replacing front air vent

missfixit70 · Post by **missfixit70** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:28 pm

Got to replace the adjustable air vent thing in themiddle of the dash - right hand one of the 2. the old one came out with a bit of persuasion from the front ( had already been bent & squeezed, hence replacement), but now I've got the new one & looking at the hole it's gotta go in, it looks like its gotta be fitted from behind

Has anyone any experience of doing this, how much dismantling required? Cheers in advance

brorabongo · Post by **brorabongo** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 8:31 pm

I wish my wife was as good with her hands, as you are........

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:10 pm

Well done Kirsty...good bit of info that

As an aside, what had happened to your old vent to make it distorted?

Had a previous owner had one of those horrible clip on air fresheners with a little bottle of perfume that leaks and wrecks plastic?

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:18 pm

Yip, little things like that are infuriating... Like the cap things on the end of my heater slider controls coming of in my hand at the slightest touch

I'll get round to sorting it one day!

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:04 pm

If your van has been through an SVA test BDC then someone will have removed the original knobs and replaced them with ones 2mm shorter which are guaranteed to come off at the slightest touch (notice I'm talking about the heater knob here

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I got a couple off madmile - really helpful guy