About a week ago the heater blower motor on my 1998 Escort quit working. I had been driving the vehicle and the heater blower was working fine. I made a stop and then restarted only to find that the heater blower had quit working. The next morning it started running again. Several days later, it quit again after I had been making stops for shopping and subsequently started working again after another stop.
I looked under the dash on the passenger's side and I can see where the blower motor is located. Also, at the side I can see a couple of push-on type connectors - one has more wires than the other. I was able to remove the smaller one and attempted to clean it up with a nail file and some spray-on electronic wire dryer and cleaner. (I didn't get the larger one off and didn't keep trying because I was afraid to break it.) Then I sprayed both with the cleaner. Today, the heater blower is working but I noticed that the blower's fourth speed is not working.
A friend has suggested that my problems may be due to a malfunctioning heater blower resistor. Unfortunately, I don't know where the resistor is nor how to remove it. Is anybody out familiar enough with the 1998 Escort that can advise me on this matter?