[wambus]

I actually watched this video. I am going to check out the parts he is exhibiting. i also watched one where the actuator was taken apart and on of the internal gears was missing teeth.

 

[wambus]

thanks for the video. all the ones I could find were not for my specific year truck.

 

[wambus]

I read that the bulbs are hard to get. is that correct?

 

[wambus]

ok - so when did this whole soldered bulb thing become the standard? After '01 - it kinda sounds like.

I will take my control out this weekend and see what I have. really think it is super stupid to produce a set up like that. but that is what we MOPAR fans have to edure. some similarity to VWs there....

 

[wambus]

ok, now I need some real help. I took off the blend door actuator and now I cannot get the whole thing back together. I cannot determine which of the two levers under the big round piece goes into the inner track and which one goes into the outer track. Cannot find any pictures or videos that delve that deeply.

should I regrease? using what?

 

[wambus]

It has grease on it - not sure if it is ‘factory’.
I figured it out finally. Took some more stuff off to see better and that helped.

I hit all the under dash issues I had: ashtray broken /swap for functional one; find out why small courtesy light not working; replace knee panel with donor parts with non- broken parking brake lever; check both climate actuators; replace burnt out heater control lights with LEDs. Also reattached the foam strips around the heater ducts.

 

[wambus]

By the way, is that super tiny build in there a number 194?

 

[wambus]

Bulb….

 

[wambus]

yeah - I need the 74. it is the same one in the lighter/ashtray and the shifter courtesy light. the ashtray I picked up has a working bulb so that was a plus.

 

[wambus]

thanks for the help!