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Old Oct 1, 2018 | 09:09 PM
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That one looks different. The one in the pic has a bolt through it to hold it . Or am I looking at it wrong?
 
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Old Oct 1, 2018 | 11:18 PM
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You are correct I found a better Pic of my actuator.

I may have one of these I need to look in my spare parts box's





A better pic of the other one



 

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Old Oct 1, 2018 | 11:36 PM
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Why are you in need of these??

The silver one is the lower or foot vent you could just do without it an get no air to the feet and plug up the hoses.
 

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Old Oct 2, 2018 | 09:27 AM
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Didnt know what one did what thanks for clearing that up. The black one is the one that moves it from defrost to vents? And can that be replaced with the dash in ?
 
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Old Oct 2, 2018 | 02:26 PM
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That answer is weird are your current actuators bad or missing you don't need to replace them unless they are bad.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2018 | 03:01 PM
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Default I think the actuator is bad.

The ac blows out the defrost when the selector is on vent. If I turn it off and let the truck idle and turn the blower off then turn the selector back to vent it works sometimes. Not all the time. Someone is replacing my heatercore today I wanted to get it fixed while they was in there but its not going to happen .
 
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Old Oct 2, 2018 | 03:03 PM
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I checked the vacuum line in the engine bay had no leaks and tested the vacuum bottle and it held vac also .
 
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Old Oct 2, 2018 | 06:11 PM
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So your not sure if any of your actuators are bad your just guessing??

Yikes wasting my time I HATE THAT.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2018 | 08:11 PM
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The vacuum system seems to be working so what else could it be. Someone is working on my truck as I have no time to. I wanted him to have everything he needed to fix it while he was in there. I need the truck I cant have it down for days wating on parts. If its wasting your time dont answer.
 

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Old Oct 3, 2018 | 07:02 AM
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I don't think I have ever seen a vacuum actuator fail...... Vacuum lines, on the other hand, yeah, all the time. Possibly vacuum leak at control head as well.
 
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