[Shotimes] PLEASE help, gotta make a quick decision about AC

[clubairth@bellsouth.net]

Joe:
 This from the FAQ has a way to get your hand on the blend door actuator? 
Maybe you could figure it out from there?
http://tinyurl.com/zcx8j
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> One of the cars we were hoping to take to the convention will not have AC.
> So we may have to fall back on taking my wife's 95 LX wagon.
>
> Her wagon has a bad blend-door motor but a healthy AC system.  I will do 
> the
> blend door Thursday and Friday if need be, but let me first ask:
>
> Does anyone know a shortcut way that I might force the blend door to stay
> closed?  It seems like when the motor fails it fails with the heater door
> fully open.  Could I get by for a week simply by somehow locking the door
> closed so that air passes over the AC evaporator but not the heater core?
>
> Just to put this 2-day job off until after the convention, I would be
> willing to drill a small hole in the heater box and insert something 
> (maybe
> a long drywall screw?) into that hole to push the blend door shut.
>
> Any comments or ideas?  Thanks.
>
> VO