Hurst blower motor cage ?

[paulmanta]

I have been fixing up the daily driver 67 Camaro and finally getting the heaters sorted, they were filed up with mouse food/nests and the flaps were stiff and there was no airflow so a complete job was needed.

Fenders off, boxes out, shop-vac used, then a dip in the disinfectant bath for a day or two and its all looking better.

One of the things I found was that the rodents had eaten the plastic fan cage so today I removed its remains and put in the used tin one I had in stock.

Closer inspection of the remains of the old one showed a part number and a Hurst logo.

Did Hurst make fan cages for GM back in the day ?  I am sure as I can be that this car has never been taken apart, all the sealer and nuts look totally undisturbed, the core was a Harrison that matched numbers with the car pretty well so I think this is original.

[1968 Z28]

My 68 fan has the plastic cage and also has the "H".  The "H" is for the Harrison radiator division.

[paulmanta]

Is it !  Ah ha !

The Logo looks a lot like a Hurst logo, its quite small and probably where my mistake was made.

Thanks.

[HawkX66]

Here's the one out of my 69. You're right about it looking like the Hurst "H".

[L78 steve]

That is Hurst. Has the shifter through the H.

[HawkX66]

That is Hurst. Has the shifter through the H.

Good call. I was wondering about that.

[bertfam]

That is Hurst. Has the shifter through the H.

Negative. That's the Harrison Radiator Corp logo and it's not a shifter but a thermometer! (Go look at the HARRISON name on your radiator!!)

VERY similar, but not the same.

[L78 steve]

Jeez, I thought I knew everything. Thanks Bertfam.

[HawkX66]

That is Hurst. Has the shifter through the H.

Negative. That's the Harrison Radiator Corp logo and it's not a shifter but a thermometer! (Go look at the HARRISON name on your radiator!!)

VERY similar, but not the same.

Well wuhduhyou know... Harrison does make more sense. Thanks.

[bcmiller]

Thank you Ed. Great work...again!!!

[Mike S]

   Just a friendly reminder, if this is a one wire motor (it should be for '67) then don't put too much paint under the screw head areas on the blower housing otherwise there will not be a good electrical ground to the outer heater cover housing, which is then grounded to the chassis. Also for '67 the two heater cover housing to body bolts w/captive flat washers didn't have star washers as it did in the latter years to ensure a ground to the chassis. At least for April and May 67 that is. I found this out after installing and testing my heater motor and cover which have been repainted and found the paint interfered with having a good ground.
Test before you reinstall the fender so you don't have any surprises later.

Mike

[HawkX66]

   Just a friendly reminder, if this is a one wire motor (it should be for '67) then don't put too much paint under the screw head areas on the blower housing otherwise there will not be a good electrical ground to the outer heater cover housing, which is then grounded to the chassis. Also for '67 the two heater cover housing to body bolts w/captive flat washers didn't have star washers as it did in the latter years to ensure a ground to the chassis. At least for April and May 67 that is. I found this out after installing and testing my heater motor and cover which have been repainted and found the paint interfered with having a good ground.
Test before you reinstall the fender so you don't have any surprises later.

Mike

Thanks for the reminder Mike. My 69 is a one wire and as you can see in the pictures I did a good job painting it... I'll have to make sure the screws are making good metal to metal contact.

[ko-lek-tor]

I don't have anything to add except that I would like to have a better one for a 69. Ohio mice are very good at destroying!

[HawkX66]

I don't have anything to add except that I would like to have a better one for a 69. Ohio mice are very good at destroying!

I hear you Bentley. I got lucky with a lot of things. This is how mine sat for many years. How a branch didn't take my SS or the Z out is beyond me. We had plenty of field mice too.

[paulmanta]

I am glad this discussion went as big as it did, my cage was eaten and the logo was dirty and scuffed so that's why I thought it was Hurst.

Now I see the two logos side by side I can see the differences.

Thanks for the tip about the earthing, I had thought the one wire system was not ideal and was considering adding my own hidden earth anyway, now I definitely will.

Here is a pic on my cage :