Where is the AC Drain on a 2003 Dakota SLT 4.7. Floor is all wet and I could tell it was from the AC running all day.

 

Not sure if the newer years are different. On my 98 is was on the passenger side under my black ac canister(proper name escapes me) its way down on the firewall.

 

I found it, what a pain. Pull the passenger front wheel, remove the plastic wheel well shield. Then you will see a metal heat shield with two 11mm nuts, remove those, and you will see the small drain. If you don't see the drain, remove the black wingnut and move the padding out of the way. The problem is with the drain there is not much room between the drain and back of the valve cover.

I wanted to put a 90 degree elbow on it, but it did not have the room. So I ended up using my air compressor and since I could not get the air nozzle into the drain, I put a plastic tube on the end of my nozzle, I was able to feed that down the drain and blow compressed air in, I did that a couple of times.

After I put it back together, I drove it, backed it up the driveway so it would be on a slant, and water is dripping from the drain.

Hope this might help others.

 

So I guess its different from the 97-99's. I found mine after doing my passenger side exhaust flange. I was able to put a 90 on it no problem

 

Well back to the drawing board. It was hot here this week, so I ran the AC alot, today my passenger floor was soaked.

 

What you did is a temp fix pushing the plug back inside the Box it just floated back in the hole and plugged it back up.

Vacuum it out is the bast way to fix a plug

 

I finally found the TSB on it. I am going to try this next this next weekend.

Owners of ‘01-‘03 Dakotas, ‘01-‘04 Durangos and Mini Vans may experience
condensation water leaking into the passenger cabin.
First, check to see if the evaporator drain is blocked by leaves or other debris. A
blockage will allow condensation to fill the evaporator case until it leaks out the floor
ducts. Do not attempt to clear the blockage by poking through the drain tube. The risk of
damaging the evaporator and causing a refrigerant leak is likely. The case should be
disassembled to completely clean out any debris.
If the drain is open, Daimler-Chrysler suggests the problem may be water running
along the bottom of the drain tube back into the passenger cabin (TSB 23-010-04 Rev A).
The recommended repair is to use RTV sealant where the drain tube passes through the
bulkhead (firewall) to keep the water from making its way back into the passenger
compartment. Allow the RTV to dry and retest the vehicle to see if the water leakage
problem has been corrected.

 

Yes a good alternative seal it up with something if you can get your hands back there.

I wonder if plumbers putty would work make a rope then stick it up there I dont see how you are going to get any tube of sealant up in that area

If you dont understand what plumbers putty is do a google on it and how to use it

 

I know what plumbers putty is. I am going to use silicone or rtv. My worry since it is right behind the engine it could get very hot.

 

True dont know how it would hold up to heat

But I think if you still have a plug this will not stop your leak you need to suck out the material thats plugging it up first