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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 06:15 PM
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Vents dont work

So the weather turned to utter cr@% (fun) last night, Locked in my hubs and turned the dash switch to 4H, then turned the climate control to the vent setting, Got a cracked windshield so didnt want the defrost selection and possibly makin crack worse. well all I got was defrost, no vents and no floor heat either. the 4wd works fine, could feel it diggin n bitin its way up the snowy muddy hills, anyone got any ideas on this?
 
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 06:41 PM
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So the weather turned to utter cr@% (fun) last night, Locked in my hubs and turned the dash switch to 4H, then turned the climate control to the vent setting, Got a cracked windshield so didnt want the defrost selection and possibly makin crack worse. well all I got was defrost, no vents and no floor heat either. the 4wd works fine, could feel it diggin n bitin its way up the snowy muddy hills, anyone got any ideas on this?
Vacuum Leak, somewhere.
 
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 07:03 PM
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That's what I was afraid of, any ideas on where to start lookin? Seems like all the vital stuff is run off of or affected by some vacuum line somewhere.
 
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 07:28 PM
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There some good info here:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-properly.html
 
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 08:43 PM
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 08:52 PM
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If the 4WD is working then you have a working vac pump. Must be a leaking vac line. Start under the hood and check for vacuum at HVAC vac line and that is connected.



Next is behind the glove box. Here's a schematic for the manual a/c system.

 
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 09:08 PM
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 09:18 PM
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Thanks guy's, Lot's of great info However, the mystery continues, Fired the truck up tonight to go back to the camp and the vents were blowin warm air when I got in (after about 15 min of warmup) and all the positions on the climate control worked as they were supposed to as well as the 4wd. I will go through all the lines and inspect them for leaks with the help from all your contributions. Thanks
 
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