[V6-12v] Interior/ Dash Removal

[James Whitehouse]

Thanks Tom,

Very useful advice and suggestions. I'm definitely not looking forward to
it, but with a few little hints like this it should make it at least easier.
Does it all go back together neatly as long as one is careful??

Cheers,
James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Christiansen [mailto:tomchr at gmail.com]
> Sent: 18 December 2006 07:29
> To: James Whitehouse
> Cc: Audi list
> Subject: Re: [V6-12v] Interior/ Dash Removal
> 
> James,
> 
> Once you get in there, inspect the foam on the temperature flap (DO
> NOT TOUCH IT!!). You can see it through the opening in the heater box
> once you get the dash out. If you see bits of foam flappin' around, do
> something about it. The flap is made of metal, but has holes in it.
> About 1" diameter. I have no idea why... That means when the foam
> breaks down, you can no longer control the air temp. I was able to get
> some non-corrugated cardboard (back of a notepad) on there with
> contact cement. It seems to do the job. The proper way is to take the
> heater box apart and change the foam bits. But that requires
> discharging the A/C, heater core, etc. Big PITA...
> 
> The Bentley manual mentions something about using self-tapping screws
> to hold on the heater control cables if the plastic clip that normally
> holds it breaks. Sounds like that's likely to happen so it wouldn't
> hurt to have some clamps and screws handy for the operation.
> 
> Getting the dash out is quite an undertaking and definitely leaves you
> with that "ARGH!!! What have I done to my car!!?" feeling. I've done
> it twice now. I think last time I had it out in about two hours. Maybe
> 2.5. Assembly took a bit longer.
> 
> Note for the passenger side airbag: Once you have the airbag out
> you'll see a good handful of Torx headed screws. The four that's at
> the forward end of the airbag opening (horizontally into the frame
> under the windshield) are the ones that get removed. Leave the rest
> alone. And don't forget that pesky 8 mm nut behind the radio!!
> The ashtray (or aux instrument cluster depending on features) is
> mounted on a bracket that wraps around the ducts for the rear
> footwells. Don't remove this bracket from the dash assy. Just remove
> the two 10 mm hex bolts holding it to the floor and work the bracket
> over the ductwork. You'll need to remove the ashtray for this (pain as
> it has wires connected for lighter and light).
> 
> Tom
> 
> On 12/17/06, James Whitehouse <james_whitehouse1 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > 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!!
> >
> 
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