Section 12-02: Heating and Defrosting
1996 F-150, F-250, F-350, F-Super Duty and Bronco, F-Super Duty Motorhome Chassis Workshop Manual
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION

Climate Control Assembly Switch

 

Removal

  1. Disconnect the battery ground cable.

  1. Remove trim strip above the center finish trim panel and glove box area. Refer to Section 01-12.

  1. Remove two screws retaining the center finish trim panel to the instrument panel (04320). Remove center finish trim panel.

  1. Remove four screws retaining heater control (18549) to the instrument panel.

  1. Pull heater control from instrument panel far enough to gain access to the rear of the heater control.

  1. Disconnect hardshell electrical connector from the heater blower motor switch (18578).

  1. Disconnect hardshell electrical connector from the mode selector switch.

  1. Disconnect A/C temperature cable (19988). Refer to Temperature Control Cable in the Removal and Installation portion of this section.

  1. Remove one screw attaching the mode selector switch to the heater control.

  1. Remove mode selector knob (18519) (pull off) and rotate mode selector switch to remove from heater control.

  1. Remove two nuts retaining vacuum fitting to the mode selector switch and remove vacuum fitting from switch.

  1. Remove mode selector switch.

 

Installation

  1. Follow removal procedures in reverse order.

  1. NOTE: When the battery (10655) has been disconnected and reconnected some abnormal drive symptoms may occur while the powertrain control module (PCM) (12A650) relearns its adaptive strategy. The vehicle may need to be driven 16 km (10 miles) or more to relearn the strategy.

    Test system for proper operation.