so I got my tripod out got my cord out so my phone wouldn't run out of juice
while I was doing my livestream and uh got all my tools set up press the
livestream button and went to work pulled my dashboard apart pull this trim
I got this trim off got the my radio out
and what's the twenty part got the old blend or actuator removed which was I
just can't tell you I went through book one of all the cuss words I was started
in volume two I finally got it out and then when I got the old one out I went
to put my new one in and they're not even close well they're close but
they're not the screw holes don't line up you see how this one's more in the
corner and this one's in the middle and there's a screw hole here and none here
totally different so apparently this is a 2009 that year they changed this
design three different times so you have a you got only a third of it 30 33 and a
third percent chance of getting the right one unless you take the old one
out you go hold it up anyway this is the old one this was the new one but thank
God my Ford dealer had the right one and this would have been such a good video
if I had actually started the livestream so I'm going to turn the light I'm going
to show you where this little part goes and then maybe you will understand the
all the scratches I have right here
you got to put a hand in here and get a go up underneath the glove box up over
the air ducts in that away with your little doll hand and and then you have
to start cussing and try to find the bolt to one bolt that's a piece of cake
it's right there out the oven where you get to it another bolt is so far back in
there the fact that I got it out just amazes me and I don't for the life of me
do not know how I'm going to get it back in there but I'm going to go back to
volume two with a cuss word book and
start again but anyway this would have been a great live stream a great video
if I had actually pressed the button for live stream so I don't know what to do
to to save this video there's just no I've done all the work there's no coming
back so I guess I'll just say sorry I fully intended to do a live stream and
show me taking this apart and and if I had actually started the live stream I
wouldn't have been cussing but I'm going to get that part back in there get this
button back up this was my live stream thanks for watching oh oh there is
something I'm going to try and there this is not in any of the videos and it
doesn't look like there's anything up here that would keep me well actually
there does nevermind I was thinking of taking this out let's see if I can go
down through here to get to that nut in the back but it's all solid metal up
above there up above here yeah already back to work everybody
this was a big a big mess I mean it's all you know it's all straight forward
taking the trim apart assault that all just pops apart this pops out couple of
it's got four screws holding it in couple plugs in the back no big deal
the hardest part was getting my hand back there to that part and apparently
the labor for this is about four hundred and fifty bucks which is why I did it
myself and the labor for the other blend or
actuator is 1,200 bucks because they going to pull the dashboard completely
out they can pull all this out they're going to pull the dash board out they
have to evacuate the AC system to move some pipes and then 1,200 bucks yeah
they'll be doing that one because I don't have the tools to do that okay I'm
going to put this back together and sorry for my screw-up that would have
been a heck of a good live stream sweet Jesus I did it I can't believe it and
I'm going to tell you what I did and the the experts are going to call me a hack
but I don't care it is so hard to get your hands up in there to this screw
here that I was barely able to get the wrench up there to it I mean you had to
hold your wrench like this and these two fingers and the only other hand you can
get in there you get one finger around the backside to sort of guide the wrench
onto that nut and the only way I was getting not nut bolt
you know just barely able to accidentally pull the bolt out and pull
it up on top of this and then reach it with just the tip of my fingers and pull
it out and there's no way on earth I was going to be able to get my hands up in
there with the bolt in my hands and put it back in that hole without dropping it
so what I did on the one I just replaced I took my Brummel and I cut a small
notch it right here and I went ahead and I started that bolt in there and then I
slid this knotch underneath the bolt because there's you
know this holds it in here and this holds it in here so there's plenty of
stuff to hold it in and I was able to get my wrench back in there and tighten
it back down and that was the only way I was going to do it because like I say
not not not with these hands I couldn't get up in there I might have
been able to get my wife's hands up in there but she wouldn't know where the
hole was - you know she lost the bowl - so that was the only way to do it
without losing the vault and it's in there it was one of the hardest things
I've ever had to do on this truck getting this trim back together that's
no big deal let's just you know got to be careful
and that's what I'm going to do start plugging these all these plugs back in
and this and he's down here that one that's the sink
no that's the headphone yeah I'm gonna start plugging things back in and
putting the trim back together and then you have to reset the new door of a
blend or actuator you have to reset it so I'll show you how to do that in a
minute let me get this put back together all right we are back together no extra
parts that's always a good sign now what we do is we take a fuse out you see
where this is there's a passenger side down here and pull this door off you
just stick your finger back here and it pops right out
you take that cover off right there
squeeze you just squeeze these tap it together they come right off and now we
are looking for fuse number 15
fifteen second from the bottom second up from the bottom on the left so
inside the box is a little fuse grabber
and turn the key on where's the key
find a key on don't start it just turn it on give it a minute
absolutely working why Scotty happy this winter now let me make sure I'm going to
take that off put this on AC
absolutely good deal alright you know what let me shut this
off the dealer are just four hours labor for
that and uh you know with stopping and going and getting the right part
it took me man I have had trouble with camera with parts with truck with
livestream the last clip I think I was saying it took me three hours to do that
and I saved myself 400 bucks and in addition I just wanted to I know
this video is not very good I realized that and maybe it's not very helpful I'm
gonna put it up just so you know that I actually did something to take and I
hope it is helpful down the road to somebody if nothing else maybe it'll
give somebody a little encouragement to try fixing something that they had never
tried before so I'm sorry for the really bad camera work and yeah that's just the
whole thing from from morning till right now it's just been one screw-up after
another and it's all been my fault except for the camera I still don't know
what the heck happened with a live stream but if you did watch this thanks
for your time and please forgive me I will try to do better
see ya
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