How do I dismount a board computer from an E30 dashboard?

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thomasvm
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Post Fri Jul 22, 2005 8:56 am

I would like to remove my board computer with german text and install one with english text instead.
But how do I dismount the board computer from the E30 dashboard?

Many thanks in advance!
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Post Fri Jul 22, 2005 9:35 am

You don't need to change the OBC - just change the language!. Instructions are on this forum somewhere -do a search.
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Post Fri Jul 22, 2005 9:53 am

I am talking about the language printed on the OBC buttons. - You can not change that in any menu.

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Post Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:12 am

You need to drop down the heater panel.

You will find it easier to remove the radio & cage first...

Probably easier to learn German 8)
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Post Fri Jul 22, 2005 11:31 am

thomasvm wrote:I am talking about the language printed on the OBC buttons. - You can not change that in any menu.

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Ah! right.
If you remove the radio and it's cage, the access panel on the right of the glovebox, and the hazard light switch, and have reasonably small hands, you can just get a nut spinner on to the four small brass nuts that hold the unit in place.
Left hand two are completely blind, and it's just a matter of probing around with the nut spinner untill it goes on the nuts.
Right hand two, you can justsee a bit of what is happening through the hazard light switch hole.