[s-cars] climate control issue again

[Paul Heneghan]

In every car, the manufacturer starts off the first component, and then
assembles the car around it.  I'd always thought that for Audis, this part
was the heat exchanger in the heater box.  Now you're saying you just tug it
and it comes out!  I'm very disillusioned!!

Maybe it's the steering rack then - I had to exchange one in a 1983 Audi 100
once.  I think I ended up removing most of the front suspension on one side.

Or, thinking about the rumble coming from the transmission tunnel on my
wife's car, maybe it's the centre bearing on the prop shaft.

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: 'Kevin Day' [mailto:kday at ultrameta.org]
Sent: 06 October 2005 23:58
To: Paul Heneghan
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] climate control issue again


On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 11:51:16PM +0100, Paul Heneghan wrote:
> I was put off the idea of removing the heater box by the pictures in the
> manual showing an engine lift needed to break the seal.  Is it easy?

I wouldn't say easy, no.  But at least on my car, the seal was a minor
issue, and I was able to pull it out by just tugging on it firmly.
The various rain trays come out first, along with the wiper motor
assembly.  That part is easy.  The most tedious part of the job is
detaching (and later reattaching) the ductwork inside the car.

-Kevin