Removing the Heater switch and Blower swith from the Console

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jog5000
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Post Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:34 pm

How would I go about removing the heater and blower switches from the Center Console..... I want to replace the light bulbs that light up the console.
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Post Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:49 pm

take out the radio and the wee metal shelf that it sits in and stick yer hand down its it :lol: dont sound right but it works :lol:

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Post Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:53 pm

I did that, but I have huge hands.... let me put in perspective.... I wear a size 14 shoe, so imagine the size of my hands. I cant get the light back into the holder on the right side
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Post Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:08 pm

I know what u mean lol im size 12-13 in shoe lol and a good bit overweight lol its hard fittin a soundsystem in and many stuck hands but it was done :lol:

try the top of a crowbar, the way it is bent round, stick it in and just lever the top of it on the top part of the dash :wink:

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Post Wed Mar 30, 2005 11:02 am

take out the top switches (rear window demister etc) and you will see two screws going upward into the dash board. remove. then using a small flat driver prise off the 4x4inch panel surround around the heater direction control levers. behind this small panel are four screws, remove. pull off the heater lever control knobs, pull off the fan control switch, pull off the heat control switch and remove the nut. then the whole radio/heater control surround will come out (remove radio and clock too!) then easy to replacethe bulbs.

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