thanks for the info and the pictures... Wow, definitely intimidating to do. As I don't have an inside place to do this work, itll definitely have to wait until the spring/summer. But, I was thinking, as a fix that might be OK, and allow me to have working center vents until I can take out the dash (and afford to buy all new vacuum pods, and anything else that would possibly need to be replaced under there, so Ill not have to repeat it), I was thinking this:

I am curious if there is a way to force the door that allows air out the center vents to stay open. Assuming the vacuum pod is busted, it shouldn't reclose or anything, and so long as vacuum is held by the resty of the systems in the car, its OK. Since its always open, I would guess that anytime the blower is on, air would be going out there, but I can close them at the dash vents.

Would this pose any sort of problem with the operation of the rest of the system? I dont care about comfort of hot air blowing out of the center vents, or anything like that, as like I said, Ill just close the vents in the center at the exits. But I don't know if anything else that is working could get messed up, or if the door directs flow in two ways, depending on the way the door is oriented.

Any comments or ideas on this would be appreciated.
Thanks for your time

JMH

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