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Blower motor stopped working after replacing Radiator

Bocheetus

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As the title says, the blower motor on my 1983 K5 Blazer Diesel stopped working right after I replaced the Radiator. I'm unsure how I could of, but this is discouraging me greatly.
I seem to be getting one little problem after another with this truck. And its litterally Nickle and Diming me. This truck started off as a small project, and has now grown into a large monster. I love the thing to death, and its a blast to drive. But I just want the damn thing to go awhile without any problems. I've dug myself a hole and ill never get back what Ive put in it... I just want some assistance from you all.

Why would this happen? I've checked fuses, but i don't seem to have any popped ones. My low water dummy sensor isn't hooked up anymore (Due to improper fitting sizes) I would think that wouldn't matter.
The blower motor was running GREAT before all this. Could i have sucked something up into the blower motor to foul it?

If Anyone can give me some guidance on this, I would appreciate it. I don't have much time to diagnose, between working 60+ hours a week, school and moving into a new home. I'm stressed and this adds to it, and i just don't need it, I need a truck to RELAX ME, and DE-stress me (Muddin and such)

Thank you Fellers and Madams.
 
Well, assuming you did not haul off and whack the heck out of the blower motor for fun while you were changing the rad, I would guess you left off a ground somewhere.

I seem to remember there is an important one on the rad mounting frame.
 
First quick and dirty test, connect a jumper wire from the battery directly to the post on the blower motor. If it doesn't spin, check the ground wires. There is a single ground wire that goes to the front radiator support, as well as the main ground to the engine, plus a single ground wire on the blower motor housing. To isolate it, you can run a jumper wire to the blower motor from battery ground, attach to any of the mounting screws, and then run a second jumper from the battery positive. If this gets the motor working then replace the ground wire, if not then you most likely have a bad motor. It may just be coincedence that it went after the radiator.
 
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