Where is the Blend door located?

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IVY LYNN MORSE
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  • 1992 FORD E-SERIES VAN
  • 5.0L
  • V8
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 96,000 MILES
Hi, I have a 92 e-150 conversation van. It blows only cold, replaced the thermostat, fuses are good. Looking to replace blend door actuator.

Removed cluster panel, unscrewed heater control assembly, removed radio, heater core cover, no sight of blend door actuator, no information found in its location. Does the entire dash need to be removed to find it? Help, where is the blend door actuator?
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Thursday, March 9th, 2023 AT 6:31 PM

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Tiny
STEVE W.
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On a 1992 the blend door doesn't use an actuator it uses a cable that goes from the slider to the blend door itself. The common failure is the plastic tab on the control head, it breaks, and the cable no longer is held in place and instead it moves with the lever. The first item to check though is the heater control valve under the hood, it is vacuum controlled and if the line came off or the diaphragm fails you get no hot water through the core. If the valve is opening the heater hoses will get hot at the same time, if it's closed the hose on one side of the valve will get hot and the other side only gets warm.
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Thursday, March 9th, 2023 AT 11:48 PM
Tiny
IVY LYNN MORSE
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Your info so far has been very helpful, thank you. The Ford diagram shows no heat core valve. The heater core is cold to touch when van is warmed up to operating temp. Inlet hose gets very hot outlet stays just warm. Heater core stays ice cold. You are correct heat door is opened with cable, very helpful info, thanks. If the core is plugged, would it stay ice cold? Rear Heater core gets very warm to the hand that's it. Can the front Heater core be so plugged it stays ice cold?
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Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 AT 5:04 PM
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STEVE W.
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The diagram I posted won't show the valve as it's in the coolant hose between the engine and the heater core. Follow the heater hoses and you should find it, but if the hose at the inlet is hot then the valve should be open and that would show a blocked core. You could try reverse flushing it to see if you can clear the core out.
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Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 AT 7:14 PM

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