[Shotimes] Blend Door problem

[Leigh Smith]

On my 10 yr, 280k mi 89, I had 2 similar issues:
One: The actuator / lever became disconnected, and could be seen after you
opened the glove box door. I was able to jury-rig this several times
until...
Two: A pencil fell all the way down thru the defroster vent and jammed the
vent door down by the floor. (There is really nothing to prevent this from
happening. Bad design. I would suggest a screen of some sort on the
defroster outlets on the dash top). Had to pull the whole dash, evaporator,
etc.  just to find out what was wrong, for a 2 second fix. Major PITA! There
is something very wrong with a cars design when it takes 8 hours to get to a
part that only takes 2 seconds to fix!!
.
This is probably why the running joke among mechanics about Tauri is that
Ford jacked up a heater core in the air first, and then built the rest of a
Taurus around it.
.
Lee
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harry Seaman" <hjseaman@earthlink.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 4:48 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Blend Door problem


> I would appreciate comments, suggestions on a blend door issue: It's a
95M,
> ETAC diagnostic test shows #2, blend door. The sound I hear from behind
the
> instrument panel is a soft thumping, about once per second or so, not the
loud
> snapping that I've heard on other SHO blend door situations. I pulled the
ETAC
> and, following the "pinpoint" test in the Helms manual, jumpered the
connector
> to run the blend door motor in both directions. I can hear the motor run
OK in
> either direction, then it goes into that thumping sound at the end of the
> stroke.
>
> Here's my main question: Is it likely to be the actuator only? or could it
be
> something broken inside the air box?  If it's just the actuator, I'd
consider
> tackling the job myself some weekend; but if it involves pulling the air
box,
> I think that would be a whole other can or worms, 'cause it requires
> disconnecting A/C lines, as I understand. If something is broken inside
the
> box, are parts like the blend door available individually? or would I have
to
> get another box?
>
> So any thoughts from someone who has been there, done that, would be
> appreciated.
>
> Harry
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