Dash out

[Ian Simmonds]

Well, that wasn't so bad today, went up bit of a blind alley by securing the centre handbrake consol too early and had a game with the little, but crucial, bit of trim above the VDO's... Wiring required a bit of reference back to the Photographs, but all in all, spent about 4 hours and we are back up and running. Booked in for an AirCon re-gas next Wednesday... So hopefully that'll hold tightly and the AirCon works all okay too.

No bits left over either...

I'm going to crack open a Stella now.

[Knight Rider S4]

Well done i'd buy a case of beer you have saved yourself a fortune would not like to think how much that would of cost to do in a garage!!

[Paulgo]

With paulgo's consent, after I've screwed it all back together, (and it works), I'll sit down and insert the pictures around Paul's text, then convert it to a .pdf document.

Glad you got it done mate nice work!! No problem using the text - I didnt remember to take proper photos when I did mine so thats an excellent idea and glad to be of help !! Enjoy the stella - well earned and its great feeling looking at it all back together again!!

Paul

[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.

[Jon441cc]

Seems everyone has been removing dashboards today including me

[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.

[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]

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]

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

[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 ?

[Ian Simmonds]

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

900kb

[Matt_D]

[Paulgo]

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

[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.

[MattS2]

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