WTF is this lever supposed to attach to?

[2Munkys]

To the left of the heater/battery gubbins, what's this lever supposed to be attached to? It's fixed to the inside of the front wing by a knuckle and short rod. At the end of that is this lever. Obviously the screw pinches up against a spindle. Its difficult to get my hands in for a feel but wherever it's supposed to go, it's gonna be a ball-ache to re-attach!

Edited by 2Munkys on Friday 30th April 13:17

[TVR Beaver]

Isn't it the fresh air vent from the inner wing?...
I need to look at my cars''' was like an oven coming back from Chatsworth... Guess I may have the same problem??

[paulathome]

It looks to me like the linkage between the water valve for the heater and the motor which controls it, or the rod might go to one of the flaps which control air flow around the dash The motor is the round black thing with the red wire going into the back of it. On the other side of it should be an offset wheel or arm which the linkage attaches to. Not sure as mine is different.
If you need a new motor I have one somewhere brand new which was sent to me by mistake for my Chim, but then I found out the Chim heater is controlled by less sophisticated cables.
Paul

[Green Griffith]

At my ´94 Griffith this lever moves a flap that leads air from the inner wing to the footwell.

[Adrian@]

Recirculation flap limit stop....2ba bolt with a bit of washer hose on to make it look pretty? I might be wrong, does it rotate and hit the micro switch....
Adrian@

Edited by Adrian@ on Friday 30th April 14:46

[spend]

Chill out Bruce! You'll quickly become a qualified member of the flea gynaecologist club

[Pasco]

Have you sent your rev counter off yet Bruce

[2Munkys]

Pasco said:

Have you sent your rev counter off yet Bruce

I'm expecting it back any day; it's been over a month now.

[2Munkys]

Here's another shot or two. Good job I have such a tiny Pentax! But I'm never get my fist in there!

[2Munkys]

Adrian@ said:

Recirculation flap limit stop....2ba bolt with a bit of washer hose on to make it look pretty? I might be wrong, does it rotate and hit the micro switch....
Adrian@

Edited by Adrian@ on Friday 30th April 14:46

Other than giving me a headache and wrist-ache it's doin' diddly squat.

[Pasco]

2Munkys said:

Pasco said:

Have you sent your rev counter off yet Bruce

I'm expecting it back any day; it's been over a month now.

Let me know what sort of job you recon they have done mate and if ok i will send my spare one then

[Guillotine]

back side of that motor plate is a little crank arangement that attaches to that linkage.

think heater valve motor, circulates and pulls the flap shut via that linkage.

undo the bolts top and bottom to release motor plate, disconnect the linkage from plate.

attach the the linkage to the crank on the motor. loosely bolt plate back on

attach the linkage to the plate and do it all up...pain in the butt.

[2Munkys]

Guillotine said:

back side of that motor plate is a little crank arangement that attaches to that linkage.

think heater valve motor, circulates and pulls the flap shut via that linkage.

undo the bolts top and bottom to release motor plate, disconnect the linkage from plate.

attach the the linkage to the crank on the motor. loosely bolt plate back on

attach the linkage to the plate and do it all up...pain in the butt.

Thanks Andy, I've just tyre-levered myself out of the footwell after a bit of feeling around and came to the conclusion you describe. It's a cool air vent flap mechanism. I can feel two limit switches and a spindle on the back of the plate. Either the crank/lever or the long pinch-screw contact the limit switches.

Which of the controls operate the motor? I've fiddled with 'em all and I can here things whirring away but those motors stop in relation to the rotary switch position. So it's none of those. I'd expect to be able to feel the spindle rotating and hear the motor. If I whip the battery out tomorrow then I'll take some shots to post-up.

[BigotOut]

Hot cold is top left, fan is top right, recirc is bottom left and dash screen is bottom right. The limit switches are on the motors, not on the flaps so the switches probably believe everything is still operating.

[Del 203]

BigotOut said:

Just seen the name change

[Mr MoJo]

Del 203 said:

BigotOut said:

Just seen the name change

I like it !!

[BigotOut]

Bigot = Brown Is Gone On Thursday

[2Munkys]

Job done. All workin' as intended; it took about an hour. I can't see how this thing could have detatched itself! And, I have no idea how long it'd been detached!

[Rob_the_Sparky]

Did you come to a conclusion as to exactly what this does? I've got to do the contortion act at somepoint on mine as I'm sure my fresh/re-circ control does nothing and the heater has the classic warm - hot control issue.

[2Munkys]

^

Yup, the motor turns the crank which opens/closes the flap (brown sponge covered panel you see there) via the push/pull rod. The micro-switches are the fully open/closed limit switches which the long screw operates. Effectively the flap mechanism is a valve which allows you to proportion the amount of cooling fresh air into the footwell through one of the rotary pots on the heater panel. I forget whether it was the top or bottom left control; whatever, I was overjoyed to see it function and lay there contorted in the foot-well with a smile on my face. I think the Chim' version is cable operated; that wouldn't make a funky buzzing sound though.

You should be able to see if it's operating without removing anything other than the carpeted battery compartment cover panel. If you do need to get easy access however, I'd remove the battery as I did.

Edited by 2Munkys on Wednesday 5th May 08:40