"Todd K." <toddk63@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Looks like you already fixed it, but for future readers of this
> thread...
>
> I did succesfully rebuild a blower motor in a 91 Civic Hatchback. All
> it needed was brushes that I got from ACE hardware.
>

Yeah, once I got everything apart I discovered that the motor was
rebuildable. Unfortunately, it is raining like an SOB here every day
and I have to work outside, and this is my only vehicle, and so on.
So I really wanted to have a new, working motor in hand before
I started tearing into the car.

My old motor had become a bit noisy in the weeks before the
failure, so I speculated that it needed rebushing. That would
have complicated a rebuild. In the end I'm not sure what was
wrong with it as it does spin when I connect it to the battery.
A motor may behave better when not under a load, of course.

In any event, everything is back together and working nicely
for about $185 (new motor plus a set of deep-reach metric
sockets to do the job.) I'm sure that's better than what the
Honda dealership would have quoted me. :-)

-Mark