jamesonearth
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Hello Forum ...
My name is James Greenfield. I am an American expat (New Yorker-turned-Californian) living in Stockholm, Sweden since 2008.
I bought my 1996 Aerostar XLT (4.0) in 2007 and shipped it here (Shipping car full of stuff is cheaper than shipping just stuff). Originally an Arizona rental car, the van was purchased in 1997 my a civil engineer from Sacramento who used it as his family vehicle and to take his boat up to Tahoe. He put a posi-track in and bumped up the tire size to 225/75/r14s. He kept extraordinarily meticulous notes on everything he did to the car. I couldn't not buy it.
My issue is this:
I'm taking the family up north to Umeå next week and the heater doesn't work. My Chilton's book is really cryptic in this area. The mechanic yesterday said that the valve was jammed and possibly the vacuum hoses were leaking or that the control was broken. I had originally taken it there to flush the cooling system.
Two years back I had had some leakage from the radiator so I put in some stop leak powder and my hunch is that this has gummed up the valve and/or the heat exchange.
1. Any advice?
2. Does anyone have a detailed schematic of this system on the engine and interior sides?
Thanks