Dodge Intrepid Service Manual page 963

24 - 26 DISTRIBUTION
HVAC HOUSING (Continued)
(17) Thread the blower motor wiring through the
blower motor cover, and install the blower motor
housing cover.
(18) Seat the blower motor wiring grommet in the
blower motor housing cover.
(19) Install the blower motor wiring to the blower
motor resistor.
(20) Position the recirculation housing to the
HVAC housing. Install the retaining screws and clip.
(21) Install the blend door actuator. (Refer to 24 -
HEATING & AIR
BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR - INSTALLATION)
(22) Install the mode door actuator. (Refer to 24 -
HEATING & AIR
MODE DOOR ACTUATOR - INSTALLATION)
(23) Install the lower distribution housing.
(24) Install the recirculation door actuator and
wiring. (Refer to 24 - HEATING & AIR CONDITION-
ING/CONTROLS/RECIRCULATION DOOR ACTUA-
TOR - INSTALLATION)
(25) Install heater core in the HVAC housing.
Tighten the retaining screws to 2.2 N·m (20 in. lbs.).
INSTALLATION
WARNING: REVIEW THE WARNINGS IN THE FRONT
OF PLUMBING BEFORE PERFORMING THE FOL-
LOWING OPERATION. (Refer to 24 - HEATING & AIR
CONDITIONING/PLUMBING - WARNING)
(1) Position the HVAC housing to the dash panel.
Be certain that the evaporator condensate drain tube
and the mounting studs are inserted into their cor-
rect mounting holes.
(2) Connect the HVAC harness connector.
(3) Install the rear seat heat duct elbow push pin
fastener.
(4) Position the rear seat heat duct and install the
four retainer nuts. Tighten to 2.2 N·m (20 in. lbs.).
(5) Install the two nuts, and two screws attaching
the HVAC housing to the dash panel. Tighten to 4.5
N·m (40 in. lbs.).
(6) Position the defrost duct and install the two
retainer screws. Tighten to 2.2 N·m (20 in. lbs.).
CONDITIONING/CONTROLS/
CONDITIONING/CONTROLS/
(7) Install the nuts on the HVAC housing mount-
ing studs on the engine compartment side of the
dash panel. Tighten to 7 N·m (60 in. lbs.).
(8) Unplug or remove the tape from liquid and suc-
tion lines, and the expansion valve. Connect the lines
to the expansion valve and tighten the retaining nut
to 23 N·m (17 ft. lbs.).
(9) Install the heater hoses to the heater core and
install the spring type hose fasteners and fill the
engine cooling system(Refer to 7 - COOLING - STAN-
DARD PROCEDURE).
(10) Install the air cleaner hose and air distribu-
tion duct(Refer to 9 - ENGINE/AIR INTAKE SYS-
TEM/AIR CLEANER ELEMENT - INSTALLATION).
(11) Evacuate the refrigerant system. (Refer to 24 -
HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING/PLUMBING -
STANDARD PROCEDURE - REFROGERANT SYS-
TEM EVACUATE)
(12) Charge the refrigerant system. (Refer to 24 -
HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING/PLUMBING -
STANDARD PROCEDURE - REFRIGERANT SYS-
TEM CHARGE)
(13) Install the instrument panel in the vehicle(Re-
fer to 23 - BODY/INSTRUMENT PANEL/INSTRU-
MENT PANEL ASSEMBLY - INSTALLATION).
(14) Connect the negative battery cable remote ter-
minal to the remote battery post(Refer to 8 - ELEC-
TRICAL/BATTERY
INSTALLATION).
INSTRUMENT PANEL
DEMISTER DUCTS
DESCRIPTION
The side window demisters direct air from the
heater assembly through the outlets located on the
top corners of the instrument panel, to the side win-
dows.
OPERATION
Side window demisting is performed when the
mode selector is on FLOOR, DEFROST, MIX OR BI-
LEVEL setting.
SYSTEM/CABLES
LH
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