[V6-12v] Interior/ Dash Removal

[James Whitehouse]

Hi Tom,

Thanks for that, most helpful. I'm waiting for a nice sunny day to get it
done! Fortunately, I shouldn't need to change over the heat exchanger as it
has recently been done along with the radiator. Actually I suspect this was
a bit shoddily done and that's when the vent controls weren't put back
properly, or broke!!

Cheers again,
Tom

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Christiansen [mailto:tomchr at gmail.com]
> Sent: 17 December 2006 05:07
> To: James Whitehouse
> Cc: Audi list
> Subject: Re: [V6-12v] Interior/ Dash Removal
> 
> James,
> 
> On 12/16/06, James Whitehouse <james_whitehouse1 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > Need to remove my dash (in fact my whole interior) from my 2WD to the
> 4WD to
> > make one nice car (2WD interior is mint, 4WD currently only very good
> > condition). Any procedures for the dash removal anywhere?
> 
> Free from memory:
> 
> 0) Disconnect battery, airbag connector.
> 1) Remove parking brake lever trim. Pull front handle forward, pry out
> rear trim out from the handle. Push handle back. The handle is held by
> a U-shaped piece that engages with a tab that sticks up from the metal
> lever. Insert a screwdriver from the front and push up that U. Pull
> handle forward.
> 2) Remove rear center console (one nut near ashtray, I recall an 8mm
> hex screw behind a plate near the front).
> 3) Remove gear shifter trim (philips screw facing aft).
> 4) Remove front center console.
> 5) Remove knee plates and glove box.
> 6) Remove center console. Pull off the knobs on the climate control
> (assuming manual controls). Pull out the left and right center vents.
> This exposes the four screws holding everything in place. The switches
> have keyed connectors on the back. Easy...
> 7) Remove steering wheel, instrument cluster.
> 8) Remove passenger side airbag (one large torx bolt from below.)
> 9) Remove dash (four 10 mm hex screws from the side + one 8 mm nut on
> the ductwork behind the radio
> 
> Replace the ignition switch now that you're in there anyway.
> 
> > Also, where/ how do you adjust the air vent control? Currently I'm only
> > getting air out of the footwell vents in the new car, no matter where I
> turn
> > the dial (e.g. to the screen, or the main vents...
> 
> Assuming manual climate control: The controls are hooked up with
> Bowden cables. I would think one of the cables on yours has snapped.
> If you go through the trouble of getting the heater box out (which
> requires clamping off the coolant hoses to the heater core,
> discharging the A/C) I would recommend that you change the heater core
> as well. Think about replacing the evaporator as well if the car has
> A/C. Obviously, replace the orifice valve (in the A/C line to the
> evaporator). Remember to add a bit of PAG-48 oil to the new
> evaporator. I can look up the amount needed if you'd like. Also, I'd
> recommend replacing the foam bits on the different heater flaps, etc.
> 
> Tom
> 
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