Recent content by Jonny H

So, all soldered up and back together. You can imagine my disappointment when the three amigos remained on the dash! I drove it 10 yards, stood on the brakes and they went off! Hopefully that's the end of it, I do not want to take the dash out ever again, it's taken years off my life. As always...

It has been raining here for the last few days, so no progress, I'll let you know how I get on. I don't want to disturb the A/C if I can help it, I think I'll cut and solder the damaged wires under the bonnet and pass them through the bulkhead.

Cheers. I think I had resigned myself to that being my my only option. The thin wires of the loom, are they 0.5mm squared do you know?

I feel like I've done most of the hard work, only to fall at the final hurdle! I'm going to struggle to find someone to come to the house to de-gas the A/C, I'm very rural and of course the car can't be driven now. I'm not sure what to do next!!

I can see where the A/C pipes come through the bulkhead and enter the black plastic housing in the footwell. I just wondered if I split the housing, various 6mm screws and a couple of 10mm bolts, is it possible to at least remove the top of the housing so I have room? I have unclipped the...

I was pretty proud of myself today, dash removed from the car with only a small-ish amount of pratting about and not too much swearing! However, it is still impossible to reach the chewed bits of the loom I need to repair. Car is LHD, so the A/C evaporator and big black plastic housing are in...

I've sorted it! Thanks for all the advice. It had frustrated me so much this afternoon, I've just been out with a head torch for another look. Think it was a case of brute force and ignorance! The assembly needs to be turned about 45° clockwise before it will slide off. Back to it tomorrow, no...

Cheers Andy. The lugs sit on top of the steering column to stop it slipping further down the column. As far as I can tell, below those lugs, the assembly is a smooth sided cylinder which should just slide on and off the column. I could be wrong though, it's not easy to make it out in photos I've...

That's a good suggestion. If I can remove both stalks, I might have enough room to slide the dash over the steering column. I'll have a look tomorrow. I just can't get my head round why the whole assembly won't slide off the column! I've spent far too much time trying to sort it this afternoon!

Hi again. 2004 TD4. Decided to start on the dash removal today so I can get to repair the damaged loom. Everything was going well but I seem to have a problem I don't know how to resolve. After removing the drivers airbag and rotary coupler, next step is to slacken the clamp screw and remove the...

Cheers GrumpyGel, I appreciate the advice.

Thanks.

Hi again. Following on from my previous post about rats having been in the car while we were away, I think I have found the damage. Bear in mind this is a LHD car. It appears that 5 or 6 wires in the loom have been chewed which is causing my 3 amigos problem. The location of the damage is on the...

I also think I must be the most stupid man in the world. We spent 3 weeks in the UK and I could have easily bought a pscan diagnostic tool, but if I buy it now, in Spain, it will cost me 30% more, in import duty and VAT. Thank you Brexit. Might have to be iCarsoft.

Hi again, before I start, I would like to say I appreciate all the help the people on this forum have given me previously. Here we go, excuse me for the long winded rambling. We live in rural Spain and a few years ago, on a family visit to the UK, an extraordinary hail storm made a mess of my...