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Buick LeSabre Custom HVAC Problem

Q. Vince, Let me ask you this question: I got a 1983 Buick LeSabre Custom, 5.0 liter, V-8, 307 engine. My air conditioner is working, I feel the air through the floor part, but not the vents, The compressor works good. I got four cans of freon put in it. What could it be. The port vacuum switch? Let a man know, okay? The air sure do feel cold through the floor part.

Buick LeSabre Custom HVAC Problem

Yet when I turn it on to the vent, I can not feel any from out of it. So let me know, okay? I still have not done the wire from the gas gauge, or tank yet. And also the turning signals. Tell me don't I need to gone and do it. I tried replacing the bulbs for the signals, but it do not still not work. Could it be the wiring by the steering? Tell me. Bye buddy

A. Sounds like there is no vacuum to the dash. Check under the hood for a vacuum storage canister. It will look like a softball sized black round plastic ball. Follow the hose from it to the dash. Somewhere along the way it's broken.

Somewhere along the way it's broken.

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