Bypassing Defrost

[Hossbaby50]

Is there a way to bypass the the vacuum setup for the defrost? When I removed my air conditioning I accidentally cut the vacuum line for the defrost. Is there a way to make the defrost work without using the vaccum setup or a way to bypass that vacuum line?

Harley

 

[79k20350]

why not just hook a new line up? if you cant what is preventing you from doing it?

 

[cybrfire]

Is there a way to bypass the the vacuum setup for the defrost? When I removed my air conditioning I accidentally cut the vacuum line for the defrost. Is there a way to make the defrost work without using the vaccum setup or a way to bypass that vacuum line?

Harley

Shove a bunch of rags in the floor vent!

 

[Hossbaby50]

When I clipped the line that runs into the engine bay I cut it pretty much flush with the firewall so I can't really reconnect anything to it.

Harley

 

[diesel4me]

wire it..

You might be able to stick a plastic hose splicer,or metal tube like a short hunk of 3/16 brake line in the cut off peice in the firewall,and splice a new hose onto it that way..

Or,you could crawl under the dash,find the vacuum diaphram unit that closes the floor/defroster door,pull it to the "defrost" position,and wire it there so its on "defrost" all the time..I'd rather have chilled feet that an icy windsheild!..but you'll get SOME heat to the floor,even when its on "defrost!..

I'd fix it right with a new hose,even if it means drilling a new hole in the firewall--I bet there is a rubber plug nearby you could pop out and shove another hose thru,if you cant use the original hole and hose..only if the vacuum diaphram dewhicky was junk would I wire it up..it was 40 bucks for one of those on my brother in laws 95 GMC,so I wired his up to stay on "defrost" all winter..he was too cheap to buy one!..(P.S.--they are cheap at the junkyards!)...

 

[3 on the tree]

If you can find the lever that controls the defrost vent, hook up a manual choke cable to it.