[tallfarmboy]

Last summer there was a huge post about cleaning out the evaporator coil assembly located behind the fan under the hood. Personally, I cleaned mine last year, and cleaned it again this year and flushed a lot more stuff out of there. I get a few Maple Helicopters and a lot of dust.
For those of you who have NOT cleaned your evaporator, you simply need to disconnect your blower, remove the 4 screws that are holding it to the housing, remove the blower motor and fan, then take a water hose and flush out the cooling fins located through the hole. You'll be able to see the fins in there and there is a drain hole for the water, so don't worry about the water.
You notice a BIG increase in velocity of air through the vents, and much lower vent temperatures as well..

Good luck,
A friendly reminder from your friend,

Tallfarmboy

 

[Knothead]

Since I just bought my truck this past Dec., and wasn't a faithful reader of all this wisdom last summer, thanks for the reminder. I was just commenting today (94 degrees for the high) that my A/C seems cold enough, but I wish it would blow harder to cool the truck off quicker. I'm gonna clean mine 1st thing in the morning when I get off work.

Again.......THANKS! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/warmsmile.gif

 

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[Godofdew11]

call me retarted, and i am going to assume this is the assembly in the passenger side near the firewall, can anyone point out specificaly what is the blower and whats the condenser /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif living in florida i NEED to do this

 

[Renegade]

pics in my sig or click here & the earlier page 2. for a straight shot to the pics.

Just pull the washer housing,blower motor & your all set to wash away the trash.

Just be careful & not get water in the floorboard /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Cheers

 

[Knothead]

Rich,

You might want to consider doing the A/C Mod, too. It blocks the hot water flowing through the heater core while the A/C is in the "off" and "Max" settings. Made a difference on my truck.

 

[pp96f350]

Tallfarmboy,
Thanks for the info! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
I need to do this, ASAP.
2P

 

[cmichalik]

Oh yeah. Thanks a lot. I was just telling my wife last wek that I wish my fan blew harder. I don't know if my coil has ever been cleaned. I'll do this tonight. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[TravisT]

Dang. I'm doin it.

 

[Godofdew11]

Done, dunno if it did much well see tomrrow, got some leaves outa there, didnt seem like i got tons out but well see

Don

 

[tallfarmboy]

Seems like this should be considered "routine maintenance" as big of a difference as it makes.
As a matter of fact, I think I'm gonna clean the FPR screen tomorrow as well...
BTW: I've got a Poor Boy A/C mod installed, an inline ball valve that I shut off in the summer.

TFB

 

[Godofdew11]

sure seems to have helped alot!,, PS whats this ballvalve and how can i put one in, im in florida and and it seems like a good idea for me, some more info maybe?

Don

 

[WorkinMan]

Just install a shut off valve in one of your heater hoses. It shuts off the water to the heater core.

Chris

 

[mrvmax1]

One more thing to do while you're in there. I bought some disinfectant spray for home A/C's and sprayed the evap (I can't remember the name - it was Bio something). It kills anything in there and makes for better smelling air.

 

[S_Driver]

I did mine today and it made a HUGE difference. The coils were filthy. It was black before I cleaned it and silver afterwards. Thanks for the tip!

Steve