When did the ball cooler disappear?

[Airborne Janitor]

I was so happy to snag a dark charcoal lower dash piece at my pick and pull from a 95 XJ. Mines cracked in the center and I've been looking for a good one for awhile. Got it home just to realize it's missing the ball cooler vent! Lame. When did Chryco change this?

 

[jdog]

Probably 95 I think that's when they started putting the fuse box there,

[Minuit]

So THAT'S why my ball cooler vent stopped working after I put a 96 dash in my 91!

 

Looks like it might have been eliminated in 94. I believe that's when the "relay center" in the dash harness appeared.

[eaglescout526]

jdog is right. 95 was when they started to appear in the XJ's as factory. The lower panel was reorderable but with the vent as removable and a plug to be ordered with it.

That's from the 1984-94 PN supersession. 

[Minuit]

2 minutes ago, eaglescout526 said:

jdog is right. 95 was when they started to appear in the XJ's as factory. The lower panel was reorderable but with the vent as removable and a plug to be ordered with it.

That's from the 1984-94 PN supersession. 

I'm pulling up several pics of 1994s that do not have the vent, and the lower panel is one contiguous piece.

[eaglescout526]

Its possible it happened for the 95 model year but was available around 93-94.

[Minuit]

Since the document says there's a plug, I wonder if there's a plug in my 96 dash I can take out to re-enable the lap vent?

 

May investigate this tomorrow. I for one would like to have that vent working.

[eaglescout526]

Despite the better air flow, I think its for the best interest to keep the family jewels cool.

[fiatslug87]

I think it's called Croch Air, can't be sexist.