Caught again by that bl@@dy Atlantic ocean. Sorry for the
misinformation. I NOW see it all!!!!
My son wants me to fit a spare black dash I have, to the 8, which
has a grey dash. Having done this remove, & refit twice, I have told
him that he may do it if he wishes, but I'm not doing it again,
unless its a absolutely necessary. I don't think I have ever done
anything more boring, & frustrating on a car. Not difficult, just a
pain.
On my present 7 FHC, the fitting fell off the heater flap hinge one
day. Working from the footwell, by myself, I gently pushed it back
on. But, while getting back under the dash, after setting every
thing up, something had moved. The door did not shut fully. Damn.
Now the silly bit. I could not get it back off, & nothing I could
get into the space helped. I could have levered harder, with a screw
driver, but I would only have broken the thing. Deciding it does not
get that cold around here, I left it. I would have had to have
icicles on my thingamabob before I pulled the dash out.
I need not have worried, the thing fell off by its self, just 4
months later.
This time I got help, to make sure everything was in the correct
place, when I put it together. Great.
About 4 months later the bl@@dy thing fell off again. Using my now
experienced helper, I refitted it with LOCKTITE. That was 4 or 5
years ago.
I would say your car has had someone as clumsy as me, put the thing
back on, incorrectly, after it fell off, just like mine.
Nick, if I had to do the job on a US car, I would cut a hole in the
side of the glove box to get at the thing. It just pushes on, no
tools involved. Just make sure its in the right place, before
pushing. A 2 inch hole would probably do, but a 3 inch hole, if you
can get a hole saw in there, would definately do. I have a right
angle drive for a drill, for such jobs.
Thats how much I don't want to pull the dash out of another 7.
Hasbeen
