thomas1142 Posted April 16, 2021 Report Share Posted April 16, 2021 (edited) During this years annual I asked the mechanic to look into why my defrost wasn't working that well. He snapped this pic which shows the bottom hose (round) of the vent is not connected to the top (square hose). We looked in the parts manual. and could not find anything matching the requirement of round hose going into a square hose. Any ideas? Thanks Angelos Edited April 16, 2021 by thomas1142 Alignment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will.iam Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 3 hours ago, thomas1142 said: During this years annual I asked the mechanic to look into why my defrost wasn't working that well. He snapped this pic which shows the bottom hose (round) of the vent is not connected to the top (square hose). We looked in the parts manual. and could not find anything matching the requirement of round hose going into a square hose. Any ideas? Thanks Angelos Duct tape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas1142 Posted April 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, Will.iam said: Duct tape? Duct tape does cure all, but I hope that’s not the only option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 Somebody really went nuts with the spiral wrap under your panel. I wonder what that was intended to accomplish? A square-to-round connector is tricky to fabricate. If you can't find one, 3D printing one might be the best option, using a material suitable for the temperatures. Alternatively, figure out where that square duct goes and perhaps change that to round if it is easier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy95W Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 21 minutes ago, Will.iam said: Duct tape? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will.iam Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 Since I can’t tell what size the ducting is from the picture, would something like this work? https://www.restomodair.com/shopproducts/rectangular-vent-adaptor-4in-x-2in/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas1142 Posted April 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 9 minutes ago, Will.iam said: Since I can’t tell what size the ducting is from the picture, would something like this work? https://www.restomodair.com/shopproducts/rectangular-vent-adaptor-4in-x-2in/ Good question. I’ll get sizes of both ducts and post on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N201MKTurbo Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 My defroster ducts are cheap vacuformed plastic. They have rectellipse Ports. If you take the wire out of a cat, scat, sceet duct, it will fit over the port. Then held in place by a couple of #4 screws or ty-wraps or duct tape. It all deteriorates some after a few decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Lloyd Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 8 hours ago, EricJ said: A square-to-round connector is tricky to fabricate. If you can't find one, 3D printing one might be the best option, using a material suitable for the temperatures. Alternatively, figure out where that square duct goes and perhaps change that to round if it is easier. Didn't they discover this on Apollo 13. Took a team of engineers. Did they use duct tape? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 3 hours ago, David Lloyd said: Didn't they discover this on Apollo 13. Took a team of engineers. Did they use duct tape? It's my recollection that that was the solution, yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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