Re: 405DL Heater Control - replacing auto control w/ manual

Steve Leung (sleung@sikorsky.com)
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 16:07:38 -0500

Getting parts from Europe is not an option if one does not want to spend any
money. If money is no object than it is better to buy a new flapper motor and
climate ECU.
The wood stick manual flapper control will work and is not a hack job if done
right. It is a better option than no heat.

Steve

> Re: 405DL Heater Control - replacing auto control w/ manual
>
> Brian J White (bwhite@pacificwest.com)
> Tue, 12 Jan 1999 10:33:18 -0800
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> So whoever wanted this...(Adam I think?)
>
> Instead of hacking your car with wood sticks and stuff....why not try to
> get the parts from Europe for the manual controls? That would seem the
> best (and simplest actually) solution to the issue.
>
> At 07:12 PM 1/12/99 +0100, Tomas wrote:
> >
> >Jim Lill wrote:
> >
> >> ....For winter, I'd be tempted to stick it in full hot
> >> and let the blower speed determine the "bake factor".
> >>
> >
> >My car has the manual type of heater control, and it sometimes bothers me
> >that the air flow depends so much on the vehicle speed, so it may not be a
> >good idea to stick it in the fully open position.
> >For example, if i am driving around in town i may set the heat knob to 4/5
> >or so, and the fan to a comfortable level, but once i get out of town and
> >drive
> >faster it gets _really_ hot (even with the fan off), so i find myself
> >constantly
> >adjusting the heater control after the speed i'm traveling , which is
> >probably
> >why they made the electronic automatic version in the first place.
> >
> >Other than that, the heating in the 405 is the best i've experienced, it
> >comes fast
> >and if you set it to hot it _will become HOT_.
> >
> >/ Tomas
> >-88 405 GRi
> >
> >
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