Dash out

[20vQC]

EXTREMELY INTERESTING PDF FILE!!!! Very useful!!

[Ian Simmonds]

That's interesting... Would that method work with an Air-con S2?

[MattS2]

And this was at 5pm - all finished, tools packed up and beer in hand.

[MattS2]

This was after about an hour and a half.
At which point we stopped for lunch.

[MattS2]

Well, myself and Ben (S2avant) got stuck into this on his diesel at about 12.30 today.
Got some good info from the wizard - No need to take the dash out.
The only tricky bit was getting the vent pipe for the screen to locate.

This was how far we had got after 40 minutes.

[Paulgo]

Just seen this Ian - excellent work mate pics are great and illustrate the text brilliantly! Nice one!

[Matt_D]

[Ian Simmonds]

http://www.quattrophenia.co.uk/ian/innl67/S2HeaterMatrixpictorial.pdf

900kb

[Matt_D]

Good job, i will be doing this at some point to completey remove my air-con

Did i read that the whole guide for this is being done as a PDF file ?

[Error404]

I've already got my seats out; you know the problem then is the front seat mount stabbing you right in the spine, so maybe you method is better Ian

[Ian Simmonds]

Well, In hindsight, I'd change the small air-con seals, there's also air-con pipework bolts on the bulkhead and front fore arm that I'd remove, it gives just that extra bit of movement when disconnecting and re-aligning the pipes. I'd Bag and Photograph everything again, especially the electrical connectors. I'd also be brave and re-connect the battery earlier to test the instrument bulbs etc. Because I've got a VDO bulb out that I should have spotted earlier. I'd almost suggest removing the passenger seat (although I didn't - I laid on the seat, fully wound back and slowly turned purple ) as it'd help access to under the heater unit/ECU/Air-con pipes/connections. I'll dig out some pics and add later.

[Error404]

Great work! Any pics / hints from your excperiences (Paul & Ian) will be invaluable!!
I need to have my dash out soon too - seems everyone is at it

[Ian Simmonds]

Right, last bit, had the air-con re-gassed, fortunately our local VAG garage lets me into the workshop so when the Air-con union situated at the bulkhead started hissing on the vacuum test, we had a job on. After splitting the union again, we replaced the little '0' ring seals (which looked fine, but the guys suggested might be the problem) and after bolting it all back together, including putting a decent sized washer on the back (there wasn't one on when I dismantled it). The old girl held a steady vacuum for 25 mins and held a re-gas. So... I'm about done, except for a couple of switch bulbs that are now out.

[Jon441cc]

Seems everyone has been removing dashboards today including me

[Acidburn]

I've just removed the heater matrix from a 20v and put a how's 2 up on the forum, quite good to do just a pita to find the two bolts in the engine bay by the pipework for the water lines that was annoying.