auto temp II

[Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>]

Robin,

 

I was where you are now.  I bought a second unit from a vendor that came out of the shipping box already cracked.  They all seem to either crack on the bottom and leak out, or crack on the top and leak into the mechanicals and destroy the mechanicals.  This all appears to be a matter of eventuality, so I'd suggest not investing any hope in your units that you can't afford to give up on later. 

 

Kerry put in a manual system as seen in his '73 saga, and I'd suggest doing either that or getting the aluminum one. 

 

Glad I'm in a temperate area!

 

-Kenyon in the SF Bay Area

Robin Giesbrecht <robings@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ongoing saga of auto temp II in a 72 Imperial. It worked fine when I bought 
> it about a year ago. But then the body cracked. Found another on a Mercedes 
> at the junkyard. Could not believe it. So slapped that one on. Well it did 
> not leak and since it was winter warm air was fine. I then disassembled the 
> original and discovered it is not that complicated at all. The inners of the 
> original were in like new condition. Then I pulled the one from the Mercedes 
> apart as it would not give me any cold air. Well the insides of this one 
> were a complete disaster.Corrosion everywhere. Got moisture inside it 
> somewhere along the way. OK. Swap innards from original over to the Mercedes 
> body. Great. Now it makes cold air but will not blow except for a short 
> blast after I switch it from Hi Def. Also when the switch is selected to Lo 
> auto or Hi Auto there is a definite vacuum hiss coming from the selector 
> unit. I had t
> his out also but not much you can do with it. Anyone have a 
> spare or know of a junker that could donate one? I think that might be my 
> problem. Any other ideas? I know a new aluminum servo would be nice but 
> money is tight right now.
>
> Robin Giesbrecht
>
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Kenyon Wills          

San Lorenzo/SF Bay Area

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