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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 04:42 PM
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Ok were can I get a new one?

The one I have is torn in the bend and thats why a lot of people can't either get fresh air or cold ac.

the pendulum is located on the passenger side in the engine bay between the blower motor and the cowl (wiper door).

A pia to get to and remove
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 05:00 PM
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Its a plenum I believe but not sure if I spelled it correctly. You need one for a 71 ?
edit - on second thought the outside piece is the blower motor case or module and the inside piece is the air distributor I think.
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yep your right the spelling is plenum and yes need one for 71 and its the outside were the blower motor is not the inside one
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Does the car have AC ?
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yes it ac
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 05:15 PM
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Darn I have one for heater only car. I think I have a broken one for AC but it would have to be repaired but you already have that.
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how do you repair it in two parts right at the bend
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 05:32 PM
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I don't know I've never tried but I have heard of guys that have done repairs on them.
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I just replaced mine with used one I got it off ebay for $35 or something. You need to take off the whole wiper door assembly to be able to reach and get the old one out and install the new one in, its not hard, just a little time consuming, it took me about 3 hours to do including the time to re-align everything.
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Don't anyone laugh. Sorta did a Bubba on it. Mine was torn part way and I put a strip of black duct tape on each side. Cleaned the surface real well first. It has held up for about a year now. It's on my list for long term replacement, but not in the budget yet.
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OK....I won't laugh :o _______{Oh, he!! with it.... } sorry
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