I gotta move outta Iowa, man. Rather than having a snow-covered yard from November to March and brown, dirty piles of snow until April, I need it to stick around for a day or two and melt like it seems to do in the greater SLC area.
It takes incredible hand/eye coordination to get up into tight spots like that with only a peak to get you started. Nice job getting that camera in there!
I have been needing to do this, I don’t think my hands will fit…. You make it look easy nice work. I have the actuator handy for last 3 months just not ready to try 😅
My wife's 09 Impala was going through these like cereal. I was using aftermarket parts. I finally used OEM and haven't had a problem since after almost 3 years.
That's what I was thinking. The 5th Gen camaro has a poorly designed blend door which causes it to break easily, so there's a popular hack video which requires us to have to carve out a section of the side floor dash to replace it rather than having the entire dash and window removed. Good times. Here's praying that mine never goes out.
You are correct. The blend door actuator is behind the left side of the glovebox and a real pain to get to. With the mode door actuator, this one is easy. If he had the optional pedal adjust feature. He would have had to unbolt and move the pedal assembly to get to it. Former Nissan tech. Done many of these.
Because the actuators are often the same part number, sometimes “blend door actuator” is the default name (especially when looking up parts) even though we know it’s actually controlling mode or recirc.
@@ninjatechauto655hopefully you see this . I have a 2007 Nissan Titan Xe extended cab and I get the clicks from the defroster . Are the other two actuators the same pretty much like the passenger one and the driver closest not the rear
ERNEST, I once had to replace a heater core where it was done by removing the passenger front fender & removing the entire heater/ac housing off the firewall. I cussed the designer every minute I worked that job. !
I would say as a mobile mechanic. The most common blend door I replace is the hot/cold actuator on the 09 to 13 f150. Shops often quote for the half dash to be removed since the service manual calls for it. But after so many I found a short cut of undoing 2 bolts for the radio bezzel 4 for the radio itself. Then just skinny hands I can get the 2 that hold the actuator motor in. Use to take me about 30 minutes to get done and replaced. But now it takes me about 5 minutes. Shops would charge about 200$ to do it. My old price was 40$ now since I get through them so fast I just say 5$ will cover it. Now the lower blend door on dual zone equipped ones that has a blend door motor on the floor. I got a cheat also so instead of the 4 to 5 hour job it takes me about 35 to 40 minutes. Plus I enjoy working on those so I never charge much to do them for my simple enjoyment of it. It's almost the joy you have of replacing light bulbs in the auto part stores parking lot.
Want to come to California and fix my titans a.c. blend door and a.c. system? When I put on cold, it makes a clicking sound too so and for some reason, my a.c. turns on with heater and not when I select the cold. I learned to live with it. It's also a titan. When done with payments, I'm turning it in and getting a newer titan.
I am replacing mine right now and I have an amplifier where your hands are that is getting in my way. What a nightmare. I managed to get the old one out but I’m having a real hard time trying to get the new one in.😩
@@RoadsideRescue - That could be bad if you happen to get a defective part, the customer may think you're trying to scam them. I'm sure you'd make it right, but hopefully it doesn't happen on a time consuming job.
The blend door on my brothers 2002 Dodge Stratus is shorted to ground and I wonder how hard it is to get to it. I probably have to take the entire dash out but I'm hoping not. I did enjoy watching the video, however, and I'm hoping it'll be as easy as this!
did you adjust the new blend door? what I mean is, if you dont adjust it to how the old one was, the new one will continue to try to blend one way and then not fully blend the opposite way if not adjusted right. Not sure if this the case with Nissan but with GM's it is.
Not abnormal for these trucks. That rust you’re seeing is on some metal that Nissan didn’t treat or polish in any way. So it rusts pretty quickly in the open air.
"That's a job well done" this reminds me to hit the like button without asking me to do it, love it! :D
My man, that video was awesome. I liked it very much and thank you for all the effort and clearity you put into it.
Good video, you have no idea how lucky you are, I have Rockford Fosgate system and the adjustable pedals , complete nightmare!
Thank you for the video, Ernest. Hope your day goes well! Stay safe.
I gotta move outta Iowa, man. Rather than having a snow-covered yard from November to March and brown, dirty piles of snow until April, I need it to stick around for a day or two and melt like it seems to do in the greater SLC area.
It takes incredible hand/eye coordination to get up into tight spots like that with only a peak to get you started. Nice job getting that camera in there!
I have been needing to do this, I don’t think my hands will fit…. You make it look easy nice work. I have the actuator handy for last 3 months just not ready to try 😅
Ernest: Great video. Have to love trying get a socket on by feel alone...
Bryan
Great Job. See a great view. Keep up the good work.
My wife's 09 Impala was going through these like cereal. I was using aftermarket parts. I finally used OEM and haven't had a problem since after almost 3 years.
