Heater controls, Hey I'm new at this Options

[Teknon]

OK There is three levers in my 73 to control heat. I imagine. What do the levers do?

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[Dave_Darling]

QUOTE (Buckeye '73 @ Dec 2 2005, 08:18 AM)

1-If left is defrost and right is feet, how do I turn the vent off?

I believe it's the other way around--left is feet, right is defrost. For shutting the heat off, push the lever between the seats all the way forward and down. For shutting the "fresh air" off, push the top lever on the dashboard control panel all the way left.

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2-My defrost vents point "out", causing good visability in the corners but no visability in the other 90% of the windshield.  Does this sound right?

More or less. A bit less than more; I think the defrost vents should blow out and up which would be just off-center of the driver's straight-ahead view.

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3-(The helpful writing says "Max defrost, top levers up, bottom lever down."  It's my understanding that this should activate an electronic "heater coil" to aid in defrost.)  Should I feel a noticible difference in heat when activated?

Nope, no extra "heater coil" in the system at all. The only heat is provided by the heat exchangers. What it's telling you is to turn off the fresh air (top lever left), aim the fresh air downward (middle lever left), and aim the warm air up (bottom lever right). Plus pull up the heater control lever (between the seats) all the way up and aft. When this lever is pulled up far enough, the heater blower fan in the engine bay turns on to help push air into the heat exchangers. If that isn't done, the engine cooling fan provides all of the air that goes into the exchangers.

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4-Should the blower (top lever) control both heat and vent speeds?

Nope. Just the fresh air speed. The amount of warm air you get is controlled entirely by the lever in between the seats.

--DD