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Air blowing out of defrost and not the vents

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Old Jun 30, 2014 | 9:14 PM
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Default Air blowing out of defrost and not the vents

Recently, my 96 chevy G30 stopped blowing air through the vents and the levers do nothing. Any ideas what this might be?
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Old Jul 1, 2014 | 11:14 AM
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Are you saying it doesn't blow air through any of the vents? Is the blower motor running?
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Old Jul 2, 2014 | 6:55 AM
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Yes, air's only blowing out from defrost, the ac/heat levers used to work, but when I move it around..it only stays on defrost mode.
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Old Jul 2, 2014 | 11:18 AM
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There is an actuator under the dash that controls where the air blows. It is probably bad. This is quite common as they are made of plastic with plastic gears.
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Old Jul 3, 2014 | 7:14 AM
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Thanks, I'll check it out later today.
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Old Jul 7, 2014 | 2:02 PM
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I apologize for posting on this older thread, but did that fix the issue? I just signed up for this forum for this exact issue. I went through my Chilton's manual, but couldn't find anything obvious. My van is a 1990 GMC conversion van. Was the actuator hard to get to?
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Old Jul 12, 2014 | 10:21 PM
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That's ok, it's a new thread. My problem turned out to be the vacuum hose. It was worn and the levers are used through a vacuum system.
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