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A/C doesn't get real cold ... refrigerant recharged
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mactube
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Oct 18, 2019, 6:01 PM
Post #26 of 30
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Re: A/C doesn't get real cold ... refrigerant recharged
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I totally understood the risk, but the 2k repair costs where just to much of a risk to start with.. no way where I could have done the work of taking the dashboard out myself. ( I don't even know how much of reseting with special tools/computers etc would have to be done) The shop the quoted me $750 turned out to be wrong with the diagnostic already, since they told me there are two bad actuators, this deal might have not turned out well ... . So since I got as far as taking out and checking the actuator I took the rist of cutting open the housing since I got a good look at the housing already by taking the actuator off. The actually main step of the repair (after the puzzle work of clearing the way) ... from what I saw on youtube looked very simple and easy to me as a dental technician who worked with kind of like Dremel tool for 4 years every day.... .... the cut was not a problem !
(This post was edited by mactube on Oct 18, 2019, 6:05 PM)
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mactube
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Oct 18, 2019, 6:17 PM
Post #28 of 30
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Re: A/C doesn't get real cold ... refrigerant recharged
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Well anyway for everybody who want to talk on this repair themselves here the pictures of of the finished job : ( trying to post pics in here but might have to click the links:) https://www.dropbox.com/s/3wmb64yuy1cl2a5/fitted.JPG?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/y7t3nj4gsh4t6y9/biggap.JPG?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/kujtdwnt59s6jtz/done.JPG?dl=0 ... super proud of myself by the way lol thx @HammerTime and @TomGreenleaf for bearing with me
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mactube
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Oct 18, 2019, 6:31 PM
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Re: A/C doesn't get real cold ... refrigerant recharged
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Tips for the resemble : - Grind off a good amount of plastic before sitting the cut out piece of the housing back in. To fit it in otherwise will almost be impossible. ( Blend Door will have to be set in place with the white connector piece of the actuator also, so cut out piece has to have some wiggle room. - Can be sealed up with General Electric or other quality silicon ( -60F to +400F temperature durability) Big gaps can be closed with some additional electric / fire proof gasket material like in the picture. - IMPORTANT :The blend door will will fall into the COOLD position after installing, so the actuator will have to turn into the all cold position with the A/C controller knob as well before installing if not the blend for will break immediately again !!! ) - I would start woking on everything with the battery disconnected .. just in case... ... until reassembling and checking the actuator position. The repair will take a couple of days any way and since the seat will have to be taking out for accessibility something might drain the battery over night anyway !
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Hammer Time
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Oct 18, 2019, 6:42 PM
Post #30 of 30
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Re: A/C doesn't get real cold ... refrigerant recharged
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Glad you got it working. Closed now as solved. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We offer help in answering questions, clarifying things or giving advice but we are not a substitute for an on-site inspection by a professional.
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