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Climate control problem with 1997 lincoln town car?

"i have a 1997 lincoln town car. recently the climate control appears to be malfunctioning. - when i set the automatic climate control to 71, the heater kicks in big time once the car warms up. i mean that the temperature goes up to a level where it feels as if i am driving in a sub-saharan desert. - i thought the thermostat may be on the fritz, so i switched to the man ual heat. instead of hitting the "auto" button, i hit "floor". same thing. the heat goes way up. - i then tried putting on the a/c and setting the temp to the lowest possible setting. same behavior. the car blows hot air. - i checked the belts and they appear okay. - i checked to ensure that the a/c compressor was kicking in when i switch on the a/c. it is working fine. any idea of what is going wrong and what the anticipated damage would be to repair the issue? also, while i have you, i have had intermittant stalling issues. at first i thought i got some wet gas when i let the
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It is a tight space, but you need to get a look under the hood between the engine and the firewall and follow vaccum lines including couplings checking for leaks. the control units are not known to go bad, so the probability is in a leak somewherea vaccum leak could also be a reason for intermittant stalling.

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