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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 10:31 PM
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hey everybody, im new to this site so here goes. i have a 86 f250 laramie edition, my heater controls dont work, heat or the A/C dont work nor does the speed control. but when i do turn it to defrost on cold or heat it fogs up my windshield really bad, any pointers would be great.
 
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 10:41 PM
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When it fogs up your windshiled does it smell like anitfreeze???


If not, it should fog then clear, cuz your A/C compressor is running, when the defrost is on, to dry the air... Does your a/c work??
 
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 11:22 PM
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ya it does and it takes alot of cleaner to get it off the windsheild. i replaced the fan but it still turns at a slow speed no mater what, i dont think the a/c works but ill have to check, 2 weeks ago when i turned it on hi to defrost and it fogged up and smelled electrical fire and smoked hasnt done it again
 
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 11:24 PM
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It sounds like you might have a vacuum leak since it defaults to the defrost position if there is a vacuum leak or if the vacuum motors are disconnected. Do you mean speed control for the fan or do you mean cruise control?
 
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 11:28 PM
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heater control, cruise works fine
 
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 11:39 PM
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You might want to check the heater core too then.
 
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 11:45 PM
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why the antifreeze fog, and why no speed but slow
 
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 11:50 PM
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Antifreeze fog is generally a symptom of a heater core leaking and going bad.
 
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 11:57 PM
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My friends heater core went out before and if you left the heater on for a little while, you could physically see antifreeze leeking in from way up under the dash, just a few drops every now and then. Don't know if you would get the same thing or not but thought I would put my 3 cents in.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 12:54 AM
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It depends on the size of the leak, some will drip onto the cab floor and others will only cause the winfshield to fog horribly.

It sounds like you may have fried that electrical doo-hickey(can't for the life of me remember what it's called.) in the box under the dash. It's a pretty common occurence in these trucks and leaves and pine needles or other stuff falls in and rests on it. It gets pretty hot and will eventually burn all that stuff up.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Sycostang67
It sounds like you may have fried that electrical doo-hickey(can't for the life of me remember what it's called.) in the box under the dash. It's a pretty common occurence in these trucks and leaves and pine needles or other stuff falls in and rests on it. It gets pretty hot and will eventually burn all that stuff up.
The fan speed resistor thingy? Here's the one with AC:
 
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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 10:30 AM
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Yeah, thats the ticket. Thanks for the assist. I turned 30 last month and was hit with a violent case of CRS.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 11:22 AM
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thanks for the help, so that fan speed resistor, can i get it at any parts house or is it like a special order deal?
 
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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 12:26 PM
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Both Autozone and RockAuto have the resistor.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 12:49 PM
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thanks so this will fix the fan speed so ill have low and high speed right?
 
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