First off hey to all. Im new to these forums and new to escorts (not my first ford tho) got me a 1.6 finesse with a decent bit of t&t at a decent price, Bit of rear arch rust, few other minor cos marks nothing to stress full. Other than body work ive only found one other fault. I got no heating at all i got it home and had a nose around to find the fuse had blown so got to changing it. So i put the fuse in and tried the heating. I get no response from the controls at all and after about 5 secs the fuse blows again next weekend ill be pulling the dash out to have a look just thought id ask if anyone had this problem or if its common and there was an easy fix.
Thanks to all replys in advance and hope help u out in some way in the future

 

Assuming the fuse is for the fan motor, it would have to be a short, or a jammed/seized blower motor to blow the fuse.
I don't know if the use the same shit arrangement that KA and festa etc use with the control valve on the bulkhead(engine side) and a nice very unreliable circuit board and controls, but if they do, I would suspect these, or am I misunderstanding you ?
tabetha

 

Cheers for the response.
The fuse box under the dash and basically ive got no blowers at all and when i change the fuse it just blows again after about 5 secs of turning the fan speed control. Im guessing its got nothing to do with
1, fuse box (cause itd doing its job)
2, heating section eg matrix, thermostat.
Im thinking a faulty switch basically cause im guessing lol. So is this a new one not too common then.

 

I would unplug the motor, and then operate the fan switch, and see what the result is, if the fuse remains ok, you know the motor is at fault, seized most likely, or a wire shorting, but could even be something jammed in there, esp if someone has used it without a pollen filter if it should have one.
I remember my renault 11 used to blow the blower fuse if I went round right hand bends to quick, the rag I was using to check the oil etc was being stored behind the firewall bit, and used to slide across the fan input and jam the fan!!
tabetha

 

Again cheers for the tips. Got home today and thought id take a look at it. the snow as now melted so i put new fuse in and gave it a try. As soon as i put the blower on there was a big bang come from the back of the controls and the blower started working. ive just tested it for half hour and alls good. Dont know what happened but i not complaining.
So now i got heat and moving air. now for some arch repairs and im good. Again THANKS

 

No probs matey, welcome to the site btw!!
tabetha

 

Cheers will introduce myself with a thread when the snow gets off my car so i can take some pics