Re: evap flap was: Re: heating door

[Michael Murphy <mmurphy@nais.com>]

JordanVw@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 12/20/99 1:17:54 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> eskimodeb@hotmail.com writes:
> 
> << It's officially winter in Wiscosin with 6" of snow and windchills tonight
> of
>  -45.  Out 5000CSQ heating door does not close completely on the passenger
>  side. We do not have a problem with window frosting or inside fog.   We have
>  not been able to find a used 5000 book for our 1988Q.  Any suggestions on
>  what is the problem and how to correct?  Thank you for your help!
>  >>
> 
> look up under your dash on the pass side, with a flashlight, with the car
> running. run thru the climate control modes to see if the flap moves at all.
> if the flap is open to the inside you can usually look up in there and see
> what the prob is.  most likely a broken spring, or spring mount.  worse, if
> the mount for the vacuum bellows is broke, but there is a fixit part for
> that.  ive fixed this prob on 3 of my type 44's in the past few months.  take
> a look, tell everyone what's broken, and you can go from there.
> 
> chris
> '86 5kT, TQ

The easy, albeit temp. fix - until you can make a permanent fix - is to
let the car come up operating temp., turn on the heater (any setting),
then reach under the glove box where the recirc. flap is and push it
closed.  Don't turn the CC off when you turn off the car, or that flap
will close.
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mjm