[Vwdiesel] 97 Passat hvac

[James Hansen]

Cool. Thanks Lee.
For some arcane reason known only to elves living in my laptop, I can't get
Bently to run over at the shop.  Thanks.
So I guess leaving a 9 volt battery plugged into the lighter socket would be
a bad thing... hmmm.  Hope I can still find the radio code. :-)

I gave up and came back home to open it on the home computer, but it's
blowing so hard I don't feel like walking the 1/4 mile back to the shop. Big
storm going on, you prolly heard about it if they ran out of things to talk
about on the news.
Stay in, sit back, play guitar, relax.
Gnight, and thanks again.
-James

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]On
Behalf Of Lee Hillsgrove
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 9:23 PM
To: VW-Diesel List
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] 97 Passat hvac


> Anyone know if there are any special precautions to take when removing the
> passenger side airbag?  Some Bavarian assmonkey designed the heater fan so
> that it can't come out without disassembling most of the car... well,
okay,
> it came out, but no way is it going to go back in that way.  I'm real
> impressed to say the very least.  I would assume standard disconnect the
> battery and wearing a crash helmet and hans device while working on it
would
> suffice?  Sort of wierds me out to be working on an explosive device built
> by someone else...



  Geez, nobody has answered James' question yet?

  IIRC, procedure would be to disconnect the battery and short the positive
and negative leads from the car together, that way there is no way a current
could develop between the two. Then, wait an appropriate amount of time
before ripping into things - I'd guess 10-15 minutes should suffice. I can
look at my manual if you want the official word.

 I'm sure you know, but industry standard for airbag wiring is all yellow.
DON"T mess with any yellow wires while the battery is connected!


Lee
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