Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 20:35:12 GMT From: "James Sweet" <jamessweetnopsamail.com> Subject: Re: 900 heater control lights
"Grunff" <grunffnopsam.com> wrote in message news:c0q3g2$19nbon$1nopsam52899.news.uni-berlin.de... > James Sweet wrote: > > > Going down the list of things to fix on the newly acquired '88 900s, it > > seems a couple of the bulbs that illuminate the heater controls and such are > > burned out. How do you get to the bulbs to change them? > > You have to remove the dash to get to them. You're gonna *love* this. > > The below reference to left/right assumes a UK car (with the steering > wheel on the right hand side). If not UK car, change right for left. > > With your right hand, feel under the bottom edge of the dash just to the > right of the steering column. There's a screw head. This is one of 4 > screws which run bottom-top holding the dash in. Two of those screws, to > the left of the steering column are hidden under the top of the centre > console. So that will need to come out first. > > I'm not going to go through the whole procedure (it's all in the Haynes > anyway), but a couple of points: > > 1. The long screws are all different lengths. Note which one came out of > which hole (they are also marked with grooves to indicate their position). > > 2. When removing them/reinstalling them, be careful not to break one of > the plastic tabs which they go through. > > 3. When you pull the dash forward, the heater control rod will become > detached. You will need to reattach this in order to regain control over > your heater. > > -- > Grunff Lovely... I think perhaps I'll wait until we locate a nicer dash for the car.
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