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Old Aug 8, 2018 | 01:27 PM
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New to the corvettes I got this 78 Corvette with A/C however I can not get the AC to blow To the face and not the feet anyone has had or does have this same issue how did you fix it?, brand new switch installed correctly, AC blower works.
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Old Aug 8, 2018 | 03:31 PM
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Welcome to the forum.

I presume you know that the HVAC selection is vacuum controlled.

First you need to find out if you have vacuum at the selector switch. Disconnect the solid black hose at the #1 connection at the back of the selector. With the engine running you should feel vacuum. That's the very first step. Report back what you find.

For nearly anything else you really need to get a hand vacuum pump. They're EXTREMELY useful on our cars as so much is vacuum controlled. The MiteeVac set is excellent, inexpensive and available at almost any car parts house.

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Old Aug 8, 2018 | 04:51 PM
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I have a 78 also and sometimes it does not switch to the ac outlets. I put it in defrost mode and after it switches go back to ac and see if that works.
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Found a vacuum line to the firewall does not have any vacuum I connected it to the miteevac and the needle stayed at zero.
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Old Aug 8, 2018 | 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeanhernandez26
Found a vacuum line to the firewall does not have any vacuum I connected it to the miteevac and the needle stayed at zero.
Can you give a picture to show which vacuum line?
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