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How to remove a blend door actuator from a car?

How to remove a blend door actuator from a car?

Disconnect the courtesy light by twisting it and remove the black instrument panel insulator. Unhook the cable on the right side of the glove box by sliding the cable clip out of the notched slot on the glove box Remove the three screws holding the glove box hinge to the instrument panel. Remove the glove box.

Is there a problem with my Blender actuator?

Knocking: This is an unusual symptom, but if you’re experiencing this, it’s almost definitely a problem with your blender actuator. When you start the car, or just the AC system, and notice a knocking sound like someone tapping on your door, that is indicative of a problem with the blend door actuator.

Where is the HVAC blend door actuator located?

Two integral mounting tabs allow the actuator to be secured with two screws to the heater-A/C unit housing. Each actuator also has an identical output shaft with splines that connects it to the linkage that drives the mode door.

How to replace a HVAC actuator on a door?

Sounds like the door was in the wrong spot when you installed the actuator. Not hard to correct. Remove the actuator, turn the control to full hot, now move the door so it is in the full hot position and tight on the seal. Reinstall the actuator. Test again.

How do you remove a blend door actuator?

Step 1 Open the glove compartment and remove the screws in the door with a Phillips head screwdriver. Remove the rest of the screws around the box itself then remove the box to access the blend door actuators. Disconnect the electrical connector on the problem actuator. Remove the screws securing the actuator to the HVAC box with the screwdriver.

Where is the disengage Panel on a blend door?

Disengage console panel from RH side of center console finish panel if equipped. Working from under the passenger side of the instrument panel, remove A/C electronic blend door actuator electrical connector from A/C electronic blend door actuator.

Knocking: This is an unusual symptom, but if you’re experiencing this, it’s almost definitely a problem with your blender actuator. When you start the car, or just the AC system, and notice a knocking sound like someone tapping on your door, that is indicative of a problem with the blend door actuator.

Can you manually turn a blend door for AC?

In my 2003 Windstar, my daughter pulls the radio , with a pair of “radio pullers” bought on eBay for about a buck, and is able to reach in and ,by feel, manually open the doors using the broken actuator to open the doors every fall to get full heat, then does it every spring for ac Want to read more?

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Ruth Doyle