New Guy, with a question

[Dannjie]

Hey guys, I’ve been a big fan a ETCG for a while and finally decided to join the forums here, because i see a lot of good advice here.

My main project car/daily driver:
85′ Buick Lesabre
v8 5.0L 307
has 105k miles on it
put it through a paint job with rattle cans, looks not bad for $700(that’s including tools and such)

But here’s a question, it looks like my blend door actuator is malfunctioning( I have a election touch climate control that came with it when I bought it) it’s all automated and not manual, so where can find one, or how would I be able to switch it to manual?

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[Dannjie]

Hi,
I have a 1985 Buick Lesabre that has problem with the A/C and heat. It’s not correctly adjusting to the temperature that i put it too. I have a electronic Climate control module that came with the car. I hear the motors consistently moving, as if it was stuck. I checked it out and found out that it was the motor that controls it, maybe its a blend door actuator, maybe not. but if it is then where can I find the part? I cannot find it anywhere.

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[college man]

If you google 1985 buick lasbre blend door actuator alot of replacements come up. you could even try your local auto store.

[college man]

If you google 1985 buick lasbre blend door actuator alot of replacements come up. you could even try your local auto store.
Welcome to the forum.

[george gonzalez]

Good paint job, for using cans. It’s unlikely GM still has any of those, so a junkyard is likely the only place. You need an “old car” junkyard, most of the car recyclers don’t keep anything older than 10 years or so, so call around. Actually, I would NOT recommend changing the air stuff, as it likely requires you to swap out a LOT of dashboard stuff. And GM never used very good plastic for those parts, so you’re likely to break the dash clips taking it out, and the “new” parts may break as you extract them from the source car or as you install them in the new one. You might even have to replace the whole air plenum assembly, and that’s a big job in most cars, and awfully uncomfortable to contort your self under and in the dash. Expect many cuts on your hands from sharp sheet-metal edges! ( On the old Acura Vigor, you had to remove the seats, steering, the WHOLE DASHBOARD, and then fiddle with a Frankenstein mess of an air assembly). Avoid if at all possible. Consider just fixing the blend doors, it could be as simple as an unhooked bowden cable or a cracked vacuum hose.

[Bill Lawrence]

you can find them on ebay, I’d just be careful to make sure you know what the failure is before you start replacing parts over 100.

[Antonio C Michael]

I agree try not to break anything more then you have to

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