Re: Climate Control

["Arun Rao" <rao@pixar.com>]

On Feb 13,  5:22pm, Ken Hu wrote:
> Subject: Climate Control
> A few weeks back, I asked this question on the net, got no answer.
> Today, I brought the car to a shop I go regularly.  The answer was
> $$$$.  So let me try again.
>
> It is the climate control on a 1990 90.  Recently it delievers
> nothing but hot air from all vents.  Even at 20F, it gets hot and
> unconfortable after some time.  The fan reacts to temp setting
> correctly.  Namely, when temp setting is higher it does slow down.
> Even setting to AUTO does not help the problem.
>
> I was told that even the look of the control panel is close to those
> on 5000, it is not the same unit.  The control head plus the
> programing unit may need to be replaced.
>
> Is there anyone on the net has experience with this?
>
> TIA
>
> ken
>
>-- End of excerpt from Ken Hu



	I would have thought your climate control is completely different
	from the one on my '85 5000ST, but it's behaving exactly like mine.

	I haven't bothered to get it fixed, but I have a workaround.  The
	problem is that the programmer actuator will get stuck in the *hot*
	position every so often.  In my car it's right behind the glove
	compartment, and I've rigged up a discreet shoelace to the arm
	to gently coax it into the correct position whenever there's a
	problem.  It's worked like a charm for several months now.

	(Thanks to all those who originally pointed out the problem to me).

	-Arun