New to Audis...Again

[Kneale Brownson]

At 07:38 PM 8/16/2006 -0400, Kent McLean wrote:
>audirob44 at comcast.net wrote:

>> I've just purchased .. an 1989 200 (
>> Also, the blower motor is incredibly loud, and I would like to replace it.  
>
>Big job (~8-10 hours), as most of the dash has to come apart.
>


Why does the dash have to come apart to take care of something that's in
the HVAC well, under the hood, at the base of the windshield?  See
http://www.audifans.com/twiki/bin/view/Audi/BlowerMotorHeaterCore
although if you don't need to replace the heater core, you don't need to
extract the box completely, just lift the leading edge enough to get to the
blower motor.  For a brief description of blower motor replacement, see
Scott Mockry's blurb on it at
http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/trouble_shooting/ac.html#blow