bypassing heater core on an 80 Q

[Huw Powell]

> Will I have any problems if I bypass the heater core on my 80 Q ?

Yes

> My car has the standard (dials) and not the automatic (digital) climate control.
>
> I seem to have a problem with the temperature control flap sometimes not fully closing and allowing heat in  -- primarily through the side vents.
>
> It just seems to me that bypassing the heater core would be easier than taking the dash apart to try to fix the flap issue.

Not really.  You will need to fix it properly at some point anyway, so
the bypass is just more work now and later (to un-bypass it).

Here is the problem you will have:  no defroster/defogger for the front
window.  You need the front window to be clear, quite often, when
driving a car.

You might want to open up the climate knobs, it's not too hard (pulll
knobs, undo screws, remove cover, after that I don't remember...) to see
if the culprit is within easy reach - or if you can at least close the
flap that way and leave it apart until you have time to go in there and
suffer to do it right.

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Huw Powell

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