alternator on in a few minutes. No biggie.
Today, get into the truck and start going to work, no blower. Thankfully my heated seats are hot and the Tahoe has rear HVAC. Finish my work day, come home and tear it apart. Blower motor spun hard and harness going to the blower motor resistor looked like it had gotten a touch hot. Easy. Went to Autozone, picked up a blower motor and blower motor resistor. Came back, swapped them out, spliced in the new harness and changed out the cabin air filter.
Went to test it, no blower motor. Checked the 40amp Micro fuse in the under-hood fuse box and sure enough, it was blown. Replaced it and all is right in the world of front HVAC. Success. My thoughts, blower motor was on its way out, has been drawing too much current for a while, has been melting the harness and finally pulled enough to pop the fuse.
Minor inconveniences, but on the 'ole GMT800, very easy repairs and parts are available. Autozone might not be the highest caliber of parts, however, they work good enough and with their availability and the convenience of their hours, makes a potential future warranty easy if needed. Kinda like my philosophy on the Everstart Walmart batteries -- when you need a battery you are usually within a half-hour of a Walmart that'll probably be open late if not 24 hours.
Now relaxing after having some pizza and throwing back a few cans (OK maybe more) of Honey Brown.
At the end of the day 10x better than a car payment.
Happy Friday folks and enjoy your weekend.
Had my wife stop at Autozone, grab a Duralast Gold alternator and bring some tools. 15mm, 10mm, 8mm, flat screwdriver and headlamp and had the new alternator on in a few minutes. No biggie.
Today, get into the truck and start going to work, no blower. Thankfully my heated seats are hot and the Tahoe has rear HVAC. Finish my work day, come home and tear it apart. Blower motor spun hard and harness going to the blower motor resistor looked like it had gotten a touch hot. Easy. Went to Autozone, picked up a blower motor and blower motor resistor. Came back, swapped them out, spliced in the new harness and changed out the cabin air filter.
Went to test it, no blower motor. Checked the 40amp Micro fuse in the under-hood fuse box and sure enough, it was blown. Replaced it and all is right in the world of front HVAC. Success. My thoughts, blower motor was on its way out, has been drawing too much current for a while, has been melting the harness and finally pulled enough to pop the fuse.
Minor inconveniences, but on the 'ole GMT800, very easy repairs and parts are available. Autozone might not be the highest caliber of parts, however, they work good enough and with their availability and the convenience of their hours, makes a potential future warranty easy if needed. Kinda like my philosophy on the Everstart Walmart batteries -- when you need a battery you are usually within a half-hour of a Walmart that'll probably be open late if not 24 hours.
Now relaxing after having some pizza and throwing back a few cans (OK maybe more) of Honey Brown.
At the end of the day 10x better than a car payment.
Happy Friday folks and enjoy your weekend.