Most Action-Cams do come with an App where you can livestream the feed to your phone. Might come handy in such situations.
Plus a VR headset so you don't have to hold your phone.
Great video once again!
Great work, Ernest. Would love to see the actuator in action, though.
You replaced the "mode door actuator" the "blend door actuator" is the temp control
That's what I was thinking. The 5th Gen camaro has a poorly designed blend door which causes it to break easily, so there's a popular hack video which requires us to have to carve out a section of the side floor dash to replace it rather than having the entire dash and window removed. Good times. Here's praying that mine never goes out.
You are correct. The blend door actuator is behind the left side of the glovebox and a real pain to get to. With the mode door actuator, this one is easy. If he had the optional pedal adjust feature. He would have had to unbolt and move the pedal assembly to get to it. Former Nissan tech. Done many of these.
Thank god I’m not the only one saying this. You should know what you are changing before you narrate to other people
Because the actuators are often the same part number, sometimes “blend door actuator” is the default name (especially when looking up parts) even though we know it’s actually controlling mode or recirc.
@@ninjatechauto655hopefully you see this . I have a 2007 Nissan Titan Xe extended cab and I get the clicks from the defroster . Are the other two actuators the same pretty much like the passenger one and the driver closest not the rear
ERNEST,
I once had to replace a heater core where it was done by
removing the passenger front fender & removing the entire
heater/ac housing off the firewall. I cussed the designer
every minute I worked that job.
!
I would say as a mobile mechanic. The most common blend door I replace is the hot/cold actuator on the 09 to 13 f150. Shops often quote for the half dash to be removed since the service manual calls for it. But after so many I found a short cut of undoing 2 bolts for the radio bezzel 4 for the radio itself. Then just skinny hands I can get the 2 that hold the actuator motor in. Use to take me about 30 minutes to get done and replaced. But now it takes me about 5 minutes. Shops would charge about 200$ to do it. My old price was 40$ now since I get through them so fast I just say 5$ will cover it. Now the lower blend door on dual zone equipped ones that has a blend door motor on the floor. I got a cheat also so instead of the 4 to 5 hour job it takes me about 35 to 40 minutes. Plus I enjoy working on those so I never charge much to do them for my simple enjoyment of it. It's almost the joy you have of replacing light bulbs in the auto part stores parking lot.
can you post or contact I am in West Virginia if you by any chance near by.
Want to come to California and fix my titans a.c. blend door and a.c. system? When I put on cold, it makes a clicking sound too so and for some reason, my a.c. turns on with heater and not when I select the cold. I learned to live with it. It's also a titan. When done with payments, I'm turning it in and getting a newer titan.
I am replacing mine right now and I have an amplifier where your hands are that is getting in my way. What a nightmare. I managed to get the old one out but I’m having a real hard time trying to get the new one in.😩
Hahahahaha just gonna say your wife must be one lucky girl 😏😏 if ya know what I mean
I believe that's mode door actuator that u replacing
Anyone else think of craig_mf_chris from TikTok when he kept saying Actuator? lol
The one on my civic is bad, but if I hit some bumpy roads it eventually switches to what I selected. I try to always keep it on FACE.
Can you show how you got to the screw right in front of that metal bracket
Good work. It would be nice if you showed the result of your repair especially when part of the uild up is others might be bad.
Yeah. Unfortunately as a mobile sometimes I do the repair without the keys present.
@@RoadsideRescue - That could be bad if you happen to get a defective part, the customer may think you're trying to scam them. I'm sure you'd make it right, but hopefully it doesn't happen on a time consuming job.
What does the lower and upper actuators on the drivers side control? What does the passenger side actuator control? ANYONE? Please
@@danielk0106 same the one he replaced is the driver rear I think which I need to replace and possibly the other two ahha
Good stuff
The blend door on my brothers 2002 Dodge Stratus is shorted to ground and I wonder how hard it is to get to it. I probably have to take the entire dash out but I'm hoping not.
I did enjoy watching the video, however, and I'm hoping it'll be as easy as this!
I hope this is the one causing the clicking in my dad's truck. Since I think you need to take out the whole dash for the other one.
did you adjust the new blend door? what I mean is, if you dont adjust it to how the old one was, the new one will continue to try to blend one way and then not fully blend the opposite way if not adjusted right. Not sure if this the case with Nissan but with GM's it is.
No. This one has a blank pin. So it can only go in on one spot.
is that rust INSIDE the car?? flood car ??
Not abnormal for these trucks. That rust you’re seeing is on some metal that Nissan didn’t treat or polish in any way. So it rusts pretty quickly in the open air.
Is it in the same location for Nissan Frontier?
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Anyone in West Virginia Huntington Charleston area do this post your contact please.
Blend door, and 'mode door' actuators are not the same thing.
This is not the blend door it's the mode door
That's a mode door actuator not the blend door.