Booste Films video How to: fixing stuck heater control knob
 

HVAC repair. Installing revised gears and a new control cable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcG20LmRZFU

More evo how to videos here:
http://boostedfilms.com/joomla/videos/how-to-videos-car

subscribed! thanks for the vid

Great Vid again! Wish my fix was that easy, but the gears didn't help, so the blend door is to blame.

Man, you sure like weight savings. :D

Luckily, I didn't have to go through all that and just had to do the gears. Was really easy to do.

very nice!
found it. heres the part numbers
Part # Description
MR979515 Wire+heater Contr
7801A110 Link+heater Air C

nice video. my heater knob just binded up last week. how much were the parts ?

good thread

Thanks for the video.

Not much, I think it was under $25 shipped for both.

nice! bookmarked

For those of you on the cheap (a friend of mines Lancer) that only have the bent cable issue, take all the gears off and clean/re-grease them as shown in the video. For the stock cable, straighten out where it bent. Then with a razor knife and wire strippers strip off 2.5" of the black sheathing. Now grab the soldering iron and fluxed solder, solder the exposed area lighty. Glide the soldering iron from one end to another, only leaving a bit of solder on the cable. Your main goal is to weep the solder into the cable rather than have it on the outside. So far this has lasted a full year on his car. Results may vary but it sure can't hurt to try.

great job, thanks

this is such a common issue too

fck yea mine is almost done thanx for this vid

Nice video {thumbup}

Great video! I need to do this soon.

Thanks everyone. Hope you call all stay warm for the winter now! :)

Thank you for this video!! well mostly part numbers! Going to be doing mine tomorrow

great video

Perfect video thank you very much

Cool. Yea its annoying going under my car to change the temp.

Awesome, now I can stop reaching under the dash and moving it by hand. You're the man "DontStopMe"

Could you guys provide a website for the parts? Thanks for the posts, my car has been doing this since I bought it..

This https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...ega-guide.html has a lot of helpful info to accompany the awesome video.

Good video man, thanks for the writeup. I am getting sick of reaching down to help the gears move and hope this will fix it.

Lol i had the same problem on mine just opened it up and fix it would made it alot easiler if i would of saw this video before. It really helps tho. good looking great videos keep it coming

i have that problem now ... .. now i know what to do .. i have the orbital kit .. so i thought {thumbup}when i had installed it .. i had F#@* it up .. guess not!!! yey!

SWeet. Not only is this going to fix my temperature knob, but by looking at the video and comparing it to the cable that controls the mode knob. I wasn't able to change it form blowing on my feet, and I had no defroster:-( all it took was my rotating the direction the cable was facing, and it turns like butter now! :-D

Good stuff!

Just ordered the parts from Mitsu!! Yayy!!

bump for this, sucks my blend door is the problem :-(

Perfect vid man, thanks. I bought my Evo with this problem. To the person that was asking for a place to buy the parts, I just ordered mine from eBay. All you have to do is put the part #'s in the search box.
The person that I bought the car from actually tried to turn the knob so hard they broke the shaft behind the knob. I read somewhere that you can take the whole control unit apart and replace just the shaft (which I also found on ebay) I'm sure I can figure it out but does anyone know of a video or how to on this? I've got a week before the parts get here and then I'll probably just tackle it myself anyway. but even so, someone might look at this thread later on so if anyone has the vid just go ahead and post it no matter when it is. Thanks again for the great video!

Cool!

nice diy

Any luck with this? I've had other people ask me if its possible.

I don't know of any video but I bought that shaft on ebay and was able to replace just that part in about an hour. It's straight forward. Take that whole unit right out of the car. It's been a month since I did it now and I'm trying to think of some tips but it's slipping my memory. I know you have to pretty much take that whole unit apart and make sure to look at the alignment of that shaft before you rip into it. There is a piece that connects to the shaft behind the circuit board, that I believe only goes on one way so that will help you get it back on right. If you look at the back of the circuit board then you'll be able to see what position that other piece needs to be in.
Hope this helped a little.

