So I got of the plane from Dubai to Dulles a few hours ago. Badly jet lagged, but embarrassed that none of the 3 LC's I have in Northern Virginia is fully functional. The 98 is laid up with a bad front right axel shaft--lost in transit by UPS. The 2000 rusty ebay mistake--well the less said about that the better. And finally, the white Middle East 80 I got for my older boy has a non-functional heater--and it was -7 c here when I landed.
I took a nap and went out to have a look at the 93. I recalled that I had removed the control cable from the hot water valve at the center of the firewall last summer when I could not get it to move. I manually opened the valve (so it looks in-line) and warmed up the engine. No joy in terms of heat in the cabin. I tried all the various permutations on HVAC controls but no joy. I then looked here to see if I could find some kind of troubleshooting guide for the HVAC but I have not found that yet; next step is to spend some time with the FSM, but I suspect this won't be simple.
More alarming is that while I was waiting the 10 minutes or so for the block to warm up I noticed a pretty big puddle of ATF under the truck:
There was a drip every 3 seconds or so. As I mentioned, it was a very cold day and I was just idling the engine. I checked the ATF level and it seemed OK but I didn't have a rag with me.
Any of you boffins have any idea as to why suddenly I'd get an ATF drip like this in this location on a very cold day and what, specifically, I should do at this point?
And if any of you have any ideas on a quick fix to get heat working manually, that would be stellar. Hot water is flowing through that heater hose. Just nothing in the cabin.
Cheers!
I took a nap and went out to have a look at the 93. I recalled that I had removed the control cable from the hot water valve at the center of the firewall last summer when I could not get it to move. I manually opened the valve (so it looks in-line) and warmed up the engine. No joy in terms of heat in the cabin. I tried all the various permutations on HVAC controls but no joy. I then looked here to see if I could find some kind of troubleshooting guide for the HVAC but I have not found that yet; next step is to spend some time with the FSM, but I suspect this won't be simple.
More alarming is that while I was waiting the 10 minutes or so for the block to warm up I noticed a pretty big puddle of ATF under the truck:
There was a drip every 3 seconds or so. As I mentioned, it was a very cold day and I was just idling the engine. I checked the ATF level and it seemed OK but I didn't have a rag with me.
Any of you boffins have any idea as to why suddenly I'd get an ATF drip like this in this location on a very cold day and what, specifically, I should do at this point?
And if any of you have any ideas on a quick fix to get heat working manually, that would be stellar. Hot water is flowing through that heater hose. Just nothing in the cabin.
Cheers!