Hey, great guide . Just did mine. Bought the new resistor on eBay for about £37 posted and took just over half an hour to fit. The job is very easy to do apart from getting the resistor out. I managed to remove the connector first and then after turning it to left it just lifts out, but as you say, you do need small hands and you need to lift it out with the tips of your fingers as it is in an awkward position.
As it turns out, it was only the thermal fuse that has failed so I might replace the fuse and keep the old part as a spare. The fuse is brazed onto the connectors and marked TOD 240C. If it is a 240 degree fuse that might need some high temperature solder to fit it though, and wrap the fuse wires around the lugs for a mechanical joint as well just in case. I found some thermal fuses marked similarly on eBay here: Thermal Fuse Microtemp 240 DEGREES
Does anyone know if that is the correct rating? Seems pretty hot.
I also checked for leaves whilst doing this, using the details in the other guide, but found none and the fan still vibrates quite a lot on the high setting so maybe that helped to increase the load on the high setting and overheat it. If it pops again I guess that i will be looking for a replacement fan, assuming that you can't just replace the bearings.
Steve.
