Dodge 2000 DURANGO Service Manual page 974

24 - 44 HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)
REAR SEAT FLOOR DUCT CONTROL
SPLIT BENCH SEAT
(1) Remove the three retainers that secure the
HVAC rear bezel to the brackets near the back of the
front seat center section (Fig. 41).
(2) Pull the bezel away from the back of the front
seat far enough to access and disengage the control
cable retainer and cable end from the control.
(3) Reverse the removal procedures to install.
BUCKET SEAT
The rear floor duct control and linkage are only
serviced as a unit with the console duct assembly.
(1) Remove the four screws that secure the console
bin and remove the bin from the floor console (Fig.
42).
(2) Reach through the top of the console to disen-
gage the control rod end from the floor duct damper
door pivot.
(3) Remove the floor console from the vehicle and
disassemble as required to remove the console duct
and control assembly from the console as a unit.
Refer to Group 23 - Body for the procedures.
(4) Reverse the removal procedures to install.
1 – KNOB
2 – CONTROL
3 – BEZEL
4 – RETAINER
5 – FRONT SEAT BRACKETS
Fig. 41 Rear Seat Floor Duct Control - Split Bench Seat
REAR SEAT FLOOR DUCT
The rear seat floor duct damper door is only ser-
viced as part of the rear seat floor duct on bench seat
models, or the center seat floor duct on bucket seat
models.
(1) Remove the carpeting from the floor panel
transmission tunnel. Refer to Group 23 - Body for the
procedures.
(2) Remove the retainers that secure the ducts to
the floor panel transmission tunnel (Fig. 43) or (Fig.
44).
(3) Remove the duct(s) from the floor panel as
required.
(4) Reverse the removal procedures to install.
DEMISTER DUCT ADAPTER
(1) Roll the instrument panel assembly down, but
do not remove it from the vehicle. Refer to Instru-
ment Panel Assembly in the Removal and Installa-
tion section of Group 8E - Instrument Panel Systems
for the procedures.
(2) Disconnect the flexible demister duct hose from
the demister duct adapter on the top of the heater-
A/C housing.
6 – CABLE
7 – DUCT
8 – DIFFUSER
9 – RETAINER
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