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Old 02-21-2020, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by hallcofish View Post
I have been working on a non working center vents issue. I will wait to have time to remove dash but in the meantime I did a "interim fix" I found in my research. First off, I could not possibly get me hands in through the glove box to grab hold of any pin or actuator to prop up the flap like I read others have done, so I just propped the vent open by sticking some heater hose on its side in there for now. I am getting air through the center vents. Not great, but better than nothing.
My question is I did not disconnect anything else. I read about vacuum?? Do I need to do this? If so what do I disconnect and do I plug it with something? Thanks
I went through what you are going through on my 85 300D. To prop open the center vent pod, you can get much better access by also removing the passenger side center vent. On page 2 of this thread http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/400609-85-300d-ac-center-vents.html , I've posted some pics of what I did.

Replacing the center vent vacuum actuator is next to impossible w/o removing the dash first. Don't waste you time to try.
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