Great, thanks, I just wanted to know it was possible.

Was getting ready to do this, but then I found out that Mitsubishi would replace mine on my '03 for free!

What? How? I'm pissed now! :-(

Just what I was looking for, thankyou!

does anyone know of a relativley easy fix for the blend door? ive relpaced gear and everything else, and the blend door is my finally problem...is there any way to clean the tracks without removing the whole dash and CC?

^^^ Thats whats im waiting for, i refuse to take the whole dash apart due to mitsu's design mistake.

You're welcome. Good luck with the repair!

I got lucky with mine just being a bent cable and not the blender door.

i just did this to my friends evo 8. i guess the cable was slightly bent.

thanks for posting!

That's what mine is. The cable is bent right where is attaches to the box.

Hey how much did parts cost you guys. Just called Mitsubishi and they want 213.00!!!!! Wtf? That's a lot for a cable and two plastic pieces. Thanks David.

I bought mine from www.oemmitsubishiparts.com/ $25-$30 for everything.



http://www.oemmitsubishiparts.com/pa...icleid=1421446

http://www.oemmitsubishiparts.com/pa...&siteid=214331

Omg thank you so so much. Just ordered a awesome 30.61 shipped. Again thanks just saved 200 bucks:-) Thanks David.

Good stuff. Hope it fixes your problem.

I did it mine and works fine!! Still little bit stiff tho..

she likes it stiff :lol:

Maybe try re-applying some more grease on it and working it a bit.

GUh I hate this!.. does every evo have this problem!.. I live in ND and its usually cold except for 3 months so ive always just reached under and adjusted it by hand. thanks for the vid!.. I shall actually fix it now!.. {thumbup}

Good luck! :mitsu:

Vent mode selector knob not moving
 

Great post and video

My 2003 Lancer "vent mode selector knob" is impossible to turn and not moving. Does anyone else have this problem and
is there a simple fix or does it require a complete rebuild?

great vid will do this hopefully in a couple weeks :)

Thanks for the video. Friend of mine is having this very problem, will be ordering the parts today.

Thanks for the video.

good luck!

yes sir.

Some people might need to be fixing this right about now!

90 degrees here in Wisconsin today, probably a good time to fix your AC knob!

and now the cold days start to roll in.

Plus one here. Had to turn the knob to the red zone :-) its been getting down to 28 here at night. Thanks again for info man. Peace out{thumbup}:mitsu:

Good Job!{thumbup}{thumbup}{thumbup}

Thanks!:)

Good Job {thumbup} Helped a buddy who's been freezing!

Thanks! Glad to help.

nice vids thanks

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great how to thanks for the video., and I need to change both :/

is there a different part number or a how to for the right knob?

https://i231.photobucket.com/albums/...BBBoaeo/AC.jpg

I don't have a how-to specific for that, but this one should get you close. Not sure of part # for that knob.

Bump for visibility.

Subscribed...

Good thread! Thanks

You fellas who don't want to mess with cable and gears just reach the mixing door with your right hand and you done.while sitting just reach that part with you pointing finger.push it if you want warm,pull it if you want cool.I know it's ghetto but it works lol.

In case of emergency, very true! works temporarily.

Thanks for watching!

Life saver. Great vid!

I replaced the gears for the newer style and replaced the cable (mine was bent as well).

However, I think my main problem is the small gear that is connected to the blend door. It is hard as 'heck' to move. Even by hand with the other gear on. Anyone know a fix for this?

Thanks

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Can you just working it manual to loosen it up and get it greased up a bit?

So glad I found this!!!
Thanks!

gonna try this soon

Sure thing!
Good Luck{thumbup}

Thanks for the vid!

Good looking out!

very helpful thread! Thanks!

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Sure thing.

I might be doing this again on a new evo. Good thing I made the video! :lol:

I'll be doing mine very soon. -__-

Nice video for sure.

Thank god. I thought I was going to have to pull the dash or some bs.

Good luck, Thanks!