[DeTomaso] If it's broke, don't fix it...

[Art Stephens]

Chris,
     Bummer dude.  If your shut off valves are doing what they are supposed 
to do,  no additional coolant should make it's way to the cab.  You might 
have a little of the existing coolant in the cab slosh out during hard 
cornering,  accelerating or stopping.  I would think that the bad core 
should have no affect on your A/C.

Art


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Kimball" <chrisvkimball at msn.com>
To: "Pantera List Serve" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 3:43 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] If it's broke, don't fix it...


>
> Today I decided to do a few projects on the Pantera, one of which was to 
> find out why the heater only blew warm air instead of hot.  Since I want 
> to drive it as much as possible, I've been driving it during the cold but 
> dry winter days here in Washington.  I flipped "on" the heater shut-off 
> valves I installed but the heat to the cabin was only minimal.
>
> I took off the kick panel and found the cable sheath had broken on the top 
> lever allowing the lever to move from side to side without actually doing 
> anything, so there's not much I could do with that.  I'm not sure what it 
> even does, since it seems to do the same thing as the middle lever 
> ("floor/defrost" versus "car/defrost").
>
> Anyway, I did find that the bottom lever which controls the heating level 
> was stuck, and that's why the lever didn't move back and forth very far 
> and why the heat was anemic.  I followed the cable to the little plunger 
> valve going into what I believe is the heater core.  It wasn't moving, so 
> in a moment of what turned out to be stupidity, I pulled on it as I moved 
> the lever and suddenly it unfroze and began moving as it should.  Except 
> for one small thing; coolant began dripping from where the plunger enters 
> the core.  D'oh!  I've read in the forum and in the newsletters about what 
> a pain this problem can be.
>
> I put a towel under there to catch the drips and turned off my heater 
> shut-off valves in the hopes that will prevent the leak since I believe 
> that should stop the flow of coolant to that part of the car.  I'm not too 
> worried about the heater, since I usually drive in warmer weather, but I 
> have two questions:
>
> 1) Will my shut off valves prevent the cabin leak?
>
> 2) Will the faulty heater affect my air conditioning, once I get it 
> recharged (I have a new compressor but haven't charged the system yet)?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Chris
> #3846
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