I have the single cab version of that truck - no problems with the heat or AC so far (knocking on wood), but then mine has very low miles. Can you get to the part such that you could use the plastic epoxy to glue the tab back on? I bet it would hold if you can get there ---
On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 3:30 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On 03/02/2020 1:30 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: > > what years would be made the same poor way? So we know to avoid them. > > > > Can you block it to just recirc? That might be more useful in other > > climes. On the 126, when the vac operator for the up/down flapper > > croaked, I just blocked the door open with a 2x4 block so my feet > > didn't freeze. > > > My truck is a 2013 F150 Supercrew XTR. I think that model was made > between 2011 and 2014. In 2015 Ford changed the style and started to > produce the aluminum body truck. I did not check, but I don't think my > model started in 2010. > > However, who knows what they changed along the way. I was looking at a > Consumer Reports magazine last Monday night in a book store at their > ratings for used trucks and noted that they said my model year suffered > more issues with the heating and cooling systems than other years so it > might relate to something like this. Who knows for sure? Did they change > the heater box in some manner, or did they start using cheaper plastic etc. > > It might also be an issue caused by the weather. If the sun melted some > snow that dripped down into the fresh air intake and that water froze > and created an ice dam that prevented the plastic flap from opening and > closing properly, the plastic might have been over stressed and that may > have caused the nub that I found to break off. The problem may never > happen in California. > > I was thinking that there might be some way to move that flap back and > forth without the original setup. An old style choke cable type setup > might allow one to push and pull the flap open and closed without doing > a tear down of the whole dash but, as I said earlier, I think I can > likely live with it as it is so, as long as more parts do not break off > and fall in, I will likely just leave it bee. > > RB > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ 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
