Originally posted by cstraw:

Turned the fan on to front panel vents, cold air and the air only comes from the defroster by the window. Does this for all settings of the fan control (hot and cold air). I searched previous posts for a solution... found a post that recommended looking at a switch by the drivers right leg, unfortunately (fortunately) everything looks fine.

Can anyone suggest what else I look at to solve this problem. Or just in case, what it is I am looking for by the drivers right leg area.

as usual, thanks in advance.

Chris



Hi:

When you change the switch from def to vent to floor - etc, there's a relay that moves a flipper within the heater that "Directs air traffic". Most of the time this is located in very hard to get at location - I haven't looked on my SVT yet. Sometimes there's a little cable linkage hooked to a little swing arm near the heater housing, it is possible that either the cable came off the swing arm or the cable broke (If it's cable driven). The bottom line, your reply is not "Directing air traffic". Look under your dash around the heater and turn your switch from one location to the other so the relay will move, this will help you locate the problem.

Thomas

I Live My Life A Quarter Mile At A Time... During That 10 Seconds Or Less, I'm Free! 1998.5 SVT Contour aka: THE TOURMINATOR