That's what I was thinking. I'm going to reroute the vacuum lines and see if that does anything.That is what I read on their website; Plug and Play with no adapters or modifications.
That's what I was thinking. I'm going to reroute the vacuum lines and see if that does anything.That is what I read on their website; Plug and Play with no adapters or modifications.
I was looking at these schematics, all the vacuum hoses are the same at the connector (color)Out of curiosity did the kit come with new vacuum lines to reroute? Looks like the vacuum circuits in out TJs are different between Heater Only and Heat-A/C:
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Yeah I bet you're frustrated, I would be too.The only real difference I see in both schematics is the green vacuum is used for the ac version. This is very frustrating. Would I need to pull vacuum to the door actuator from the control head?
I contacted jeep air and they sent me the second control panel. When that didn't work they said it has to be my vacuum system.Yeah I bet you're frustrated, I would be too.
In addition to the green vacuum hose not being used with your old panel, it also looks like there might be a difference in the red/brown hoses. On your old system they can be actuated individually, on the AC version they're actuated together. Red goes to panel vent actuator, brown goes to the floor actuator.
Also, on your old system when you set it to 'floor' or 'mix' it draws a vacuum on the brown hose to the floor actuator - on the new system it says 'vented' which makes it sound like the brown hose should be open to atmosphere.
In any case the fact that you're not hearing hissing on the new panel when you disconnect indicates that something is preventing vacuum from building up, hence the default to the defrost setting. Did the company you bought this from provide any troubleshooting advice? The fact that your old panel is working just fine says to me that your issue is with this new system - either a bad panel x2 or something not accounted for
I would've thought the new control head should divert the vacuum where it needed to go and vent what needed to vent, hence the ac version and non ac version. They said it is plug and play.I contacted jeep air and they sent me the second control panel. When that didn't work they said it has to be my vacuum system.
Doesn't seem like it. Make any headway on it?I would've thought the new control head should divert the vacuum where it needed to go and vent what needed to vent, hence the ac version and non ac version. They said it is plug and play.
That would be great.Doesn't seem like it. Make any headway on it?
I'm installing a heater core here over the next week, when I get the dash off I can take pics of my vacuum hose routing if you think it'll help since I have factory AC.
My box has black plastic vacuum actuators. I believe this is the same side as yours.I just put my case back together.
Driver side actuators - red goes to top, blue & yellow both go to the middle one, brown goes to the bottom
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Green goes to the one on the passenger side under the shield
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Here’s what my connector looks like
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