I pushed down the manual heat lever on my Auto Heat. Help!

[Noel]

On my way back from the CIncy autocross, I inadvertently pushed down the manual heater lever on my automatic heat control on my 80 911SC. Now the heat won't work and if I try to pull the lever back up it won't stay there. Did I break something in there? Does this lever automatically rise and fall with the automatic herating control?

Help!

Noel

[wckrause]

You may have just disconnected the linkage inside the autocontrol box. There is a small plastic panel on the side of the box that can be removed. You may have to take out the passenger seat. Inside the panel, you'll see a control arm that connects to the lever. There's a ball and socket connection that may have disconnected (hopefully).

When connected properly, the lever should rise and fall automatically.

[Noel]

Thanks Bill. I'll look into it tonight. Hopefully I won't have to take the seat out.

[john walker's workshop]

if you take the rubber boot off the front, grab a penlight, and assume the pretzel position, you can see the rod, and with a screwdriver you can pop it back on, aided by your other hand thru the side access hole. there's an updated version of the plastic socket that is a lot stiffer, but it's also a lot harder to pop over the ball on the arm.

[Noel]

John,

Your advise worked like a charm. It turned into about a 20 minute job. Most of which was try to assume the correct Pretzel position by moving the seats and shifter around.

Many thanks.

Noel