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No heat. Help its gonna get cold soon!

smokinlsc
October 26th, 2009, 04:25 PM
I have a 98 LSC. The blower works and the car heats up to normal operating temp. Why do i have cool to warm air coming out with auto climate set for max heat?

davidm
October 26th, 2009, 04:33 PM
Search under blend door, I dont have a Gen II, but according to this forum it is a common failure with a easy temporary fix.

350TPI
October 26th, 2009, 04:34 PM
Do a search on blend door.I am in the same boat and have a new blend door but i dont think i have the mechanical skills to do it myself nor do i have the money to get it done.:(


Crap davidm beat me to it!

kustomizingkid
October 26th, 2009, 04:53 PM
Blend door... super easy!

I'll do it for free :)

350TPI
October 26th, 2009, 05:55 PM
Blend door... super easy!

I'll do it for free :)

KK,i dont suppose you are anywhere near mississippi?:D

marked8
October 26th, 2009, 07:00 PM
You don't need much in the way of mechanical skills to replace this. If you can read a simple set of instructions, you can do it.

kustomizingkid
October 26th, 2009, 08:53 PM
KK,i dont suppose you are anywhere near mississippi?:D

No... MN... pay for me to get down to Mississippi and I'll do it for free still :)

BAD97LSC
October 26th, 2009, 09:10 PM
you'll do it for free, what an ass kisser lol!!!!!!!!!!!!

lincolnboy
October 26th, 2009, 09:11 PM
seem like ill be doing mine again.....this is the 3rd one that will be replaced

rayner601
October 26th, 2009, 09:43 PM
Do a search on blend door.I am in the same boat and have a new blend door but i dont think i have the mechanical skills to do it myself nor do i have the money to get it done.:(


Crap davidm beat me to it!

I didn't know you were right down the road....:)

350TPI
October 26th, 2009, 10:40 PM
I didn't know you were right down the road....:)

Wow,small world!Do you ever get over this way?If you do give me a shout.



KK,something tells me by the time i buy you a round trip i could have probably paid to have this done but thanks for the offer man.

kustomizingkid
October 26th, 2009, 11:02 PM
Lol.... I'm just having fun, I got a rise out of Jamie so I'm happy :D

CobraStar_LS8
October 27th, 2009, 12:53 PM
what is the easy way avoiding tearing the dash apart??? no one answered this question yet and my kids are starting to freeze...lol thanks if someone can tell me but if not i'll start breaking tabs and possibly cracking the dash in half

kustomizingkid
October 27th, 2009, 05:50 PM
There is no avoiding tearing the dash apart.... you have to unbolt the dash to replace the blend door... end of story.....

marked8
October 27th, 2009, 06:33 PM
And if you follow online instructions do yourself a favor and take out the message center and keyboard as well. It makes the job much easier as the left side bolts are easily accessible this way.

lincolnboy
October 27th, 2009, 06:39 PM
you can manually move a lever that may open the door to let the hot air in. you can reach it thru the glove box, its in the left side, the lever will be grey. i wish i could move the lever on mine but i think it to the point that it completely broke off.

marked8
October 27th, 2009, 06:51 PM
The problem with moving the lever is that you don't get full heat according to what I have read.

02LS8Lincoln
October 27th, 2009, 07:08 PM
an easy fix is to move down to Florida...lol

kustomizingkid
October 27th, 2009, 08:45 PM
Here is exactly what I would do......

Remove the center console/shifter trim/radio
Remove the top dash cover
Remove the cluster bezel, message center, and message controls
Undo all the bolts that hold the dash in, there are a bunch on the top, and 6 on the bottom...
Slide the dash back, undo the blend door...

The LOD writeup makes you remove stupid stuff that is a waste of time... mainly the steering column...

marked8
October 28th, 2009, 12:44 AM
Here is exactly what I would do......

Remove the center console/shifter trim/radio
Remove the top dash cover
Remove the cluster bezel, message center, and message controls
Undo all the bolts that hold the dash in, there are a bunch on the top, and 6 on the bottom...
Slide the dash back, undo the blend door...

The LOD writeup makes you remove stupid stuff that is a waste of time... mainly the steering column...

Yeah, I didn't drop my column either.

DLF
October 28th, 2009, 01:09 AM
Here is exactly what I would do......

Remove the center console/shifter trim/radio
Remove the top dash cover
Remove the cluster bezel, message center, and message controls
Undo all the bolts that hold the dash in, there are a bunch on the top, and 6 on the bottom...
Slide the dash back, undo the blend door...

The LOD writeup makes you remove stupid stuff that is a waste of time... mainly the steering column...

I didn't touch the cluster bezel, message center, and message controls when I did mine two weeks ago....

kustomizingkid
October 28th, 2009, 01:51 AM
Makes it way way easier imo....

warthog5
November 19th, 2009, 12:33 PM
an easy fix is to move down to Florida...lol

It gets cold here too.

Now I gotta do this job. :( Like I don't have enough other stuff to fix around here.

sbcaprice305
November 19th, 2009, 02:09 PM
And if you follow online instructions do yourself a favor and take out the message center and keyboard as well. It makes the job much easier as the left side bolts are easily accessible this way.

i agree. i tried to get that mother f'n bolt out forever. then i took it out and it took a matter of minutes.

For me the hardest part was getting the acuator out. if you can turn a wrench and read directions you can do it. And were here to help.


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