Dash removal for heater repair

[cbrblade]

Hi all
Started removing my dash so i can repair heater,I've removed all the lower trims,glovebox,radio,heater controls,clocks is there any hidden fixings i need to be aware of,or a guide on removal,need it done for sunday

 

[Pauly]

When I did it all the fixings were obvious/visible so removed them all but dash didn’t want to release, pulled and twisted and scratched head for half hour then found one screw at each end of the dash that screws in vertically upward and can’t be seen unless you are looking upward from below

 

[cbrblade]

When I did it all the fixings were obvious/visible so removed them all but dash didn’t want to release, pulled and twisted and scratched head for half hour then found one screw at each end of the dash that screws in vertically upward and can’t be seen unless you are looking upward from below

Cheers mate,dreading taking steering wheel off tthough,took me about 2hrs to swap it last time,couldnt get the clips to release

 

[cbrblade]

all done and a fully working heater,and no spares left over

 

[Niknak]

What was wrong with the heater? Not that poxy white hot air flap control on the drivers side ?

 

[cbrblade]

What was wrong with the heater? Not that poxy white hot air flap control on the drivers side ?

yes mate it had also snapped on airbox aswell

 

[Niknak]

Crap design not had mine fail yet but done a couple

 

[cbrblade]

Crap design not had mine fail yet but done a couple

yes really poor design mate,been putting off doing it for months turned out it wasnt that bad to do

 

[hoggle]

Fingers crossed i will never have to do that to mine!

 

[Broadside]

Great job, that is a serious bit of work, how long did it take?

Also very impressed that you didn’t have any bits left over at the end!

 

[AndyNichs]

Great job, not sure I've got the skill set to take the dash apart like that. I'd have hundreds of spare parts left over
Really like the phone holder on top of the dash board. Can you let me know where it came from please? I assume it plugs into the top 12v port? Does that work with Android Auto/Apple Carplay?

 

[cbrblade]

Great job, that is a serious bit of work, how long did it take?

Also very impressed that you didn’t have any bits left over at the end!

cheers mate,took about 15 hrs but i wired my fogs to bcm while it in bits aswell

Great job, not sure I've got the skill set to take the dash apart like that. I'd have hundreds of spare parts left over
Really like the phone holder on top of the dash board. Can you let me know where it came from please? I assume it plugs into the top 12v port? Does that work with Android Auto/Apple Carplay?

it wasnt that bad really mate,phone holder was from amazon

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[Daddyfixit]

Can I ask; the people who have swapped the white quadrant that controls flow direction, there are 3 pins that locate in the grooves on the back of the quadrant....do you have a picture/sketch of their locations ? As I have done my T5 today but it does not feel right ? Previous owner had minced the plastic gears inside dials and had the famous buckled bowden cable, the cable I bought back in June has been snapped when I came to use it, so the vans in bits and cables due on Friday !