It’s we who are confused , you were clear. You do have dampers, not cables controlling air flow on your 1998 if it is like mine. Pull the driver kick panel down and see if you are getting any noise from the motors on the sides of the white climate unti. Look up and see if the linkages are in place. ...

Unless you have a something like Vol-Fcr software and connecting cable it is unlikely it will read MCC/ECC codes. Most generic readers don't read that level of detail. I would help but no idea on the workings of the MCC unit other than knowing cables can come loose either due to connectors breaking ...

When you first turn on the key does the MCC flash for 20 seconds? The Pre-Ford ECC & MCC have a self diagnostics which can be accessed from the control panel. I don't recall the process but when done, it will flash out the error codes on the MCC control panel. We did not get a lot of the MCCs he...