dash/ac vent control
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dash/ac vent control
Recently, I had a blend door replaced. When i took it to the dealer where I bought the truck they took everything apart and diagnosed the problem. I told them to put it back together cuz they wanted way too much money to do the job. When my mechanic took the dash apart again to fix the blend door a piece of plastic fell out of the dash. I have no way of controlling the air flow to the dash or defrosters or floor. I have the piece and asked my mechanic about this, he said he would have to tear apart the whole dashboard to replace this piece. Does anyone know a simpler and prferably less expensive way to get this fixed? The Explorer in question is an 04 XLT. Thanks 
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Thanks. I read that b4 but doesn't answer my question. The problem isn't with the temp blend door which is what I had fixed, the problemis with the controls which move air flow from defroster to dash to floor.
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the blend door controls the temp. there are 3 other doors controlled by vacuum cylinders that direct the air to the defrost, dash, floor and outside air. the cylinders are controlled by a vacuum hose that connects to the control ****, and the vacuum hose supply that goes thru the firewall to the motor. either he left the hose off the clyinder, pulled the hose off the control ****, or broke the plastic control arm off one of the cylinders. there is no way to tell without getting behind the dash and look.
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I think he broke the plastic control arm off. that must be the piece that I found under the dash. Question is: is there a cheap way for me to fix this or am I looking at tearing apart the whole dash? Wife said I could do it myself but the dash will have to be minimal operation so I can still drive to and from work. Might look like crap but this needs to get fixed b4 the summer weather gets here. AC is useless if you can't regulate how it hits you. Right?
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