heater duct / firewall grommets / headlight glare

[gonzopancho]

So I'm driving the pig, and it's a wee bit cold. No heater. The rear heater has no power (straight-forward to fix), but the front heater has no running fan (no idea how deep that goes), but worse, there is no connection between the blower motor and the heater.

SOR calls this piece a "HEATDUCT", and I don't know what other pieces I might need.

Frustratingly, the truck had one years ago (pic is from 2012)
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Also, is there a good site / resource for the various firewall grommets? @Pastafarian had stuffed rags to plug the holes (it's colder in Aspen and Taos, I can only imagine what it was like to drive without a heater there.)


Finally, the backs of the headlights glare through the hood. Any known fix?


I checked the 'swine resource thread', but didn't find anything on these subjects.

 

[bobm]

Paint the back of your lights black. That's what I did

 

[gonzopancho]

probably needs to wait for the weekend to see if the blower can be made to work. I'll take pics of the heater. I think it's triangular.

 

[gonzopancho]

@Lil'John it's triangular

 

[jmylie]

Does the cable to the heater valve open the valve?

If the cable is bad or the valve mounted on the firewall in the engine compartment does not open, no hot coolant will flow to the heater in the cab.

 

[gonzopancho]

Obtained a duct.

 

[wngrog]

I need some grommets too