4rd Xplora
Elite Explorer
- Joined
- May 3, 2010
- Messages
- 347
- Reaction score
- 44
- City, State
- On a Round Rock in Texas
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2005 Explorer Eddie Bauer
So Austin, TX. finally had winter for 3 days in the last couple of weeks . I get in my Ex and get the dreaded clicking in the dash and no heat. As I stated in the "Quick Fix" thread 
, I cut an access hole to get to the door and move it from hot to cold by hand. Then read another thread later that night that stated it could be a simple stripped plastic gear in the blend door actuater and that turned out to be the problem. Had the wife to order one from "The Rock". Couple of days later I asked the wife how long was it for the part to get here and she says "Why you asking me? You ordered it". Lets skip pass the next few minutes :fire: So after a cold beer, I thought about the problem and decided to head to the bone yard instead. Picked up 2 actuaters, one from a Limited and one from a Mountaineer, took one apart got the gear out, greased and installed it in the original unit. Also the Limited had an aftermarket wood dash and console kit that I picked up. Everything looks and works perfect. And the grand total for everything ,$47.00 
. BTW I didn't realize how much I missed just walking around a bone yard for a few hours just looking. 
, I cut an access hole to get to the door and move it from hot to cold by hand. Then read another thread later that night that stated it could be a simple stripped plastic gear in the blend door actuater and that turned out to be the problem. Had the wife to order one from "The Rock". Couple of days later I asked the wife how long was it for the part to get here and she says "Why you asking me? You ordered it". Lets skip pass the next few minutes :fire: So after a cold beer, I thought about the problem and decided to head to the bone yard instead. Picked up 2 actuaters, one from a Limited and one from a Mountaineer, took one apart got the gear out, greased and installed it in the original unit. Also the Limited had an aftermarket wood dash and console kit that I picked up. Everything looks and works perfect. And the grand total for everything ,$47.00 . BTW I didn't realize how much I missed just walking around a bone yard for a few hours just looking. 
