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Comment on Replacing the Final Stage (Blower) Resistor on a L322 Range Rover (MkIII) 2002 by niall

niall — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:47:47 +0000

Wow fantastic, bought the FSR (45euro) followed the instructions to a tee and now all fans are working. Be patient as it very sore on the fingers and neck as very awkward to fit, persevere and you will get there.
PS if you can’t get the old FSR out and decide just to connect the new one to the connector it will only work for a few minutes as will over heat.
The FSR must go back in to its original specially cooled chamber to work correctly. Use the hole on the top right of the FSR with guide to insert. Push it in place till you hear a reassuring click, reconnect the electrical connector and you should be back in business , it also help to remove the piece of dash from the center console that runs from the floor up to the aircon button this helped a lot.
Great post and saved me a tonne on money.
money.

Comment on Surely Not? Linux User Moves to Windows 7? by Shamima Sultana

Shamima Sultana — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:25:59 +0000

Its a great blog ….
very helpful

Comment on Replacing the Final Stage (Blower) Resistor on a L322 Range Rover (MkIII) 2002 by RSC

RSC — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:31:14 +0000

http://www.worldcarparts.co.uk/CarPartsSpares/tabid/144/ProductID/866/Default.aspx

Comment on Replacing the Final Stage (Blower) Resistor on a L322 Range Rover (MkIII) 2002 by RSC

RSC — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:30:40 +0000

here is a source you can buy the fsr for this model from www.worldcarparts.co.uk

Comment on Replacing the Final Stage (Blower) Resistor on a L322 Range Rover (MkIII) 2002 by DANOBUSA

DANOBUSA — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:26:18 +0000

My old girl L322 2003 was playing up no blower or heat only lights on switch and flat battery every morning!!!, I orded up a “fsr” and i followed your steps/pictures 30 mins later full heat and blower working again thank you saved me loads of money and lost time with them messers which we call range rover dealers.. got my fsr from:
WELLINGTON AUTO PARTS RANGE ROVER SPECIALIST, KPC HOUSE, CANTERBURY ROAD, SOUTH WILLESBOROUGH, ASHFORD KENT, TN24 OBP tel: 07770806040 Cheap as chips, keith got me a oem Range rover “fsr” item on next day delivery.. Thanks again from Danny Essex Range Rover 4.4 PETROL L322 2003 :o)

Comment on Replacing the Final Stage (Blower) Resistor on a L322 Range Rover (MkIII) 2002 by JR

JR — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:08:14 +0000

Thank you very much for this write up! I couldnt find anything this comprehensive anywhere on the net. And now my blower works.

Comment on Replacing the Final Stage (Blower) Resistor on a L322 Range Rover (MkIII) 2002 by Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:30:20 +0000

These instructions have been a fantastic help. Thank you VERY much for taking the time to publish them.

Anyone else who has had to replace the FSR due to battery drain problems may also want to replace the HEVAC harness. Pt no. YNI500040K

This harness includes a new relay which is sited on the underside of the footwell closing panel.

To replace the cable harness it is necessary to remove both the passenger and drivers side centre console footwell panels, using the method described above, and then prise out the upper and lower control dials from the centre console. Thats the ones with the clock, height control and blower direction controls.

Replacement is a simple matter of checking where the old cable harness connects to and just replacing it. It’s best to thread the new cable upwards through the centre console from the drivers side footwell, assuming a RHD vehicle.

There are a couple of other connections to be made to the parking beeper unit, at least that’s what I think it is, on the underside of the footwell closing panel.

This job takes around 15 mins even for a complete novice like myself.

The reason I post these instructions here is because when I purchased the replacement harness from Guy Salmon Portsmouth I asked them if they could tell me where on the vehicle it actually goes. The reply I got was “We are not allowed to tell you that, but you may like to contact Land Rover and they may tell or SELL you the information”. UNBELIEVABLE!! To be honest I was gob-smacked that although they knew they wouldn’t tell me, they wouldn’t even point in the general direction.

Considering the fact that this harness has to be replaced because the original one is basically not fit for purpose I would have thought the least they could do would be to tell you where it goes. A simple sheet of A4 with a few instructions and a diagram would go a long way to improve customer relations with issues like these.

Rant over. Hope you find the above useful?

Comment on Netgear WG111v2 Wireless USB Adapter on Ubuntu 8.10 by Bimma

Bimma — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:02:47 +0000

@ Jim

In my case I copied it to my home directory, hence:

cd ~/WIN98

~/ is equivalent to /home/user, or you could also use $HOME.

However you can copy it to wherever you like, but it is better to place it in your ~/ somewhere as this should cut down on permissions issues.

Comment on Netgear WG111v2 Wireless USB Adapter on Ubuntu 8.10 by Jim

Jim — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:21:05 +0000

Copy the Win 98 directory where?

Comment on Ubuntu - Creating Host Interface Networking for VirtualBox by Bimma

Bimma — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:20:16 +0000

@ Network Device Guy

There is a dhcp option in the howto, does this not work for you?