mchan68 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Okay gents, I'm not sure where to post this but here it goes. I have a 2006 E-450 6.8L V10 bus in for its yearly inspection. One of the complaints is for defrost only selection. The main HVAC supply vacuum hose is broken off from under the hood to the engine vacuum hose junction on the passenger side (the one that's routed through the main wire harness loom). Simple enough. It's where it's broken off is where it gets to be a pain. The area where it's broken cannot be accessed from the engine compartment even with the battery and battery tray removed. Moving to the inside of the bus, I have sift through bags of old people diapers to get to the heater box area, and still can't get to the same hose. Nor can I access it from the right/front wheel inner fenderwell. Looking the workshop manual, I couldn't get a diagram of this hose, nor in the Microcrap catalogue illustraion. From my own looking up, the part number I get is F7UZ-19C828-BA. This part is not available anywhere. My understanding is 6C2Z-19B555-A INCLUDES the hose, as well as the evaporator and housing (which it looks like I'm going to have to remove, in order to access where the hose is broken anyways). Are the part numbers correct by my description? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARRY BRUDZYNSKI Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 IIRC that is correct. That is a shit job pulling the heater box out of those vans. Oh and by the way, the diapers were empty weren't they???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 We had a couple where the vacuum line failed near the vacuum reservoir which required removing the plenum on the engine side of the firewall but you will still need to access the dash to remove the nuts. Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share Posted September 12, 2009 We had a couple where the vacuum line failed near the vacuum reservoir which required removing the plenum on the engine side of the firewall but you will still need to access the dash to remove the nuts. Have fun! How many hours did you quote, or would you quote for this repair? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 These were under warranty Mike so of course we got shafted. Never thought about how much to charge customer pay. I would suggest reviewing the removal procedure, looking up the SLTS time and adding 30% and evaluate if there is anything special with the vehicle that is going to take extra time... i.e. bus equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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