Hi folks, got my C900 Aero, yes I think it is,(see my previous post) there is an intercooler and it goes like a rocket. Very pleased.
However, some toe-rag broke into it before I bought it, and whilst ripping out the stereo the heat control got pulled off the linkage at the heater end.
Whats the easiest way in, I need to get to the heater end of the control rod to fix/reconect. Do I need to remove the whole dashboard :-( or is there a simpler way?
Also best place for s-hand C900 parts in West Yorkshire, your opinion? Need interior bits to fix damaged dash, centre console etc.
If all you want to do is reconnect the rod, you can do it though the passenger side speaker grille. Just make sure you have small hands, or enlist the help of somone who has.
Piece of cake. There is a long screw (4 of them actually, but you only care about the right-most one) going up through the dash insert. You can see it from underneath the dashboard, somewhere in the vicinity of the ashtray and/or center console. Remove that - it's maybe 6 or 8 inches long, threads up into the underside of the top of the dash. Unscrew and pull that all the way down (out).
DISCLAIMER: I've never fixed this on a RHD Saab c900.
The left end of the dash insert should then be able to be prised gently away from the rest of the dash. Before you do that, remove the left speaker grille in the dash (two screws and then it lifts out; there are clips in there to release perhaps, or it might just lift out).
Go out the car, and look through that grille down, right, and forward-ish so you can see the rod and the place it should go. There is a shat with a d-shaped end that the u-joint from the heater control should go onto -slide fit, no clips, nothing fancy. See where it is, then get back in the car - sit on the passenger (left) seat, left arm into the speaker grille cutout in the dash. Find the end of the control shaft, and the end of the valve shaft, and line them up with your left hand while moving the dash insert as needed with your right.
Once that's in, test & verify that it's working as expected, then get that long black vertical screw back in - aligning it at the top is fiddly, I'm afraid. Speaker grille back in, and, you've got heat.
One thing to watch out for - on the back of the control which selects which vents you're using is a large cluster of vacuum control hoses. If that comes off the back of the valve assembly, you'll have a huge vacuum leak, lots of noise, and lots of not working air outlets. Don't pull the dash out too far. It's easier the second time, though.
If anything's not clear, feel free to ask for more information.
So you've never been to Kent then? Gods own county? The Garden of England, although could now be described as the patio of England due to the tonnage of blacktop and concrete installed in the last ten years!
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