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05-09-2007, 04:51 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Rock Hill, SC USA
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WHo has vintage air??
I'm starting to install mine on a non a/c cab. After reading the instructions and contacting the tech support....the system using the factory heater controls does not have temp control. It appears to be wide open heat or a/c with no temperature control like the old heater had. Is this correct and is it a big problem?? I see where you can get a different inside unit and use the factory a/c controls and it will control the temp using a cable controlled heater valve instead of the vacuum open/closed valve that I have. According the tech support these are 2 different under dash units. Of course the dealer I used did not tell me any of this. Any advice..........Greg
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05-09-2007, 05:29 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Lafayette Georgia
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Re: WHo has vintage air??
My first system I installed is like what you now have. You are right in that all you will have is heat or air and fan speed, no temp control. My second system I installed uses factory A/C controls and I like it better. What you have will work but you will find yourself cutting it on and off a lot on days where the outside temp is not very hot or very cold. If it was me I would spend the money to send what you have back and get the other system. Of course you are also going to have to add A/C controls but I think it's worth it in the long run. If I drove my truck more I would probably swap it to the factory control type system.
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05-09-2007, 07:33 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Kelowna, BC
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Re: WHo has vintage air??
My Vintage Air system has a temperature control mounted on the underdash unit itself. It is a dial control that you have to reach under the glove box to get at. I have it set at max (cold) and have basically never had to adjust it. The way I adjust the temperature inside the cab is with the fan speed. I only use the A/C only when it is unbearable and use the windows and floor vents the rest of the time. To make a long story short, it hasn't been a problem for me.
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05-09-2007, 09:50 PM
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Location: Marion, Texas
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05-09-2007, 11:48 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Raymore, Sk, Canada, Earth
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Re: WHo has vintage air??
Mine has full heat and a/c temp adjustment, my kit was the for a factory a/c truck using factory contols.
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05-09-2007, 11:53 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: ohio medina
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Re: WHo has vintage air??
new to these to but looking to go these way but i dont have air what about just heat and maybe air later in life
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