Hey friends,
This is my 2nd thread about my efforts to troubleshoot my heater on my '65 Imperial Crown. I ended up having to swap out my switch because the nipples where the vacuum lines connect were broke off. I found a pricey NOS replacement- opened it up to clean and lube anything that needed it ...the push buttons were very stiff. I was trying to be careful and not spill out the 4 thin funky shaped files inside that slide from side to side when you push in the buttons. I accidentally dropped the switch and the files came out. I looked into my old broke switch to see the order in which those files should go in and copied what I saw to put mine back in. My old switch did not work right so I'm uncertain that copying the order from that was right or wrong. My question now is, what is the proper order they go back in?
I've attached a drawing and tracing PDF of the 4 files and the order I stacked them in the switch. Please confirm if I've put them in right or wrong before a put it all back in the dash.
Last of all, regarding the vacuum lines - how can I test if those are operating correctly? For example the button marked "Fresh Cool" , if I push that, shouldn't that open up the large fresh air door on the firewall, just below the cowl? If so would I just key on and push that button and the fresh air door open, or do I need to start up the car and let vacuum build up first? This is all new to me so forgive my ignorance.. I just need to be sure how to properly test everything connected to the Heater/AC switch when I get it put back. Thanks
This is my 2nd thread about my efforts to troubleshoot my heater on my '65 Imperial Crown. I ended up having to swap out my switch because the nipples where the vacuum lines connect were broke off. I found a pricey NOS replacement- opened it up to clean and lube anything that needed it ...the push buttons were very stiff. I was trying to be careful and not spill out the 4 thin funky shaped files inside that slide from side to side when you push in the buttons. I accidentally dropped the switch and the files came out. I looked into my old broke switch to see the order in which those files should go in and copied what I saw to put mine back in. My old switch did not work right so I'm uncertain that copying the order from that was right or wrong. My question now is, what is the proper order they go back in?
I've attached a drawing and tracing PDF of the 4 files and the order I stacked them in the switch. Please confirm if I've put them in right or wrong before a put it all back in the dash.
Last of all, regarding the vacuum lines - how can I test if those are operating correctly? For example the button marked "Fresh Cool" , if I push that, shouldn't that open up the large fresh air door on the firewall, just below the cowl? If so would I just key on and push that button and the fresh air door open, or do I need to start up the car and let vacuum build up first? This is all new to me so forgive my ignorance.. I just need to be sure how to properly test everything connected to the Heater/AC switch when I get it put back. Thanks
