No air on driver vent only

[_nickjoseph]

Yes, this thing...see how bad the rubber edges on the damper look.

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That’s what I see

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[_nickjoseph]

Yes, this thing...see how bad the rubber edges on the damper look.

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[east302]

Lol, how long are you keeping the truck?

Short of positioning the damper closed and blocking it off with some foam or something, you’d have to pull the dash and replace the damper.

Since the other dampers are probably marginal as well, I’d buy the whole box (which includes the upper dampers) instead. Of course, that snowballs into replacing the other air doors and whatever else you see fit to swap while there.

Lower damper:

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[east302]

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I posted before you posted the pictures. The damper looks to be missing the thin flexible part along the edges. It can bend back and forth. Compare with the photo below, the red arrow points to what was left of the flex seal on mine. It was torn.

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[east302]

Here’s mine (new damper) in the floor position so you can see the thin seal.

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[_nickjoseph]

I posted before you posted the pictures. The damper looks to be missing the thin flexible part along the edges. It can bend back and forth. Compare with the photo below, the red arrow points to what was left of the flex seal on mine. It was torn.

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Mine doesn’t have that on it man. Should I replace the lower damper? I Wally do not wanna pull the dash and I’m fine with just adding weatherstripping or sumn in there as long as my ac works better I live in louisiana and it’s hot as hell

 

[east302]

I hear you, I’m next door to you and it’s getting warm. The box has to come apart to replace the damper, which means the dash needs to come out as well.

One option is to position the damper closed, cut a piece of foam and fit it under the damper to block it off. The risk would be if you changed the vent position and jammed it up. I don’t know.

I swapped them out on my two 98s, I’ve got a write-up on here somewhere about pulling the dash. It’s not that bad, maybe a weekend the first time you do it. I will say that my a/c isn’t bad now but the airflow is still nothing like a newer car. Before, I hated driving in the summer.

Close the two passenger vents and you’ll get a little more flow out of the vent above the cup holder.

 

[_nickjoseph]

Here’s mine (new damper) in the floor position so you can see the thin seal.

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Mine doesn’t have that flap piece or the seal piece. Could I glue one on or something? Or block it and see if it fixes it?

 

[_nickjoseph]

I hear you, I’m next door to you and it’s getting warm. The box has to come apart to replace the damper, which means the dash needs to come out as well.

One option is to position the damper closed, cut a piece of foam and fit it under the damper to block it off. The risk would be if you changed the vent position and jammed it up. I don’t know.

I swapped them out on my two 98s, I’ve got a write-up on here somewhere about pulling the dash. It’s not that bad, maybe a weekend the first time you do it. I will say that my a/c isn’t bad now but the airflow is still nothing like a newer car. Before, I hated driving in the summer.

Close the two passenger vents and you’ll get a little more flow out of the vent above the cup holder.

I’ll close them. Should I block it and see if it helps flow?

 

[east302]

Yeah, I’d try blocking it and see how well that works.