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Topic: A/C, heat, in dash control panel

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A/C, heat, in dash control panel

Posted: 5/21/07 8:18am Message 1 of 16
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Has anyone had this problem, I am having to replace the a/c dash slide panel for the 7th time in last 15 months. All switches, but for one, come from Eckler's. I tried ordering one from a place in Tenn., it lasted two days.AngryAngryAngry Gene




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A/C, heat, in dash control panel

Posted: 5/21/07 8:46am Message 2 of 16
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Its hard to believe that all those switches are bad,are you sure you don't have a short some placeConfused


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A/C, heat, in dash control panel

Posted: 5/21/07 1:51pm Message 3 of 16
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I'm with Ron I think I got mine from Zip  but they are probably made by all the same people. But doesn't that just control Vacume? On my 80 if memory serves right the fan switch is electric and the rest is vacume. Might be a cable binding.


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A/C, heat, in dash control panel

Posted: 5/21/07 8:36pm Message 4 of 16
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No guys its not electrical, and the cable does not seem to bind. These things are put together in mexico. I don't know we will take another look on Wednesday. I'll let you know. Gene




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Posted: 5/21/07 9:06pm Message 5 of 16
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What exactly IS going on with them? Are they melting, breaking, what? That's really weird...
Seems like I remember a thread about this before...still the same problem????


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A/C, heat, in dash control panel

Posted: 5/22/07 10:14am Message 6 of 16
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Hey Joel, thanks for remembering, yes this has really been a problem. A couple have broken, others had bad vacuum connections or would not distribute air and heat correctly. They would not close the air/heat door inside the dash. I trust my mechanic and have  watched him do this work. Ecklers says they got a bad batch and were good about repaying me for parts and labor, its just been a real pain. I bought this last one in September. These things were built in Mexico, need I say more. Gene




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Posted: 5/22/07 6:20pm Message 7 of 16
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Don't know how much $$$ the Eckler's part is, but you may want to check with Paragon...maybe ax them where their's is made.

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Posted: 5/23/07 12:25pm Message 8 of 16
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Never heard of Paragon, can you tell me how to contact them? Thanks, Gene


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Posted: 5/23/07 5:31pm Message 9 of 16
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Posted: 5/24/07 4:02pm Message 10 of 16
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The reason I went with ZIP was because of this article.  Who knows if there all the same or not but I have not had aproblem with it in the two years since the install.
 
 
Either way good luck. I don't know about the 77 but its a pain to get at on the 80



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