Dash Speaker access

[Efraim]

Are you ready for Plan C?
Here it is. Gently pry out your left side plastic air register insert. Do it
from the short side close to you with flat blade screwdriver. Chances to
break something are almost nil. Once it's out, you will see two screws
holding down plastic bracket to which grill is attached. Undo these screws.
Note: you will need short  and stubby Philips screwdriver to get access to
the screw at the windshield. It's PIA to undo this one. Pull left side of
the bracket up about 40 deg and pull it  to the left to dislodge two tabs on
the right side of the bracket. When bracket is out, you have full access to
the speaker and its four holding screws. I had the same problem. Tried to
repair my speaker, it had intermittent contact at the point where wire is
glued to the paper cone. It worked for a short while, but failed again.
Replacement is unavoidable, I am afraid.
HTH,
Efraim
'88 5KCDTQ  327K km (203K mi) , 1.8 Bar
'90 90 103K km (64K mi)
Vancouver, Canada

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Woodland" <mwoodland at aaainc.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: April 6, 2001 6:54 AM
Subject: Dash Speaker access


> Greetings listers,
> Once again I could use some advice, before I start to break things...
> I'm trying to access the (intermittant) connections on the left, dash top
> speaker.
>
> Plan A: Left dash speaker grill is detached along right edge, but feeling
> like
> its ready to break before coming loose at the left edge...  what's the
> secret?
>
> Plan B: With the lower dash panel already removed, I can see the
> connections through the left end of the dash, with the door open.
> I just can't reach them, unless I pop out the left front dash vent. I've
> pulled,
> wiggled, pried, etc, and feel that its (also) ready to break...any ideas?
>
> I'm ready to go the path of least resistance, and the path least likely to
> break parts..
> Many thanks in advance you your advice and hard-won experience,
> which probably included breaking one of the above to get that
information...
> All the best,
> Mark
>
>