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Fresh air vents ?????? Need help ! (1/6)
 4/2/12 9:57pm
68vet427
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Hi  all,
Ok ,  so now  I  am  on to the  Vacuum  lines.
I  have AC,  in  all the diagrams  that  I  can  find  it  shows  a  vacuum  hose going from  the  climate control  over  to  the  passenger  side  fresh air  vent  actuator.  That  I understand.
Now,  can anybody  tell  me  what  controls  the  DRIVERS SIDE  fresh  air vent???????
Here  is  pretty much what I find.
 First  is without AC

This is with  AC

I  can  not  find  anything ,  picture  ,  diagram  ,  nothing that  tells me  what  I  need.
So  hopefully  in  this  vast  wealth  of  knowledge,  someone has  the  answer.
I want to  get  my  interior back  together  so  i  can get  this  monster  on the  road.
Thanks
Joe


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Re: Fresh air vents ?????? Need help ! (2/6)
 4/3/12 1:20pm
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As far as I know, the A/C cars did NOT have a driver side vent in the kick panel area....that may explain why you cannot find a diagram for it.
If your car has a vent on the driver side kick panel, either it was a non-A/C car from the factory, or maybe they ran out of A/C panels when the car was being assembled, and they used what they had on hand....
That being said, I also say that I am not all that up on the early cars, as far as the A/C-venting systems....so I could be wrong.


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Re: Fresh air vents ?????? Need help ! (3/6)
 4/3/12 2:31pm
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Joel, This was a non-air car. I installed the AC for the wife.

That being said, I may just get a manual pull for that side. Or I may just modify it to be closed at all times.
Any other input is helpful.
Thanks.
Joe
Re: Fresh air vents ?????? Need help ! (4/6)
 4/4/12 12:02pm
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there isn't an opening on the drivers  side anyway if I remember right, pull the kick pad and look.........sorry, if your car was a factory  non AC car there is an opening, only AC cars were closed on the drivers side....I think Confused, if you car was a factory non AC car the openings on the outside of the back window  also had a vac operated door for the air to flow out inside of the by the package rack,  AC cars were sealed closed......I think.

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Re: Fresh air vents ?????? Need help ! (5/6)
 4/4/12 12:56pm
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Joe, since your's was non-A/C, the driver(both sides, actually) side vent was operated by a cable from the shift console. It would be just like the set-up in your first diagram up there. If you still have the non-A/C shift console, there should be two slots on either side of the control panel for the cable pull levers...

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Re: Fresh air vents ?????? Need help ! (6/6)
 4/4/12 1:08pm
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Thanks,

both of you guys are right.
Air cars were closed off on the drivers side.
I just bought my vacuum adapter and all the brackets and hardware yesterday for the passenger side.
I also bought a manual choke cable at advance auto and I am goin to make a bracket so I can mount it so I will be able to open/shut the drivers side vent.
I just have to find a nice spot to mount it under the dash. (tonights project)
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