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glassman 09-13-2003, 08:12 AM Very little air comes out of my air conditioning vents even with the fan on high. I've replaced the blower motor, but it had a negligible affect on it. The air coming out of the heater seems to really blow well when it is in this position. What could be the problem? acauth1 09-13-2003, 10:25 AM What year car are we talking about here? glassman 09-13-2003, 04:21 PM This is an 81 Elky. acauth1 09-13-2003, 08:22 PM You need to check and verify your vacuum source to your a/c heater control switch. Just below the blower motor housing you should see two vacuum lines exiting the firewall, one will be attached to the heater control valve on one of your heater hoses, and the other will be attached to the intake manifold, (this is the one to check.) Lemme know what you find. glassman 09-14-2003, 04:40 PM Thanks for your help. Vacuum source appears to be good. The doors seem to operate properly, moving the air flow from the floor vents to the dash to the defroster vents as I move the lever between the various positions though when I switch to "vent" there is often a loud "thunk" when the door operates. When I replaced the blower motor I checked as well as I could for foreign material that might be clogging things up, but there wasn't much to remove. The air flow through the floor vents seems to be quite high velocity, but the dash vents are pretty meager. acauth1 09-14-2003, 05:43 PM Your mode door is sticking, see this post: http://elcaminocentral.com/showthread.php?t=872&highlight=vents fordrod 09-14-2003, 06:44 PM the door for the vent mode is off its motor you will have to take the box out and open it ans reattache it if its not on the vac motor let me know if you need a print on how to do it and i will look it up in my aldata system acauth1 09-14-2003, 07:04 PM the door for the vent mode is off its motor you will have to take the box out and open it ans reattache it if its not on the vac motor let me know if you need a print on how to do it and i will look it up in my aldata system Good suggestion, however, if the servo motor were not attached to the door, he would not hear the thunking noise when actuating the corresponding mode. fordrod 09-14-2003, 07:06 PM that means the motor is working the door is off in the box glassman 09-15-2003, 06:21 AM Any prints on procedures, etc. would be greatlly appreciated. email to: wglass@att.net fordrod 09-15-2003, 03:35 PM forward info on your car to woodburymobil@netzero.net i will be glad to sent you the info and pics steve acauth1 09-21-2003, 04:03 PM This is a pretty common problem with G-Bodies. I have repaired several over the past 20 years or so being in the auto a/c business. My own 87 SS Elky is in need of this service as soon as I have time to get around to it. Summer is almost over and I will have plenty of time to fiddle with it this winter. Anyway, here is a link to someone else who has had experience with this same issue. 3rd and 4th generation Monte Carlo stuck dash vents fix (http://www.monte-list.nu/tech/dash_vents.shtml) acauth1 09-21-2003, 04:05 PM forward info on your car to woodburymobil@netzero.net i will be glad to sent you the info and pics steve Steve, submit them to the site and we will post them in the a/c and heating topics section as well. I could even photo and document the repair I do on my 87 and write up as an article. Thanks Robert fordrod 09-22-2003, 03:56 PM i have already forwarded the info to glass man but if needed i will sent to site let me know steve acauth1 09-22-2003, 04:45 PM Steve, you can post it in an article here: http://elcaminocentral.com/submit.html Or send it to me at acauth1@swbell.net and I will post it along with pics of the fix I do on the 87. Robert | ||