Do I really need to remove the dash to pull the heater box?

[thehackmechanic]

The '69 +2 I recently bought has mouse contamination in the heater box. I see that the dash panel needs to be removed in order to pull the box. I have to admit that I'm afraid of disturbing all that wiring. Is it possible to leave it all attached while the dash is gently moved back and out of the way of the box?

--Rob

[JonB]

From experience, I'd say yes, you can move the dash away from the heater box, but I think you will struggle to remove the box. Can't hurt to try, can it? You will need to remove the steering wheel and drop the column for clearance. If you end up removing the dash, label every wire. I used a code to identify which wire goes where on every switch. So, for example, "PWIN TL" (Passenger window switch, top left spade as viewed from the front of the switch) and so on (TR, CL, CR, BL, BR as top right, centre left, centre right, bottom left, bottom right repectively). Use a labelling machine for this. Reassembly then becomes easy. Test all dash functions before reattaching as it is also easy to make the odd mistake here and there.