RAM 1500 Van V8-5.2L VIN Y (1999)
Air Door Actuator / Motor: Service and Repair
Floor/Panel Door Actuator Replacement
FLOOR - PANEL DOOR ACTUATOR
REMOVAL
1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
2. Remove the instrument panel assembly from the vehicle. Refer to: "Instrument Panel Gauges and Warning Indicators : Instrument Panel :
Service and Repair" See: Instrument Panel, Gauges and Warning Indicators/Instrument Cluster / Carrier/Service and Repair
Floor Panel Door Actuator
3. Unplug the two vacuum harness connectors from the floor-panel door actuator located on a mount outboard of the demister outlet on the right side
of the distribution duct.
Vacuum Actuator Remove/Install - Typical
4. Using a trim stick or another suitable wide flat-bladed tool, gently pry the actuator latch while pulling firmly outward on the actuator to remove the
actuator from the mount on the distribution duct.
5. Swing the actuator around the floor-panel door lever about 180°, or until the actuator link is at almost a right angle on the opposite side of the
lever, then disengage the hole on the end of the link from the pin on the end of the lever.
6. Remove the floor-panel door actuator from the distribution duct.
INSTALLATION