Heater doesn't...

[LV146]

My heater doesn't work...While reading up on the blend door problems, I read somewhere that if you can switch between defrost and the cabin, it's not the blend door. Is there any truth to this?. Is there any way to tell before I tear my dash apart?.

Thanks,
John

 

[Lownslowlsc]

http://lincolnsofdistinction.org/lincolntech/modrepair/emergencyheat.html

 

[LaserSVT]

So while reading the hundreds of threads all stating no heat= blend door you decided to take what ONE WRONG person said about air flow and run with it?
Blend door has nothing to do with what vent the air is coming out of. Over half the threads will state this.

 

[keatonsdad]

Some people just need kicked in the mouth.

 

[NetKeym]

Blend door controls heat & cold (TEMPERATURE blend), not what holes the air comes out of.

 

[GMAN]

Come to Houston, I'll fix it for you.

 

[98lincmk7lsc]

Or South Carolina. Two hours, tops, and your done.

 

[CobraStar_LS8]

I usually do the temporary fix around this season tying the gray arm down with tie straps...saves me the headache from tearing into the dash

 

[LV146]

Yes I am a NOOOB so...
"I read somewhere that if you can switch between defrost and the cabin, it's not the blend door. Is there any truth to this?." = WISHFUL THINKING

And no I don't need a" kick in the mouth".
It's a little far to drive to either Houston or South Carolina, otherwise I'd take you up on your offer.

 

[Marcus]

I think everyone was seeing "LA" and thinking Louisiana, not Los Angeles. hehe

 

[Marcus]

But yeah, just to repeat for the eleventieth time, the sure fire way to know if it's the blend door is to unlatch the glove box door and let it hang, then find the gray lever partially obscured to the left of the glove box opening, and wiggle it. If you're able to move the gray arm at all then you have a bad blend door actuator.

 

[LV146]

Marcus, Thank you for repeating it one more time!!

 

[Frat-man-du]

man..mine went again for the third time...uggggg can we still get it from Lincoln?

 

[warrioralumni08]

I think my heater works intermittently, will look into it tomorrow to see it's a cracked heater house, bad heater core, or bad blend door. I think I need to get a Gen 2 soon.