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Old 08-23-2008, 10:10 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by mwpiper View Post
Likewise, I suspect that the heater core is always hot because when I turn on the vent, the air is warmer than ambient. I can find no indication of a heater flow cutoff valve. Turning off the heat will require a valve, motor and switch, a little more involved than the A/C switch.
+1 on the defog/defrost

I worked on a late model F-series that was like that. I think it is fairly common nowadays. They use a door to open/shut off the heater core to/from the rest of the box. Unfortunately, when the door motor goes bad, it is in a real fun place to get to.
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