9-3 (1998) fascia question

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chas - 20 Sep 2004 22:53 GMT

Before I start prising the joins and wrecking the plastic, does anyone
know the least damaging way to get behind the fascia panel that holds
the heater knobs on the old 9-3. I need to do something about an
inoperative air blower speed control on my non-A/C 9-3 TD
Advice from those who've been there gratefully accepted.

chas

ps anyone want to recycle the boot spoiler wing off my late lamented 2dr
T16S aero?

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Colin Stamp - 21 Sep 2004 18:19 GMT

>Before I start prising the joins and wrecking the plastic, does anyone
>know the least damaging way to get behind the fascia panel that holds
>the heater knobs on the old 9-3. I need to do something about an
>inoperative air blower speed control on my non-A/C 9-3 TD
>Advice from those who've been there gratefully accepted.

You might be able to get it out the same way that my climate control
panel comes out - pull out a couple of the switches or blanking plugs
underneath the panel, then stick your fingers through and push the
panel out from behind. In case that doesn't work on the manual
controls, you'll need to take out the glove box and then take off the
centre console side to get better access to push out the panel.

I took the glove box out of mine last week. The only annoying bit is
an awkward plastic clip up against the bulkhead. Don't forget to pull
off the section of door-seal that the side of the box hooks under.

Cheers,

Colin.

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Nasty Bob - 21 Sep 2004 21:26 GMT

Before you start taking things apart, what's actually wrong with your blower
speed??
It's just that I had problems with mine and it was just a component on the
control pcb
which was accessed from the engine bay...

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sutherland - 27 Sep 2004 13:29 GMT

>Before you start taking things apart, what's actually wrong with your blower
>speed??
>It's just that I had problems with mine and it was just a component on the
>control pcb
>which was accessed from the engine bay...

Thanks. Now that's interesting. I would never have guessed that. The
blower knob simply doesn't do the business any more. With a bit of
serious wiggling and pushing of the knob it can sometimes be persuaded
to blow full blast but intermediate speeds have gone. I was assuming a
faulty multway switch never imagining that there would be a pcb
somewhere.

Thanks also to Colin for his advice.

chas

>>Before I start prising the joins and wrecking the plastic, does anyone
>>know the least damaging way to get behind the fascia panel that holds
>>the heater knobs on the old 9-3. I need to do something about an
>>inoperative air blower speed control on my non-A/C 9-3 TD
>>Advice from those who've been there gratefully accepted.

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