Could anyone help me and tell me were the resistor pack is located on a 1998 focus 1.8 16v zetec engine.... i have looked behind the glove box and i have not located it.....please can anyone help.....

 

and also can anyone tell me how to re-gas your AC system.....

 

Resistor pack? You can't find it because it doesn't have one!

And its a professional job to regas the air con, not something you can do yourself unfortunately.

 

well that a lie, because i found it this morning...a white resistor pack.....thanks for your help......

 

Taken from a different thread, sorry I was thinking about the Climate control version which is what my old car had, they didnt have resistor packs, so I wasn't lying to you, just got confused with a different model.....



All the speed control is on the ground side of the blower motor, the ground connection goes to the switch.



its known for the switch itself to fail so no ground is available to the resistor pack (1-3) or the motor direct (4).

The only different heater/resistor I know of is for the digital EATC version. No resistor and electronic control of blower speed.

 

I think you need a Licence of some sort just to handle the refrigerant gas, so even with the tools and knowhow, it would be a pain in the ass. Plus, according to someone on here it only cost's about 40quid, and at that price I wouldn't even consider faffing on (if I gave a crap about having a/c).

 

How can you tell that a resister pack is blow any way.... i have pulled out mines and there is no sign of burning....can they be tested= How..... and could someone tell me the best way to remove blower switch and test blower switch...

thanks everyone for your help,

 

Duderacer, i know you don't want to lose power and we don't want that....mind the people on the pavement, my friend was killed last week by joy riders, on his bike, on the pavement, cut a long story short........i just want to restore the heating and AC.....

thanks

 

First i would like to say thank you for all your help on passion ford forum.....RICH 170 & DUDERACING, really you advice has help me solve my problem......
Found resister pack didn't see any sign of burning, so i removed centre console and checked switch using diagram from RICH170...i managed to find out that my switch is broken and i also tested all 4 levels on fan, so resister is fine....off to buy a switch for the blower now.......many thanks to you all....great forum....