97 Expedition Blend Door Fix
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97 Expedition Blend Door Fix
Bought this 97 Expedition from a dealer friend. Had a fix via the glove box for the blend door issue.
Inside the glove box is a cut hole that you're supposed to reach in and transfer the door to make it all hot or all cold. It works. I saw him do it in the winter to give me full heat.
Only issue is I try to change it now for cold and I can't quite understand the concept of getting the door to stay where it needs to stay, or if I am even messing with the right "door".
It's a very small hole in the back of the glove box and a foam lined "door" that seems to be laying against the heater core.
Any suggestions? I watched the heatertreater vids, doesn't seem to be my fix...
Inside the glove box is a cut hole that you're supposed to reach in and transfer the door to make it all hot or all cold. It works. I saw him do it in the winter to give me full heat.
Only issue is I try to change it now for cold and I can't quite understand the concept of getting the door to stay where it needs to stay, or if I am even messing with the right "door".
It's a very small hole in the back of the glove box and a foam lined "door" that seems to be laying against the heater core.
Any suggestions? I watched the heatertreater vids, doesn't seem to be my fix...
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Since it's a non-factory modification, we're in the dark just as much as you are. Any chance of you posting photos of it on a place like Photobucket: Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket and linking to the pictures back here?
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Ok, here are some pics... These are from behind the glove box door. you'll see there is a small cut-out that bends back and gives access to what I think is the blend door. I have a few pics of the foam lined door opened and closed... hope you can make sense of it.
It seemed to be a pretty easy fix. I know it works because I had cold in the winter and switched back to hot. now trying to get back to cold The guy had a slight issue getting it back to hot when he did it. But I know he didn't use any apparatus or nomenclature to hold it in place. Not sure where to go from here... any help would be greatly appreciated
NOTE: I just realized that these pics are rotated 180 degrees on the side so you'll have to look at them as the left side being on top. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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It seemed to be a pretty easy fix. I know it works because I had cold in the winter and switched back to hot. now trying to get back to cold The guy had a slight issue getting it back to hot when he did it. But I know he didn't use any apparatus or nomenclature to hold it in place. Not sure where to go from here... any help would be greatly appreciated
NOTE: I just realized that these pics are rotated 180 degrees on the side so you'll have to look at them as the left side being on top. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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