Dash AC Max Fan kills it

[William Mays]

I have a 2001 Beaver Patriot Thunder. Working on the AC, replaced the compressor, the pressure switch, cleaned 20 years of grime of the condenser fan. It is is working great, the thing that is not, I can turn the fan to max, which I have read is good as it closes the vent to recirculate. However after about 10 minutes or so the fan dies, and the fuse blows. I have to shutdown the rig, wait about 30 minutes, then when I restart, it works again. So I am limited to keeping the fan one notch below max. Any ideas on what might be happening? How difficult is it to work on the dash parts? It looks impossible on how to get to reach it from underneath, my arms aren't that long. Thanks for any help

[Steve Huber]

It sounds like your fan resistor may be overheating and blowing the fuse. If so, it should do it on non-AC setting also. I had to replace mine on our 2000 Marquis. If memory holds, it was located in the front firewall on the drivers side and was not too tough to get to. It's a Ford part. The Acme part # is D32H-19A706-AB.
Steve