ProjectGT 10 Posted July 29, 2023 Hi, Posting here because I am limited to this area as a newbie. How do you remove the paddle flap that allows the air to flow or not? I have the full dash out and vents out of the dash. I don’t want to break the spindles by going about it wrong. Reason for removal is to replace the foam that creates the seal around the edge of the paddle flap. Many thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fla 9 Posted July 30, 2023 No easy way unfortunately, if you want to do it properly. Really needs to have the heater box out, which means dash removal. That way, you can redo all the flaps in the heaters box. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ProjectGT 10 Posted July 30, 2023 10 minutes ago, fla said: No easy way unfortunately, if you want to do it properly. Really needs to have the heater box out, which means dash removal. That way, you can redo all the flaps in the heaters box. Sure, I have the dash out, heater box out and have rebuilt it, I was referring to the face level air vents, with these removed, behind these are flaps that open and close the face level vents. It is these that I want to remove. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fendervg 30 Posted July 30, 2023 It loks like they are held in place by the gear ratchet on the control side that operates the flap - if you remove this, the pin that secure the flap is gone, so after that it is just a friction fit. Make sure you mark the position of the gear before removal, although it should be easy enough to work out if something goes wrong. Check out parts #29 and #30 in the diagram: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fla 9 Posted July 31, 2023 On 7/30/2023 at 8:03 AM, ProjectGT said: Sure, I have the dash out, heater box out and have rebuilt it, I was referring to the face level air vents, with these removed, behind these are flaps that open and close the face level vents. It is these that I want to remove. ah yes, sorry. Those are quite easy, as fender says you can pull the gear out from the side and then remove the diverter. I put some felt in between the two halves of the diverter by sliding some cut pieces from the side and trimmed these to shape. There's enough gap between the two sides to fit some fairly decent felt in there! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
