Lugnut,
What is going to happen today? Did the UPS man bring you something?
RW
Yes sir...I got the motor yesterday afternoon...WOOTWOOT!!! I "had planned" on going out to the furnace today and remove the old motor and reinstall the new, but Scott inquired as to whether they had also included a gasket that would go between the motor and furnace flange. I had told him no, they hadn't. He said a customer of his installed a new blower onto a furnace and didn't put n that gasket and he had leakage issues...well HE didn't, the furnace did.
So now This coupled with the fact that the existing furnace flange is NOT perpendicular to the rear of the furnace (just a slight infraction) and that the flange bolts are cheap and crappy and are NOT centered has set me back a couple days. I can't do anything about the un-squareness of the flange, but I can take care of the bolts and regarding the not on center bolts coming through the flange...I will just slot the holes in the new motor flange and that will take care of that little problem Can we say "lack of Quality Control?
So later on today, I will take a ride and get some Fire Rope for the gasket material between the motor and furnace flange. Tomorrow hopefully the rain will let up a little...all muddy out behind the OWB now. I WILL have that new blower with damper on before tomorrow evening!
Lugnut
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