Clean out the old stuff and stick it to to plastic vent.
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Do you mean in here?
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No...behind the scuttle. Stick onto the the plastic vent in your pic.
Like this?
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No again....turn the plastic lever that hold the vent in place and remove it. Then clean the rubbish out of the grooves and stick you new stuff in...
Ok thanks. I will have a go at that.
Just turn the bit holding it in place from vertical to horizontal. Then pull out from the back...,kinda difficult to explain.
OK I have taken the passenger side air vent off and now I can see the minute remnants of crumbled foam, so I can see now where it is supposed to go. There was none left whatsoever on the driver's side, but a small piece of bright blue foam fell out from somewhere, but that was obviously some previous owner's attempt at soemthing.
There is a small length of plastic pipe in the air vent area . What is that for? Is it an attempt at water drainage?
There is a small length of plastic pipe in the air vent area . What is that for? Is it an attempt at water drainage?
Yep, water drainage from the window screen. Water gets behind the rubber and can lead to rust. This is fiats (bad) attempt to cure this prob.
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It must be extremely hit and miss as to how much (if any) water actually finds its way down a tube that size surely?
Anyway, being pleased with myself for finally figuring out how the roofs work (see separate post), I am still being a bit dense about this air vent . I have turned the plastic bit round from vertical to horizontal, and pulled on it. I have also taken off the corresponding air vent from inside and pushed and pulled from inside but everything seems well "baked" in to position. All I am trying to do is replace the old foam. Which way should I be going? Pulling from the outside or pushing from the inside?
Anyway, being pleased with myself for finally figuring out how the roofs work (see separate post), I am still being a bit dense about this air vent . I have turned the plastic bit round from vertical to horizontal, and pulled on it. I have also taken off the corresponding air vent from inside and pushed and pulled from inside but everything seems well "baked" in to position. All I am trying to do is replace the old foam. Which way should I be going? Pulling from the outside or pushing from the inside?
pandamaniac
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Don't forget the Huffin and a'Puffin that goes with the pushin it or pullin
Dave
Dave
From behind the scuttle...give it some welly!
So, I stand outside the car and pull the vent outwards using that little piece that rotates ?
Now I've got it!
At last !!
At last !!
What a mess! It was like crumbling carbon. I will try and scrape all that off and replace it with draught excluder.
Everyone that I have removed is like that.
pandamaniac
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Did your windscreen come with it, or was it just the rust?
Dave
Dave
Not sure what you mean!
The windscreen is still in the car, intact. The mess I was referring to was the crumbled foam around the air vents.
The windscreen is still in the car, intact. The mess I was referring to was the crumbled foam around the air vents.
