David Henry wrote:
> Ok it's now in the mid 90's and humid, and I now *really* need to get me
> heating issue fixed. I've got a bunch of the dash pulled off, but havn't
> made it to the control unti to find the "heat control door" thing that the
> temp cable is attached to. After the dak warms up, it blows (or leaks as I
> don't turn on the fan) nice hot air. I'm fairly certain something in the
> control or door is messed up as it is hard to move the lever. Anyone ever
> have a similar problem,
Yep, only mine was stuck on cold so I froze all winter long. I'm not
sure which is worse. Mine was a bit of a potential safety hazard in
regards to the defrost setting not improving my visibility, but I kept a
squeege under the seat to clear the inside of the window if it got
really bad.
What it ended up being in my case was that the cable that actuates the
heat control door was slipping where it hooks to the door. It's just
connected to that door with a clamp that loosened over time.
> or know an easy way to get at the door without
> draining the coolant and refrigerant out and pulling off the entire unit?
I don't think it's all that bad. Mine doesn't have A/C, so there was no
worry about that. But it was done all in the interior just by pulling
the dash apart. *Way* apart, but no coolant draining was necessary.
Lucky for me, most of the work was done by Jon and Mike (I told them it
wasn't really necessary, but they took it as a challenge). They might
remember more of the details.
-- Jason Bleazard http://drazaelb.blogspot.com Burlington, Ontario his: '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white hers: '01 Dakota Sport 4x4, 4.7 V8, Auto, Quad Cab, black
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jul 01 2005 - 09:48:06 EDT