Blend Door repair on Explorer

Stephen M. Gluck wrote:
> To whoever wanted the article on repair of the blend door without
> removing the dashboard. The article was printed in an industry
> newsletter Called the Accumulator published by thhe Automotive Air
> Group in its March-April 2001 edition. I got it from a pdf file on
> the net. I'm sorry I do not have the link. Perhaps you could email
> the editor at . While this may be a fix I do not
> beleive it is permanent or cost effective. You have to buy the box
> for approx. $125 from Ford in order to get the door. You will also
> find that the box and its various doors and gears has been redesigned
> and beefed up to avoid a repetition of the problem. IMO Replacing
the
> door by itself may still not cure the problem and a failure may be
> down the road again. I had a chance to compare both th old box and
the
> new one when I replaced my blend door and box There are differences.
> Mine was done February 2003 on a '97 EB.