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Old Sep 6, 2020 | 07:31 AM
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AC Air Flow Issue

So, I was driving the other day and was told that the airflow out of my second row vents was very weak. I checked the far back and it was strong, as well as the front. However, the second row was indeed very week. My kids usually sit in the middle row and say it's hot when the air is on full blast. Any ideas what I should check? Thank everyone!!
 
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Old Sep 6, 2020 | 12:11 PM
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Maybe a piece of the piping came apart? Close the rear vents if no one is back there.
 
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Old Sep 6, 2020 | 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Lance Helmert
Maybe a piece of the piping came apart? Close the rear vents if no one is back there.
I've closed them and the flow to the mid is no better. How hard is it to pull the headliner i wonder.
 
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Old Sep 6, 2020 | 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Gegendrauss
I've closed them and the flow to the mid is no better. How hard is it to pull the headliner i wonder.
You have to remove everything attached, plus the seat belts. Special size Torx bit required.

CAUTION:
  • If the safety belt retractor is to be reused, do not allow the safety belt to be retracted all the way into the retractor. Doing so may cause the retractor to lock and not release the safety belt.
  • Use protective tape on the edge of the headliner that comes in contact with the door opening or the headliner material can tear.
Final step before removal: Tilt the headliner toward the driver side of the vehicle and disconnect the rear air conditioning duct.
 
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Old Sep 6, 2020 | 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 2002Ex
You have to remove everything attached, plus the seat belts. Special size Torx bit required.

CAUTION:
  • If the safety belt retractor is to be reused, do not allow the safety belt to be retracted all the way into the retractor. Doing so may cause the retractor to lock and not release the safety belt.
  • Use protective tape on the edge of the headliner that comes in contact with the door opening or the headliner material can tear.
Final step before removal: Tilt the headliner toward the driver side of the vehicle and disconnect the rear air conditioning duct.
WOW! Idk if I'm gonna try that. Maybe just see if i can get up under it to see if the venting is loose or something.
 
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Old Sep 6, 2020 | 08:10 PM
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Find my posts somewhere here in the abyss. There a few causes for the airflow issue. One is the foam seal on the diverter door, (floor or ceiling), and or the circumferential foam gasket at the top of the duct tube going up the right side feeding the roof spider.
The headliner, a real PITA, but doable. I posted pics of the diverter door and the unglued foam that blocks not only the air path, but the movement of the door. When I took the headliner down after stripping the rest of the interior to clean, I decided to seal the spider duct tunnel as it had come unglued and was leaking. FYI on the belt re-tractors, if they wind up al the was, you just make sure to pull them out very slow, and in the same vertical position as when installed in the vehicle, they should be fine.














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https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l#post18380609



 
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Old Sep 7, 2020 | 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by 01__Excursion
Man oh man, that looks like a like of work for such a small issue.
 
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Old Sep 7, 2020 | 10:17 AM
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Man oh man, that looks like a like of work for such a small issue.
Not so small when my kids are in the vehicle and are too hot. And with winter just around the corner I need to make sure they have heat.
 
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Old Sep 7, 2020 | 08:18 PM
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Headliner is not that hard to get out and back in but it is not for the timid and way more doable with 2 handy people.

Lots of fasteners. You might break a couple push in Christmas tree clips.

Ive had mine out twice now for rodent issues.

Most likely the baffles are not glued anymore and air is leaking above headliner.

I could have it out in less than an hour now.
 
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Old Sep 7, 2020 | 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Jakerichards1
Headliner is not that hard to get out and back in but it is not for the timid and way more doable with 2 handy people.

Lots of fasteners. You might break a couple push in Christmas tree clips.

Ive had mine out twice now for rodent issues.

Most likely the baffles are not glued anymore and air is leaking above headliner.

I could have it out in less than an hour now.
Nice. I'm going to be doing it alone. No handy people able to help.
 
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Old Sep 8, 2020 | 05:39 AM
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Nice. I'm going to be doing it alone. No handy people able to help.

then plan ahead with some prop sticks in the back so you don’t crease it when the front is still up.

Leave front seats up at first. To help hold up. Then fold down as all of it is loose.

Then remove rear prop.

You have to twist it at an angle to remove because it’s wider than the rear door opening.

Be ready with saw horses BEFORE you get it out.

I have done it alone.

 
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Old Sep 8, 2020 | 05:42 AM
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When I pulled the headliner in the diesel to have it re-done in the blue, I didn't take out nearly as much interior parts like the V-10. The V-10 was a full strip and clean. The front seat backs were popped off their recline pin if I remember, and the headliner was tilted down to the right and slid out on an angle.
The rear blower box does not need to be fully removed from the vehicle, but the rearmost pillar trim, large quarter trim panel, rear door sill trim, and seatbelt pillar trims have to come off. The blower box front half can be separated away from the other half mounted to the vehicle body.






 
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