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Old Aug 7, 2008 | 08:01 PM
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Blend door - can it be disabled?

With the AC on, my overhead vents blow slightly cooler than room temp air, while the front dash vents blow cold, after doing some reading here it seems to be the ever-so-popular blend door problem. My question is, instead of fixing the problem, can I just fab something up to permanently block the heated side? Living in Cali im not worried about the heater, Im really only interested in the AC functioning.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2008 | 07:38 AM
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Sounds like you are talking about the rear overhead air and the temp mix blend door in the back (?). If you are going to go to the trouble to get to it, you might as well spend the $25 and just fix the actuator right while you are there.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2008 | 05:25 PM
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well that's just it, if I replace the part with another then its bound to fail again sometime in the future, I'd rather just fab something and make it permanent to 1 setting
 
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Old Aug 8, 2008 | 08:58 PM
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I would like to block mine shut to, I live in South Florida. One or two days a year we see temps get down to the lower 40's, no need for a heater!
 
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Old Aug 9, 2008 | 05:34 AM
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my actuator which controls leg or overhead air flow went crazy
i found this thread

i played with the controls until air came from overhead and then I unpluged the actuator
I think it could work for the temperature actuator as well

Roland
 
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