For Steve Heath.........

[rupert1]

Steve,

I have your 2nd Edition. Both it AND the owners handbook claim there is a rotary switch for the second cold air blower on the Griff 500. Apparently it's 'under the dashboard on the right of the steering coloumn'? I have a May 1996 Griff 500 but for love nor money can't find this switch. Were they put on ALL the cars? It's certainly NOT in the steering column, neither in the dash. Must confess I haven't looked underneath behind the dash but I'd have thought it would have been a fairly obvious switch.......
Can you post a photo of where this devious switch is???

Thanks
Rupert

[ncs]

I have a 96 Griff 500 & the rotary switch is there as promised.
If you sit in the car its on the bottom of the dash, to the right of the steering column pointing down to the floor, just above your right knee.

hope this helps

Nick

[mongoose]

hven't got one on mine either-dec '96 build date.would appreciate one though!

[Ballistic Banana]

Rupert as u know i have one on mine,
Even though my Griffith is registered 96 the chassis was made in late 95, dont know if this would make any diffence with specifications.
As usual i think every car is different, even down to little things like this.

BB

[donatien]

Can't find one on my 99 Griff. There is a circular shuttered vent outlet up above the left knee but this seems to be fed by the main hoses and not the second blower that Steve mentions.

Did they get discontinued in later models or am I just not looking hard enough?

[CraigAlsop]

I think that some have 'em & some don't...

[Leadfoot]

Seems to have been omitted from my '96 one as well.

[lavingp]

I was wondering about this myself. My car (first reg'd June 96) does not appear to have one. The fan controlled by the rotary switches on the centre console panel seems to push air thru all the vents. Also the vent in the drivers footwell is to the left, not on the right as in the book (1st edn).

Also,when the other heater control knobs are adjusted, is there always the sound of a motor operating in the depths of the dashboard? One of mine does not appear to get this response.
Paul.

>> Edited by lavingp on Wednesday 5th March 10:24

[shpub]

Looks like they were a randomally applied extra. It appears to be standard on those cars that were fitted with them and optional on later ones and then dropped completely. Not all the cars seems to have them.

Steve

[MCFADDEN]

My late 93 Griff 500 has it.

[Jamesk]

My summer '95 500 had it - did sod all in reality though

About the heater switches - not all make the noise. From memory (sold it 2 years ago) the recirculation knob doesnt - only the ones requiring a motor do i.e. thermostat control and fan speed iirc

[lavingp]

Jamesk said: My summer '95 500 had it - did sod all in reality though

About the heater switches - not all make the noise. From memory (sold it 2 years ago) the recirculation knob doesnt - only the ones requiring a motor do i.e. thermostat control and fan speed iirc

I think its the recirc control that is silent. Next question is, how does it work if it does not control a motor that moves flaps?

Paul.

[lavingp]

shpub said: It appears to be standard on those cars that were fitted with them
Steve

Nice one....
Paul

[Beano500]

lavingp said:

shpub said: It appears to be standard on those cars that were fitted with them
Steve

Nice one....
Paul

I've only just got my head round that So you might have had to optionally spec it as an option.....

....if it wasn't standard....

....or something......

[simon.b]

Paul,

I thought my re-circulation control was either silent or just didn’t work well on mine (97), but Rupert’s makes the noise and it sounded to me like it was somewhere behind the battery.

Cheers,

Simon.