Re: [DML] Air Vent Question

["K Creason" <dmc4687@xxxx>]

Also, and this really basic and you probably already checked but it's worth
mentioning, the vents have a thumbwheel on the side that close them off.
I leave my door vents pretty much closed off since they can't hit me in the
face or chest.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Substelny" <msubstel@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [DML] Air Vent Question


> iqintermedia@xxxx wrote:
>
> > My airconditioning will freeze your butt off...
> >
> > It only comes out of the doors though - for the life of me I can't
> > get the heat or the air to come out the center console
>
> [snip]
>
> Your ducts are probably not properly connected to the back of your center
> vents.
>
> The vents are fed by soft rubber ducts behind the dashboard. Sometimes,
> especially when someone has worked inside the dash, the ducts slip off.
> Because they are soft rubber they just sort of wilt and no air gets to the
> vents. You can tell when this happens because your air conditioner will
be
> blowing some cold air through your cassette deck.
>
> The vent grilles snap out. Will great patience (and long tools like screw
> drivers) you can usually slip the rubber ducts back in place through the
open
> vents without disassembling the dashboard. I fixed mine several years ago
> and the problem has not recurred.
>
> - Mike Substelny
> VIN 01280
> 8 years
>
>
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