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| Subject: | | Re: Jeep Wet Rear Carpet |
| Date: | | August 31, 2002 at 20:45:17 |
| Posted by: | | Gary Harrison via: or 216.118.36.144 |
| In Reply to: | | The message posted by Stephen C on August 31, 2002 at 20:07:35: |
Following is a procedure that has worked for many Jeep GC's. I have removed the evaporator in my 94 Gr. Cherokee to replace a leaking evaporator. Don't do this unless you have a masochistic streak. The drain runs into the pax side longitudinal beam of the vehicles frame and drains to the rear, according to the shop manual. You can't see anything obvious from underside. There is a TSB repair procedure developed by Jeep to service the drain from inside the pax compartment w/o removing evaporator case. I have the procedure on Alldata CDROM but apparently there is no way to download to a file that I could send. Following is the procedure: 1) Pull the carpet on front pax side back to expose the circular duct at the base of the firewall. 2) Drill a 1/4" hole in the center of the circular duct outlet. Water may run out when you drill this opening. 3) Run a coathanger wire or similar through the drilled hole, and down the tube to "rod" it out. Outlet is forward and slightly downward. 4) After clearing the drain, fashion a plug from some handy material. Parts store has various size rubber plugs. Hot melt glue might work. This will not work if the blockage is above the 1/4" hole opened in the circular duct. This would indicate lots of debris/dirt in your evaporator case, and you'll have remove the case,... bad news. I spent 30-40 hours all told to disconnect all wiring, remove dash assembly, remove evaporator case, replace evaporator, replace dash, reattach all wiring. I "lost" one male wire connector and searched forever before finding. It had fallen behind the carpet. I hope the above fixes your problem. It's simple and easy. good luck
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