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Rick Jones  
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 More options Jan 25 2000, 3:00 am
Newsgroups: alt.autos.toyota
From: Rick Jones <ssaue...@switchboard.net>
Date: 2000/01/25
Subject: Re: '87 Celica Heater - Damn it's cold!

Matthew Burge wrote:

> Hello All -

> Great Group here. My Trusty 87 Celica GT's heater seems to have a mind of
> it's own. Everytime When I first start the car up in the Morning, the Heater
> works for about 10 minutes, without fail. After that, it quits, blows cold
> air usually, and then works intermitently for teh rest of my driving time.
> It might come back an work for 2 seconds, or 20 minutes... Hard to tell
> What's going on here.

> I've replaced the thermostat, and flushed the radiator, but still no luck.
> It might be the heater Core, but I'd hate to shell out for that.

> Any Ideas?!?!?

Yep, broken solder joints at the pins in the control head, caused from
years of wiggle from the vehicle wire harness, hit them with a bit of
solder, that should do it.

                           Rick Jones

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