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Expert: - 11/29/2007


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Sorry, I guess my question wasn't very clear.  I have a 66 Chevelle SS396 w/factory air.  This car is all original but came to me not completely reassembled after the motor was rebuilt.  THe purple wire that comes from the heater relay is the hot for the blower (according to the wiring diagram I have), but there is no where to plug it in.  There is only one connector on the blower housing and that already has a (spliced) black wire going to a condenser (ignition suppressor?) on the firewall. I think this should be going to my purple wire instead but I don't want to cut this wire unless I am pretty darn sure because if I am wrong then it's not going to be easy to get at that condenser by the fender.

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Ok, I think that I understand the question now. If memory serves me well enough, that condenser pig tail plugs into the side of the lower motor or the flange of the motor. The purple wire from the relay should then plug into that connector and so should the condenser wire. The condenser is to eliminate static in the AM radio when the blower is running.
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All automotive including antique and collectible. However if the car has been modified I can only answer in general terms and maybe get you pointed in the right direction.

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Automotive tech instructor. Syndicated auto columnist 1970's though the early 1990's. Syndicated auto radio talk show, Ask Brad About cars, CBS Radio 70's through 90's TV Show "Last Chance Garage" 1980's PBS-TV syndicated. Auto instructor for the following companies: Fram Autolyte Holly Carter AMF Ford Motor University Of Conn Blue Hills Technical School Sugar River Technical Center Grew up in a family garage in Needham Mass and turned wrenches from the age of 14.

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Manchester Union Leader, Nashua Telegraph, Motor Service Magazine, Yankee Magazine, Popular Mechanics (Saturday Mechanic early 80's), Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and lots more.

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More than I care to remember. Basically Franklin Technical Institute in Boston, Northeastern University, Fitchburg State Teachers College, Tufts University, and a lot of factory schools along the way.

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Moto Award winner. And much more.

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