2008 Jeep Wrangler blend door actuator help

[longlivenintendo]

Hey yall. So trying to replace my blend door actuator as I stopped getting heat on left side a d also already flushed out heater core. I found lots of instructions online with help on where it is and how to change it out . All that good stuff. I got as far as removing the bottom air duct as I saw that some of the older jks had the blend door behind there. Well what was interesting was when I removed the duct I saw nothing of anything that looked like where the actuator should be as you can see in this photo. Does anyone know where might mine be? I have a 2008 jk sahara. I had so.e other different things that most other people seem to have like an "infinity" module underneath the steering wheel too which most people don't have. Any help here would be greatly appreciated

 

[Anybodyhome]

Isn't the white plastic piece in the right side of the picture the actuator arm? I thought the older JKs, like your 2008 had a wire cable connection from the actuator to the door itself.

 

[pc1p]

I'm having a similar issue with my JKU (also a 2008). There is no blend door actuator on the earlier versions, it's simply a cable-operated lever/door. This is a common issue (https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/stock-jk-tech-12/no-heat-driver-side-150440/) so if you find a fix, let me know! I'm contemplating ripping out my entire HVAC box while my Jeep is apart this winter. I would really like functional heat in the winter (oddly, A/C is perfect!) and it seems that the only real fix is a new heater core...

 

[Cimmerian]

I have this issue in my '07 as well but I've been too lazy to actually tear into it. I really don't want to take apart the dash after everything else I've done to it.

 

[longlivenintendo]

I'm having a similar issue with my JKU (also a 2008). There is no blend door actuator on the earlier versions, it's simply a cable-operated lever/door. This is a common issue (https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/stock-jk-tech-12/no-heat-driver-side-150440/) so if you find a fix, let me know! I'm contemplating ripping out my entire HVAC box while my Jeep is apart this winter. I would really like functional heat in the winter (oddly, A/C is perfect!) and it seems that the only real fix is a new heater core...

Interesting thread. Although it seems replacing the heater core worked for a lot of people it's still not always the issue. I was running out if day light the other day so I had to put it all back together. I think now I know how to get at it. I'm going to see if that lever was attached to a blend door actuator that some how went missing. If it doesn't seem to reveal anything I might need to just accept it and maybe think about doing heater core at some point. I'm thinking of doing an engine swap eventually hopefully soon so I might just try to deal with it then. I'm going to try again in the next week or two and report back again.. thanks for input everyone!