RogerB1
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I plucked this reply of mine out of a fresh-air-door thread as my car is halfway put together and I hope I can get a response to help me finish this weekend.
I just replaced the fresh air door assembly in my 2005 Mounaineer. It's not quite finished, but I have some questions.
Before I completely bolted the entire dash back on, I decided to turn it on and check things. First off, the air flow out of the main dash vent is now poor. When I removed the broken door from the floor of the broken, old assembly, air-flow was great, but it wasn't running in max a/c mode due to pulling in the warm air from outside. I still have all the panels off of the center unit and the defrost grill on top of the dash is not put back on. Actually air is coming out pretty strong out of the defrost area. I am wondering if I put all this back together it will change air-flow.
Secondly, I was debating whether to try to fix the old door or replace the unit. I was thinking of replacing the unit because I had difficulty trying to get the fresh air door back into postion. However, I wasn't sure about pulling the white vaccuum hose off the fresh air door actuator to put it on the new actuator (which came with the new assembly). I did not know if I was going to break some kind of vaccuum and the unit would not operate properly. After replacing the whole assembly and putting the white tube on the new actuator, it does not close properly (in the max a/c postion). Again, connecting the electrical connectors in the center console and the one in the center of the defrost grill may impact things more positively as well as putting the panels/consoles back on might create more of a seal and allow the actuator to function better.
During my test drive there was a lot of condensation on the plastic area above my red circle. Not sure if that means anything.
Thirdly, there is about a 1/4 inch gap in the a/c channels that get air back to the back seats. (see pic attached). I am not sure this is supposed to be like this. It doesn't really snap back together like it wiggled loose. Does anyone know if this gap should be like this?
I just replaced the fresh air door assembly in my 2005 Mounaineer. It's not quite finished, but I have some questions.
Before I completely bolted the entire dash back on, I decided to turn it on and check things. First off, the air flow out of the main dash vent is now poor. When I removed the broken door from the floor of the broken, old assembly, air-flow was great, but it wasn't running in max a/c mode due to pulling in the warm air from outside. I still have all the panels off of the center unit and the defrost grill on top of the dash is not put back on. Actually air is coming out pretty strong out of the defrost area. I am wondering if I put all this back together it will change air-flow.
Secondly, I was debating whether to try to fix the old door or replace the unit. I was thinking of replacing the unit because I had difficulty trying to get the fresh air door back into postion. However, I wasn't sure about pulling the white vaccuum hose off the fresh air door actuator to put it on the new actuator (which came with the new assembly). I did not know if I was going to break some kind of vaccuum and the unit would not operate properly. After replacing the whole assembly and putting the white tube on the new actuator, it does not close properly (in the max a/c postion). Again, connecting the electrical connectors in the center console and the one in the center of the defrost grill may impact things more positively as well as putting the panels/consoles back on might create more of a seal and allow the actuator to function better.
During my test drive there was a lot of condensation on the plastic area above my red circle. Not sure if that means anything.
Thirdly, there is about a 1/4 inch gap in the a/c channels that get air back to the back seats. (see pic attached). I am not sure this is supposed to be like this. It doesn't really snap back together like it wiggled loose. Does anyone know if this gap should be like this?
