Air conditioning problem
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Air conditioning problem
I recently bought a 1993 f-150 5.0L 4x2 subercab and have a wierd quirk I was hoping someone could help me with. when I put the air conditioner on "Max" and am at Idle or very low speed it works fine, but whenever i am accelerating or anything over 15 MPH it will divert to the defroster vents. Any Help would be greatly appreciated
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might have found problem, still need help
Thanks bigrigfixer.
on the passanger side near the firewall on top of the compressor is a small device with an arm (back)going into it and a white tube (front)coming out of it, the tube is broken off about 3 inches from the device and turns to powder when i touch it. Is this the vacuum? if not any clue what it is? and where is the tube supposed to connect, i can't find the other end of it
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on the passanger side near the firewall on top of the compressor is a small device with an arm (back)going into it and a white tube (front)coming out of it, the tube is broken off about 3 inches from the device and turns to powder when i touch it. Is this the vacuum? if not any clue what it is? and where is the tube supposed to connect, i can't find the other end of it
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Laughing Gas
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Had that problem on my '93. I attached a length of appropriately sized vacuum hose to each end of the plastic tubing and it has worked fine. I do remember that on mine, the plastic tubing, as it gets closer to the firewall, is covered by protective tape. That might make the fix a little harder, otherwise it's an easy repair.
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ok, I still can't find where it is supposed to go, it goes through the firewall, but where?
On a side note tinkering with my truck noticed a line that i didn't recognize, traced it back and this things set up to run on propane too(tanks been removed, but replace that, reinstall/find the fuel cutoff switch and it should be good to go) SWEET!
On a side note tinkering with my truck noticed a line that i didn't recognize, traced it back and this things set up to run on propane too(tanks been removed, but replace that, reinstall/find the fuel cutoff switch and it should be good to go) SWEET!
Laughing Gas
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I assume it goes through the firewall however, I was fortunate in that I could still see both ends of the tubing. The end nearest the firewall is wrapped with tape around some other wiring/tubing.
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found it, it had broken off inside the wrapped section, bought vacuum tube, and will see if it works tommorrow splicing, or if i need to replace the whole tube
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