how do i get at instruments and heater fan
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I have a speedo reading 10mph fast all the way up, has it a zero adjustment? I have a mystery oil gauge 14 equal divisions and no indication of what it is reading except off scale, i intend to put a new oil pressure gauge in. rev counter has half its face lit. heater fan does not work and i want it out for a good dose of looking at. anybody know the best way to get at them? i wondered about removing the leather part of the dash but its not obvious how it comes out. i have the wood bit out and its now fixed with velcro. not worked out how the rest of the dash comes out. help please.
Ron:
Usually when I talk to Health Physics people they are busy filling in my radiation dose records
Dash is quite simple but bloody fiddly. There are two studs glassed-in to the top of the dash, each one a few inches in from the ends of the dash. Below the screen, a shelf is formed as part of the scuttle/ firewall/ bulkhead. Two slots are cut into this and the dash studs slide into them. Large washers and captive nuts clamp the dash to the shelf.
To get at them, lie upside-down in the footwells. One is easy to spot but hard to get at (driver's side) - it's behind the instruments.
The passenger side one is above the glovebox, but not accessible through the glovebox - you need hands like a paedophile (tm) to get an M8 (or M10, I forget) spanner in there.
You probably need the radio console out first; the heater box is the first bit of the interior to be fitted thus the last bit you can get at
. It's formed by two halves in GRP with standard (ie poor)Lucas motors. Really it's a pile of poo, the Esprit one is much better although half of it's in the boot 
- and is vacuum operated so you need the engine running for it to work properly!
If your fan has failed it may actually be the switch: it was never designed to handle the sort of current that the fan motors draw.
Good luck...
Ian
Usually when I talk to Health Physics people they are busy filling in my radiation dose records
Dash is quite simple but bloody fiddly. There are two studs glassed-in to the top of the dash, each one a few inches in from the ends of the dash. Below the screen, a shelf is formed as part of the scuttle/ firewall/ bulkhead. Two slots are cut into this and the dash studs slide into them. Large washers and captive nuts clamp the dash to the shelf.
To get at them, lie upside-down in the footwells. One is easy to spot but hard to get at (driver's side) - it's behind the instruments.
The passenger side one is above the glovebox, but not accessible through the glovebox - you need hands like a paedophile (tm) to get an M8 (or M10, I forget) spanner in there.
You probably need the radio console out first; the heater box is the first bit of the interior to be fitted thus the last bit you can get at
. It's formed by two halves in GRP with standard (ie poor)Lucas motors. Really it's a pile of poo, the Esprit one is much better although half of it's in the boot - and is vacuum operated so you need the engine running for it to work properly! If your fan has failed it may actually be the switch: it was never designed to handle the sort of current that the fan motors draw.
Good luck...
Ian
wedg1e said:M10 I think! I find the drivers side one can be done with a long socket extension, but it's definetly spanner only for passenger side
The passenger side one is above the glovebox, but not accessible through the glovebox - you need hands like a paedophile (tm) to get an M8 (or M10, I forget) spanner in there.
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