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Does anyone have directions on how to remove the circulator fan inside the cabin? I had a mouse nest on top of the cabin air filter, and some debris fell down into the fan when pulling the filter out. I thought I got everything out, but there's still a vibration from the fan at full speed. I would like to remove it and "tip it over" to ensure that everything is out of the fan assembly.

 

TIA!

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I'll answer my own question:

 

- There is a shroud underneath the fan that runs from the side wall (passenger side) to underneath the center portion of the dash. It basically covers about 2/3 of the underside of the dash area. It's held in place with five 7mm screws.

- Once the shroud is off, there are three T-20 screws that hold the fan in place. Remove these and the fan basically 'drops out'.

 

I found -another- piece of acorn (I honestly thought I had gotten all of it) in the blades of the fan. I removed the piece and reassembled the fan, started the truck, ran the fan all the way up to high - no vibration at all as it should be.

 

Reinstalling the shroud is not terribly fun since you have to locate the posts that the screws go into for a couple of the screws. And, the screw that's all the way forward and against the outside of the cabin is a major pain to get threaded. I dropped it many times, and once it fell behind the carpet. I had to pull the sill plate and peel the carpet back to find it.

 

The whole job took me about a half hour, and I didn't know how many screws there were holding the shroud, nor did I expect to find T-20 screws holding the fan (previous gen trucks used no screws to hold the fans in - they twisted in place).

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