On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 15:14:57 -0700 (PDT), N8N <njnagel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>I bet someone's already figured this out, but I figured I'd post in
>case a couple of you might not have... I've got a '93 F-150, actually
>pretty good shape overall although both bumpers need attention. But
>inside, those crappy vent assemblies made it look very ghetto, because
>of course like all Fords "of a certain age" all the vanes in any given
>assembly point every which way. Well I figured I'd see if I could fix
>them myself rather than pay the $25 apiece for new ones from LMC.
>turns out all of the vanes were busted in the same place - a little
>molded plastic pin that fits into a sliding piece to keep all the
>vanes pointed in the same direction. You can remove the vanes simply
>by bending them slightly in the middle. So I pulled 'em all out, used
>an unbusted one as a template, and inserted a piece of wire in the
>busted ones. I just drilled a hole in the end where the little
>plastic nib was broken off - I think I used a #52 or #51 drill bit, I
>forget, and a pin vise - and inserted a piece of 14AWG copper wire.
>Then I snipped the piece of copper off just a little longer than it
>needed to be and finished with a flat bastard file. Reassembled et
>voila, un-ghettofied vent assemblies, all for the cost of some scrap
>wire that I was going to throw out anyway.
>
>I'd keep them lubed up well with silicone or other non-greasy lube,
>because I can't remember the last time I saw a truck that didn't have
>at least one broken vane...
>
>nate
Many vehicles vents become broken , not just f150's , many times the
cause is from spraying cleaners/polishes and these seep into the pivoit
points of the vanes and dry there nearly glueing them in place.
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