997 breaking internal air vents
Discussion
I have an early 987 and I agree the internal vents are rubbish! I’ve only the car for two months and I think I’ve had to fix all four of them at some point. I read somewhere that they were redesigned, but I don’t know when or what the changes were.
There is a forked arm to control the horizontal slats but it just seems to sit loosely in the back of the direction control so it disengages and falls out when you aim the air flow fully left or right. All well and good being careful with them, but what's the first thing passengers fiddle with?! If you manage to fish the pieces out there should also be a bent piece of wire, about one inch long which also seems to float around in there somewhere, so make sure these don’t fall into the depths of the ventilation system.
It is possible with a lot of fiddling to reconnect the arm using pliers to carefully align the arm through the vertical slats, with the control pushed all the way over to one side then using a small Allen key and some swearing to pull the arm towards you into the back of the aiming control. I’ve not been brave enough to use any adhesive to make it more permanent. Unfortunately I got overzealous with the pliers and disconnected the piece which links the horizontal slats so I have an ashtray full of vent bits for me to sort out this weekend
I have seen replacement vents appear on the usual auction sites, but I’m reluctant to start pulling the dash apart to replace the vents.
There is a forked arm to control the horizontal slats but it just seems to sit loosely in the back of the direction control so it disengages and falls out when you aim the air flow fully left or right. All well and good being careful with them, but what's the first thing passengers fiddle with?! If you manage to fish the pieces out there should also be a bent piece of wire, about one inch long which also seems to float around in there somewhere, so make sure these don’t fall into the depths of the ventilation system.
It is possible with a lot of fiddling to reconnect the arm using pliers to carefully align the arm through the vertical slats, with the control pushed all the way over to one side then using a small Allen key and some swearing to pull the arm towards you into the back of the aiming control. I’ve not been brave enough to use any adhesive to make it more permanent. Unfortunately I got overzealous with the pliers and disconnected the piece which links the horizontal slats so I have an ashtray full of vent bits for me to sort out this weekend
I have seen replacement vents appear on the usual auction sites, but I’m reluctant to start pulling the dash apart to replace the vents.
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