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Old Jul 21, 2012 | 03:21 PM
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burning smell?
It's smells like something is melting on my truck, it's does with the a/c on coming from blower area under good any ideas what it is? Also no smoking anywhere
 
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Old Jul 21, 2012 | 06:30 PM
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Could be the blower motor burning up.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2012 | 07:05 PM
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It stopped on my way home, but it smelled like burning plastic
 
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Old Aug 11, 2012 | 07:17 PM
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Ok, just noticed today only reason it stopped was BC I turned AC off, but I found out out only smells with AC, not heat, with the truck running, I can run it on AC with it the keys on not started, out don't smell.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2012 | 07:37 PM
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Start the truck with the hood open, a/c on, and look at the A/c pump? Is the pully spinning or is the belt just burning on it. Mine frooze up and took me 2 weeks to figure it out.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2012 | 09:26 PM
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problem solved !
 
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Old Aug 12, 2012 | 06:55 AM
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Would it still work? I have ice cold air still. It's got a loud click sound, but the smell comes from were the Blowers at to.
 
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Found my problem today while pulling a trailer. My alternator caught on fire. Ever saw or heard off this?
 
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Oh man, did it damage anything else? To answer your question, no.
 
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no I stopped as soon as it caught a spari.e. It was Boiling, hot.
 
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Weird, my alternator in my 1990 f150 just caught fire tonight. I have a 300 straight 6. Driving down the road coming off the highway and I smelt a electrical/melting plastic smell. Pulled over, opened the hood up and both connectors on the alternator were burning. Blew it out and had it towed home. Anyone have any ideas?
 
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New alternator fixed mine
 
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