wanted mk2 escort heater ballast part to control 2 speeds on heater motor

[kev the rev]

as above wanted ballast part that controls the two speeds on the heater motor cheers

[colr6]

10watt 3 ohm resistor off eBay. Modern equivalent, it’s just a block with the wires out the ends which requires soldering in. I’ll get you pic of the ones I use tomorrow.

[kev the rev]

2 minutes ago, colr6 said:

10watt 3 ohm resistor off eBay. Modern equivalent, it’s just a block with the wires out the ends which requires soldering in. I’ll get you pic of the ones I use tomorrow.

cheers mate if i can figure out which wire goes where on the rs2000

[colr6]

22 minutes ago, kevs mk2 rs2000 said:

cheers mate if i can figure out which wire goes where on the rs2000

Quick guide, 3 wires into switch. 1) ign feed 2) speed 1 3) speed 2. Heater has two wires, brown is earth other is feed. You should find two wires with spades on in a single loom which are your speed one and two wires. Speed 1 goes via resister to coloured wire on heater. Speed 2 goes direct to coloured wire on heater. Hope that helps, can’t remember the colours but a tester will tell you which is speed one and two from switch.

[kev the rev]

30 minutes ago, colr6 said:

Quick guide, 3 wires into switch. 1) ign feed 2) speed 1 3) speed 2. Heater has two wires, brown is earth other is feed. You should find two wires with spades on in a single loom which are your speed one and two wires. Speed 1 goes via resister to coloured wire on heater. Speed 2 goes direct to coloured wire on heater. Hope that helps, can’t remember the colours but a tester will tell you which is speed one and two from switch.

thanks col im not the best with wiring but rewired a mini dash last year and everything worked

[Miniliteman]

11 hours ago, colr6 said:

Quick guide, 3 wires into switch. 1) ign feed 2) speed 1 3) speed 2. Heater has two wires, brown is earth other is feed. You should find two wires with spades on in a single loom which are your speed one and two wires. Speed 1 goes via resister to coloured wire on heater. Speed 2 goes direct to coloured wire on heater. Hope that helps, can’t remember the colours but a tester will tell you which is speed one and two from switch.

Actually the switch switches the earth to the heatermotor. One side of switch goes to earth the other via the resistor to earth. Ign feed goes to heater directly.

[katana]

33 minutes ago, Miniliteman said:

Actually the switch switches the earth to the heatermotor. One side of switch goes to earth the other via the resistor to earth. Ign feed goes to heater directly.

Yeah - that confused the hell out of me for a while when remaking my loom!

[colr6]

1 hour ago, Miniliteman said:

Actually the switch switches the earth to the heatermotor. One side of switch goes to earth the other via the resistor to earth. Ign feed goes to heater directly.

Either way it works, switched feed or switched earth.

[kev the rev]

On 26/02/2022 at 12:14, colr6 said:

Either way it works, switched feed or switched earth.

did you get a pic of the ohm resistor or link col  cheers

[katana]

10 hours ago, kevs mk2 rs2000 said:

did you get a pic of the ohm resistor or link col  cheers

This any help? On the wiring diagram #87 is the std. switch and #86 is the resistor. The tri - colour wire in the 3rd picture is the fused 12v power - I've NEVER found this wire available anywhere - typical Ford really!

[colr6]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264603278476?hash=item3d9b959c8c:g:ksAAAOSwYZJeI1zY

To change the original resistor you will have to remove the heater and strip, taking it a plastic cased one. I used some rigid plastic fibre board. Actually it was an old pub board out of a computer. Pop riveted two spades on one end and one on the other, soldered the resistor to one on each end. Alloy mount bracket and screwed it to the outer heater case in line with the heater controls. Mines all built up so no pics of done I’m afraid. Your chance of finding an original are pretty slim and if you do you’ll have to sell a kidney to purchase.

Edited February 28, 2022 by colr6

[kev the rev]

8 hours ago, katana said:

This any help? On the wiring diagram #87 is the std. switch and #86 is the resistor. The tri - colour wire in the 3rd picture is the fused 12v power - I've NEVER found this wire available anywhere - typical Ford really!

cheers katana

[kev the rev]

3 hours ago, colr6 said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264603278476?hash=item3d9b959c8c:g:ksAAAOSwYZJeI1zY

To change the original resistor you will have to remove the heater and strip, taking it a plastic cased one. I used some rigid plastic fibre board. Actually it was an old pub board out of a computer. Pop riveted two spades on one end and one on the other, soldered the resistor to one on each end. Alloy mount bracket and screwed it to the outer heater case in line with the heater controls. Mines all built up so no pics of done I’m afraid. Your chance of finding an original are pretty slim and if you do you’ll have to sell a kidney to purchase.

thanks col il have a go

[Miniliteman]

The resistor itself looks like this.