Want better A/C one trick
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05-05-2012 | 10:55 PM
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#23
05-07-2012 | 12:18 AM
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The older second gen Dakotas 97 to 2000 don’t have what’s called zero cabin pressure relief ports or vents on them either that or mine are blocked meaning if you are pumping in air using your A/C you are building up cabin pressure especially if you have the fan on high unless you crank a window down a crack to let that pressure out.
So having all your windows closed up is a bad idea even in the Hot summer you will find out your fan will pump cool air way better with a window down a crack you should even hear the difference with the fan with the windows closed up or one window open a crack.
Note this also puts strain on your fan motor with your windows closed up its trying real hard to pump air into your cab and these fans are not made to work like that very well.
I find I get cooler air using the outside air setting and not the cabin recycled air setting I’m not sure why but it’s very noticeable to me the Max cool setting is flawed in some way is all I can think of or maybe my foam is clogged up some on the cabin recycle vent.
So having all your windows closed up is a bad idea even in the Hot summer you will find out your fan will pump cool air way better with a window down a crack you should even hear the difference with the fan with the windows closed up or one window open a crack.
Note this also puts strain on your fan motor with your windows closed up its trying real hard to pump air into your cab and these fans are not made to work like that very well.
I find I get cooler air using the outside air setting and not the cabin recycled air setting I’m not sure why but it’s very noticeable to me the Max cool setting is flawed in some way is all I can think of or maybe my foam is clogged up some on the cabin recycle vent.
Maybee the single cab but the CC has them.. mine does.. vents on the pannels towards the seat.. vent is in the door jam there.
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05-07-2012 | 01:05 AM
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NO my 98 dosent have any vents
NO my 98 doesn’t have any vents I must have very weird model Dakota it seems to be different in many ways all I know is it’s a made in Canada Dakota half the parts on this thing have made in Canada on them.
I swear my Dakota must be some weird in-between model.
I swear my Dakota must be some weird in-between model.
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05-09-2012 | 08:36 PM
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Well I did this
I wanted to see why my zero cab presser vents don’t work I do have them but they have never worked. So I popped the vents off and looked inside and no holes to make these work at all. So I drilled me 6 3/8 holes behind each vent and that opens it up to my cab.
So now I don’t need a window cracked open all the time like I have done for the last 14 years.
I think someone screwed up on my Dak in the build stage and my vent holes were never punched out drilled out however they were done at the plant.
Im not kidding there was no way any air could flow through these vents it was solid steal no holes nothing?
How weird is that?
So now I don’t need a window cracked open all the time like I have done for the last 14 years.
I think someone screwed up on my Dak in the build stage and my vent holes were never punched out drilled out however they were done at the plant.
Im not kidding there was no way any air could flow through these vents it was solid steal no holes nothing?
How weird is that?
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05-09-2012 | 10:08 PM
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When in California
When I lived in California because those vents never worked, during the rainy season having a window open a crack sucked my windows would get all wet because the rain got in through the window crack and you needed it open to run the heater or the pressure in the cab would give me headaches.
It blows my mind knowing all these years the vents were blocked 100%
It blows my mind knowing all these years the vents were blocked 100%
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05-10-2012 | 07:56 PM
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the max Ac should over come that as its circulating the air inside..
On the shut off that is a good idea.. if the door is not well enough closing or the design is bad still allowing air to flow through the heater side.. the only thing i would tend to worry about though is that stagnate fluid sitting there to clogg up.. a good back flush will help if it does but that depends on how clogged it gets if it even does.
On the shut off that is a good idea.. if the door is not well enough closing or the design is bad still allowing air to flow through the heater side.. the only thing i would tend to worry about though is that stagnate fluid sitting there to clogg up.. a good back flush will help if it does but that depends on how clogged it gets if it even does.