"Houston, we have heat".

With the glove box, ashtray and radio out, I lubed up all the valves, levers, pulleys etc., related to the HVAC. Still no joy. Cleaned out all the gunk, leaves and debris from the fresh air intakes while I was at it. New filters on the way from Phil.

Behind the radio on the driver’s side OF the radio on the firewall, there was a vertical cabled lever. After reaching my fat hand through radio opening and flipping it to the right, viola! All the heat and blower volume you could want.

Then, both on heat and defrost, loads and loads of debris came spewing out (with the blower on high) from ALL the ductwork, defrost, floor, even the rear floor ducts. Looked mostly like dried up bits of varnish and paper label bits, chewed up leaves etc. Took me ten minutes plus to vacuum it all up.

Being an Arizona car, I suspect the heating wasn't used all that much over the years and things were just sort of froze up and levers and flaps weren't transitioning as designed. Works great now.

Now, if that blower will just stay alive a little longer....

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