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Old 02-06-2012, 11:47 AM
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Default A/C vent setting selection problem. Need help.

I have a 98 stang and the A/C will only blow thru the top defrost vent regardless of what setting I have it on. Any guesses or knowledge to what could be causing this?

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Old 02-07-2012, 10:17 AM
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Vac. leak or defective switch. Ford has them default to defrost for safety if the system fails in the winter.
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Old 02-07-2012, 05:01 PM
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go to the firewall on the passenger side and locate the where the coolant lines go through. There in that cluster of crap going in/out is a single vac line that goes across the back of the firewall to the vac tree on the drivers side. It will more then likely be dangling down and just need a small connector or extended an inch or two. That vac line goes to the blend door to control it.
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Old 02-08-2012, 05:41 AM
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Originally Posted by ttocs
go to the firewall on the passenger side and locate the where the coolant lines go through. There in that cluster of crap going in/out is a single vac line that goes across the back of the firewall to the vac tree on the drivers side. It will more then likely be dangling down and just need a small connector or extended an inch or two. That vac line goes to the blend door to control it.
The line ttocs is taking about is a thin plastic tube. They tend to get brittle and break as the car ages. If it is broken, you can splice the two ends together with a rubber hose with an inner diameter a little smaller then the plastic tube (to make a good seal). I got one from my local autoparts store when the tube broke on my wifey's '98 mustang.
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Old 02-08-2012, 10:20 AM
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Hell yea! Thanks! I'm at work right now but I'll under the dash as soon as I get off!
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