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>>Did you say what year yours was?
>Yes, I understand how the levers between the front seats work, one for the two
>back outlets, and one for the two front outlets on the floor. The drivers side
>(left) outlet, front, near floor, seems to barely be letting any warm air out.
>I noticed their is a lever on either side of the front of the car, above where
>the hot air comes out. The knob for the drivers side is busted, I can slide it
>up and down, but the outlet dosen't let any more air pass through, compaired to
>the passanger outlet when it is open. Is it connected to a cable, or some
>other kind of linkage to control the amount of air allowed to pass through it's
>vent? How would I make this control operate again so I could open the vent on
>the drivers side, and not freeze? It's a 1971, FI, Stock (okay some bondo) :)
>[Sqback].
For a 71...
Right lever: turns heat on and off in toto via valve in heat exchanger (on
engine). Double control wire, one for each side, actuated together.
Left lever: opens and closes outlets in back seat kick panel. Double
control wire, one for each side, actuated together.
Knobs on side panels open and close the respective front footwell outlets.
These operate a flap behind the outlet by way of a control wire that comes
down from the knob.
Note that this means that if the right lever is not turned on (pulled up)
the other control positions are irrelevant.
>From your description, I suspect you need to check your left main wire to
the heat exchanger to make sure that it is still working. Also, check the
hoses to make sure that everything is in place. Of course it is possible
that the car is rusted out and your hot air is escaping before it gets to you.
Jim
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Melissa Kepner Jim Adney
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Laura Kepner-Adney
Madison, Wisconsin
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