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1/8/97 - I've made a few more mods! Well, okay, more like field repairs..
My lovely heater acted up again.. I finally had it working really well, then the blower motor starting making noises (more than the usual high-pitched whine it has been making for last 5 years).. on Christmas day, it blew very little air, then, later that day, it blew no air, and I got a foul smell of burnt wires.. Well, it seems that the heater motor for a 72 Scout II is NO WHERE to be found in Montana.. 73+ all used CHEVETTE blower motors (I have two junk Chevettes in my collection), but 72 didn't.. so, $52 and a long UPS wait later, Giddem' Up Scout in Colorado Springs, CO shipped me one. I took the opportunity to order the IH Service Manual too.. very cool. Anyhow, after a very scary trip skiing in a blizzard with no heater (or defrosters) and getting impaled in a snow bank after driving off the road for about 30 feet, I finally fixed the heater.. better than new! Only caveat.. the old blower had a mud cover on it.. this one doesn't. :( Gotta figure out a way to fab one.