re: #160 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..

Welp, 2021 just took an abrupt face-heel turn. My furnace is down for the count. It started making worrisome noises on Thursday, I had my father-in-law (who owns and runs a heating/plumbing business) take a look at it. He told me to take apart and adjust the alignment of the blower wheel. I took it apart, and… it wasn’t the blower wheel. The blower motor is on its last legs. His heater guys are both out of town, so I may wind up having to replace the motor myself. (Or call someone from another firm, which would cost me major coin.) For now, space heaters are running all around the house.

Get the model # off the blower motor and look it up on the web and order it *now*.

If your system is older, it is likely that your FIL doesn’t have one in stock and would have to do that anyway. Save some time and have the item available for installation when the tech arrives. Kind of a win-win.

While you are fucking around in the guts of the heater, you might as well check the axle and bearings of the blower and grease ‘em up.

Is this an old oil heater? Coal? NatGas? How old?

Just curious.