Chrysler PT Cruiser Service & Repair Manual page 1928

24 - 22 HEATING & AIR COND. - LHD
MODE DOOR CABLE
REMOVAL
The Mode Control Cable can be removed and
installed without having to remove the instrument
panel from the vehicle.
(1) Disconnect and isolate the battery negative
cable.
(2) Remove instrument panel center stack bezel
(Fig. 20).
Fig. 20 Instrument Panel Center Bezel & Knobs
1 - INSTRUMENT PANEL CENTER AIR DUCT
2 - OUTSIDE AIR/RECIRC CONTROL KNOB
3 - MODE CONTROL KNOB
4 - BLOWER SPEED KNOB
5 - TEMPERATURE CONTROL KNOB
(3) Remove center air duct (Fig. 21).
(4) Remove heater-A/C control head and disconnect
cable (Fig. 22).
(5) Disconnect the mode control cable end from the
mode door lever.
(6) Remove the mode control cable through the
instrument panel heater-A/C control opening.
INSTALLATION
The Mode Control Cable can be removed and
installed without having to remove the instrument
panel from the vehicle.
(1) Position the mode ocntrol cable through the
instrument panel heater-A/C control opening.
(2) Reach through the instrument panel center air
duct opening to access and reconnect the mode con-
trol cable end to the mode door lever.
(3) Install and tighten the screw that secures the
mode control cable housing. Tighten the screw to 2.3
N·m (20 in. lbs.).
(4) Install the instrument panel center stack bezel.
(5) Reinstall the battery negative cable.
Fig. 21 HVAC Center Air Duct & Control Head
1 - CENTER AIR DUCT
2 - INSTRUMENT PANEL
3 - HVAC CONTROL HEAD
4 - ATTACHING SCREWS
Fig. 22 HVAC Control Head Cables
1 - HVAC CONTROL HEAD
2 - ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR
3 - CONTROL CABLES
4 - VACUUM HARNESS
ADJUSTMENT
(1) Engage cable to actuator arm lever on mode
door and attach to housing.
(2) Attach other end of cable to instrument panel
control.
(3) Turn the mode knob completely counterclockwise.
(4) While holding the knob in the counterclockwise
position, pull on the gray casing of the mode cable.
This will take up any free play in the cable and index
the mode door to the mode knob.
(5) Then snap the cable hold down clip into posi-
tion.
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