Was not a pretty day.
I luckily had a doner car that had a perfectly working A/C blower motor. Couldn't justify paying $230+ from Mitsubishi, and while aftermarket units are significantly cheaper, they are also much nosier according to a lot of people.
The A/C blower is actually not that hard to change. Unless, of course. All 3 of your bolts are completely rusted! Now, Mitsubishi thought it was a great idea to put in these weird star/flat head shaped bolts to hold the A/C Motor up.What took a 3 minute job on the doner car, took almost close to 3 hours on my car fighting with the bolts! There was almost no way of getting them out due to the rust/lost design on them from rotting out, and also dealing with almost no space because of the tight clearance, rug and wiring.
All said and done, I got the bolts out and quickly discarded them. Swapped the broken motor for the working one, and replaced the retarded bolts with actual standard philips screws. Seriously Mitsubishi, what were you thinking?
Though, at the end of the day it was still worth the trouble. Cause not having A/C in 90F + Humidity, is nothing but a nightmare.
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