348 Climate Control Issues.

The recirc flap usually breaks because of the crappy plastic pin attached to #7 in this picture:
http://www.ricambiamerica.com/article_info.php?articles_id=294


The pin can be replaced with a Hill Engineering item:
http://www.ricambiamerica.com/product_info.php?products_id=261210

The little actuator motor (#7) can bust too. It is easy to replace and takes about 3 seconds (once the trunk carpeting is removed):
http://www.ricambiamerica.com/product_info.php?products_id=254036 It probably breaks because the flapper door is, literally, about 4 pounds of steel. It is outrageously heavy for such a small cheap motor.

If you're not getting cold air and you're certain the system is fully charged with Freon, the controller unit might need some internal cleaning and Stabilant, as documented here on Fchat. If you're not certain of the Freon load, take it to a shop with hi/low pressure gauges and see what they find.

Finally, if the air doesn't deflect from feet to face, the motor #12 (from picture above) might be busted and thus unable to move the 'tambour' (roll top desk-looking thing) which controls air direction:
http://www.ricambiamerica.com/product_info.php?products_id=254040

Lastly, the 348ts has a backup air conditioning system which usually works. Look upward for the two latches near the sun visors and pull hard.


Trust me, I feel your pain on this A/C. I broke down a few years ago and had Sport Auto (my local shop) do a pretty severe retrofit and fix. Now it blows icy cold in my car.

 

Hi John - I really haven't had a chance to check out the A/C on my 348 yet, but as far as the controls go, I recall reading in threads that they may work better if you remove the A/C control panel, and clean the electrical plug connections on the back that the panel plugs into. That's about all the help I can be right now, but hope it may help some Hope to see you next week at C&C. PS - I did pick up the replacement flap pin from Ricambi.

 

Hi John --

Well I think Daniel basically gave you all the possible scenarios. Hey Daniel, on behalf of John and the rest of us, thanks for taking the time to provide all that useful information.

John: I have to tell ya -- don't blame the car and think that the 360's system will be so much better in terms of cooling. My 348 air conditioning blew so cold I could make myself feel as though I were in Antarctica. I never had a single problem with it from a cooling perspective. Nor did I have any electrical glitches. I did, though, purchase that recirculator flap from Daniel Yes, hitting the recirculator button did nothing for me too because the OEM flap was broken.

I think Alex Traverso should be able to help you get that thing running the way mine did and the way that every 348er's does when working properly. You don't need to sweat just because you have a 348! I happen to think that the climate system was one of the 348's major strong points. The digital thermostat works way better than, say, the round knob that exists in the Testarossa cars or the Mondials. My opinion is that it really is a fully automatic and modern system that can heat or cool you to death!


Regards,
Dave

 

I think there really isn't a problem with CJ's AC. Its just all the hot air that he exudes is overwhelming the system.



nah...... its probably the AC control panel or the flap as mentioned before. I think Traverso is in Italy, isn't he? So I guess, it's Speedo time? If you want to try plugging in my spare AC panel to see if that works you can. But you have to help me do a slave cylinder in my MINI!

 

STOP. Don't spend any money yet.

You probably DO have a flapper door. I used to think the same thing with my car, because the motor seemed to work, but the door was just missing. Here's the 411:

The door has the 'other' part of your plastic pin still inside it, and it has sheered off, causing the door to flop to the bottom of the evap box. The door is 99% certain, laying flat on the bottom of the box, snuggly jammed in there. It is foam covered, and heavier that a mo-fo. Get a flat head screw driver, and gently pry around the corners inside that box. In mine, the door was laying flat, and fit the interior shape so tightly, that I actually didn't realize it was the door! I thought it was just the foam covered bottom of the evap box.

The doors are not available as spare items from Ferrari. The only one you'll find will be a used one from a wreck/salvage. I'd bet my left nut, the flapper door is still in your evap box with a sheared off plastic pin.

 

p.s. Get that took kit out of your car, and keep it inside your house. Leave a towing eye in the car, and everything else should be safely stored in your house where rain, thieves, and grime won't mess it up. The kit is far more valuable at re-sale than you might think -- and far LESS useful when your car is on the side of the road.

 

I think I have a spare. Let me look in the garage tomorrow morning.

 

Does anyone have a spare ball for Daniel? Left side.

 

Yo! Who's yer beyotch now?



Call me.
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for those of you that have had the pleasure of meeting you in person, you'd never come to mind as our beyotch

 

Mine also looks like "copterjon", with the fan exposed, is the door suppose to go over the fan?

 

When mine stops working, I'm thinkin' toggle switches and rheostats-maybe spiff it up a little with a labelmaker. Duct tape a clock that works on there, too.

 

Can anyone send a photo of the "door" closed????

Guess I do not have one either.

Probably have to make a new one..............can I have the meassurements pls?

Plastic or thin aluplate........

Thanks,

//B//

 

Certainly works for me.
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