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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 18:25:39 +0100
From: "Pidgeonpost" <Pidgeonpostnospambrain.com>
Subject: Re: Climate control on 96 9000 2.3 LPT CSE


"th" <someguynospamwhere.se> wrote in message news:l7Z2e.133737$dP1.471138nospamc.telia.net... > Per Laursen wrote: >> "Pidgeonpost" <Pidgeonpostnospambrain.com> wrote in message >> news:d2hesk$t2n$1nospamg1.svr.pol.co.uk... >> >>>OK....as far as my car is concerned, I've checked the dashboard fan daily >>>for several days now, and more often than not the fan does not run when I >>>start the car in the mornings. I don't know the cause - could be fluff, >>>motor dying - who knows. I've determined this by GENTLY inserting a fine >>>tube from an aerosol can into the fan grill. No rattle from the fan >>>blades >> >> = >> >>>fan not running. By gently moving the tube around I am able to coax the >> >> fan >> >>>into life. Once started, it seems to run for the whole journey, and the >>>problem I originally reported doesn't happen. This is hardly a long-term >>>solution though! >>>I had hoped to change the fan myself, but on this model year you have to >>>remove the passenger airbag (apparently), before you can remove the ACC >>>panel, and then the fan. On models with no passenger airbag I believe it >> >> was >> >>>easier. >>>For what it's worth folks... >>> >> >> >> Interesting - I'll try that. >> I remember removing the dash fan (sitting just below the two seat-heater >> controls) once - no big deal, but I'll have to (re-)experiment to >> document >> exactly how... I'll try to find time during the weekend. >> > > The dash fan is a bit different from the other dash mounted switches and > controls as it has a round shape behind the panel, with a diameter that > exceeds the size of the rectangular hole in the panel. Thus it cannot be > pulled out of the panel. I have removed it once and then I first removed > the ACC electronics box (just pull it out, maybe with some screwdriver > help on the top and bottom) and then through the new large hole you can > access the fan which is just located to the left of the ACC box. > > -- > th ...sounds well worth a try to remove the ACC panel without removing air bag etc. Must admit I'm a bit nervous about playing with that! I wondered why you couldn't get the fan out through the front - now I know...thanks!

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