1938 Sixty Special - Passenger ventilator regulator and heater fan motor

[joeceretti]

I'm not sure which cars these are interchangeable with. All my windows work as they should except for the passenger front ventilator. I also need a heater fan motor. Someone in the past has soldered it to fix it. It works, a bit, if you turn it on and reach down and give it a start with your hand.

Joe Ceretti

[Barry M Wheeler #2189]

Joe, I may have a couple of motors for the underseat heaters. I'll check later on in the day.

[joeceretti]

Joe, I may have a couple of motors for the underseat heaters. I'll check later on in the day.

That's great. Not sure though, the heater fan is behind the heater core under the dash.

Joe

[joeceretti]

I should have added that the previous owner told me "it was a messed up repair in the past. If you turn the heater on, reach down, and give the fan a little push it will go. Someone soldered the connections and it is a mess." He is right, if I turn it on and give the fan a push it keeps going, however at a very slow speed. I'd like to replace the motor with one that runs as it should.

[Paul Phillips]

Joe
I am not sure about what is correct for 38, but I found a source within the past year for 6v motors, 3" diameter and bought a couple to used on my 41. The shafts and mounting bolts can be cut to match the application. If this sounds like what you need, please PM me and I will look up the source info.

Paul

[joeceretti]

Thanks Paul. The motors would be perfect but they are just a bit too big I think. Still looking.

What I really still need is the ventilator mechanism. I wonder which other years and makes are interchangeable...

[Barry M Wheeler #2189]

Hi, I just looked the vent part up in the Master Parts Book, and found that the 38-60S is indeed, a one year only part. What I would do is get out your CLC Directory, and get on the phone to Doug Houston, Ortonville, MI and see if he might have a spare, or know where you might find one. He loves his 38 60S and has had it for years. In that time, he may have come up with a spare. Good luck.

[joeceretti]

Hi, I just looked the vent part up in the Master Parts Book, and found that the 38-60S is indeed, a one year only part. What I would do is get out your CLC Directory, and get on the phone to Doug Houston, Ortonville, MI and see if he might have a spare, or know where you might find one. He loves his 38 60S and has had it for years. In that time, he may have come up with a spare. Good luck.

Thanks for that! I have a few other very similar regulators that good friend gave me. Mine has a partially stripped gear. I am going to try and repair it with parts from one of these others. Failing that I will get right on the phone.

[gary griffin]

 

  If it goes with a push possibly it needs a few drops of oil?? That worked on one of mine!! Worth a try!!