Something keeping me from finishing the cowl project is the condition of the wiring and vacuum hoses underneath the dash. This issue needs to be addressed before I finally do any welding. The problem was that I simply did not know how how to connect several vacuum hoses into their respective motors. When I removed the old cowl and took a good look inside, I soon realized why several accessories (like my Factory, "Integral" A/C and others) never worked right. I even found a wire terminal (from who knows where yet) connected to a loose vacuum hose! Now how did that ever happen? Well I finally found the detailed diagrams I needed to do this job and they are all here in Average Joe Restoration:
I tried re-connecting a couple of loose hoses here and there but they were all dried out and cracked open as soon as I attempted connecting them to the vacuum motors. So next thing tomorrow will be a stop at my local Auto Parts store to buy about 12 feet of vacuum hose and a couple of T's, and the rest should be an easy replacement job.
Here is a view of the Reheat Door Motor and the Water valve vacuum switch (small hidden outlet, center-right), both of which were disconnected from their respective hoses:
http://www.mustangmonthly.com/howto/mump_0409_ac_repair/viewall.html
I tried re-connecting a couple of loose hoses here and there but they were all dried out and cracked open as soon as I attempted connecting them to the vacuum motors. So next thing tomorrow will be a stop at my local Auto Parts store to buy about 12 feet of vacuum hose and a couple of T's, and the rest should be an easy replacement job.
Here is a view of the Reheat Door Motor and the Water valve vacuum switch (small hidden outlet, center-right), both of which were disconnected from their respective hoses:
http://www.mustangmonthly.com/howto/mump_0409_ac_repair/viewall.html
Thanks for the link and diagrams Ivan. I'll have to go through all this when I put my dash back together with factory AC. Excellent!
ReplyDeleteThis was a major find for me Dennis. I thought I was going to have to send it to an A/C shop. I'm saving a LOT of money by doing it myself now.
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