" Many of us experienced Ford truck owners add a heater valve to turn off hot water flow in AC season."
Kind of like my old 79 TD which came with a bad servo. More than once, I had to pull over enroute to change modes. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of G Mann > via Mercedes > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2015 10:29 AM > To: Donald Snook; Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT 1992 Ford F-150 > > Correct. > > Ford, is it's design wisdom does not use a heater valve on it's trucks. The > heater has full flow year round. which makes the AC work extra hard in > summer to find cool air. Many of us experienced Ford truck owners add a > heater valve to turn off hot water flow in AC season. > > The blend door is king.. sounds to me like your king is dead.. Time to enter > the kings chambers... on your knees of course.. under the glove box. > It's not as bad as some. > > On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 8:14 AM, Donald Snook via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > I don't think this truck has a heater valve. At least it is not on the > > heater hoses. I think instead of the valve they use the blend door. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dan Penoff [mailto:d...@penoff.com] > > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 2:09 PM > > To: Mercedes Discussion List > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT 1992 Ford F-150 > > > > True, but if the valve is closed there's no flow, so the lines are > > going to be cool at best. That's why checking the hoses to the heater > > core won't really mean anything unless you know you have flow. > > > > Dan > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > On Jan 15, 2015, at 1:35 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > Yeahbut, the engine temp isn't normal. Of course we don't really > > > have a > > great indicator of what normal is other than the temp gauge is showing > > "low".TDIs are notoriously slow to warm up but my Jetta will be up to > > operating temp at 0F by the time I leave town, thats about 10 minutes > > on secondary roads, top speed 50mph.A gasser v6 or v8 ought to be at > > operating temp in 15 minutes even at idle. > > > -Curt > > > From: Curly McLain via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 1:04 PM > > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT 1992 Ford F-150 > > > > > >> Unless it was super cold you should have reasonable heat in 15 > > >> minutes. I think this condemns the thermostat. > > > > > > Not if the heater VALVE does not open. > > > > > > If the engine temp is normal , then the t-stat is probably ok. > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, > > > those > > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. 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