Plus 2 demisters vent removal
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 7:10 pm
How do I remove the two windscreen demisters vents, do I need to find nuts behind the dashboard or what?
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wotsisname wrote:Good progress !.. Lucky the crashpad came off.. My early +2 had the crash pad stapled to the dash... I think this was a factory fit, possibly to prevent creaks. On my +2 the upper & outer dash fittings have a nut on the back (no bobbin).. I think this is how the elans were. The upper/inner fixings go into a threaded bobbin. The lower pair are secured with nuts behind a plate that sits in front of the heater. take plenty of photos of the wiring and label it well... the wiring diagram can be hard to follow and a few wires are not shown.
DavidLB wrote:I fitted the dash pad first that ensured that i could get to to piping to he vents easily
NYK wrote:Thanks Peter, what you describe is pretty much what I expected to find but this is what I have
I then assumed these blanking caps where I thought the screw heads should be would prise off revealing a screw. However, they resisted a chisel being inserted under the head and a reasonable bit of levering.
Nic