Ranger 2WD V6-245 4.0L VIN X SFI (1997)
Air Door Cable: Service and Repair
REMOVAL
1. Disconnect the battery ground cable.
2. Remove the heater control.
3. Disengage the glove compartment door by squeezing the sides together, allowing the door to hang free, and remove the glove compartment
assembly.
4. Working through the glove compartment and/or control opening, remove the temperature cable jacket from clips on top of the heater air plenum
chamber by compressing the clip tabs and pulling the cables upward.
5. Reach through the glove compartment opening, and disconnect the heater temperature cable from its cam.
6. The cable is routed inside the instrument panel with two routing aids. Remove the cables from these devices. Reaching through the opening, pull
the cable upward out of the wiring shield cut-out. Reaching through the glove box opening pull the cable out of the plastic clip up inside the
instrument panel.
7. Pull the cable from the instrument panel through the opening for the heater control.
INSTALLATION
1. Working through the glove compartment opening and the opening in the instrument panel, feed the end of the cable to the cam assembly area.
Feed the cable in from the glove compartment opening, ensuring that the round hole diecast end of the black heater temperature cable goes in first.
2. Attach the diecast end of the heater temperature cable to the temperature cam making sure that the cable is routed under the cable hold-down
feature on the cam assembly.
3. Route the control end of the cable through the instrument panel until the ends stick out of the control opening. It is not necessary to insert the cable
into any routing devices previously used. Those routing aids are only necessary when the entire instrument panel is removed and reinstalled.
4. Attach the heater temperature cable to the heater control. Install the heater control in the instrument panel.
5. Adjust the cable in its clips on top of the heater air plenum chamber by following the adjustment procedures. See: Adjustments
NOTE: Make sure the radio antenna cable does not become disengaged from its mounting and fall into the plenum cam area where it could cause
an increase in control assembly operating effort or a faulty selection of system functions.
6. Make a final check of the heater system for proper control cable operation.