Heater Matrix Replacement

From THE Corrado Forum Knowledge Base

It seems to take peeps about 8 hours to do it by removing the dash, and a claimed 3ish hours without, I naturally decided to try without. And I can confirm that it is possible to remove the matrix without removing the whole dash.

The Method

1/ Remove lower panel on passenger side.

2/ Remove glove box (unnecessarily difficult)

3/ remove the dash centre console (a lot easier than it looks)

4/ remove the 3 nuts in the engine bay (2 for the heater box and one for the fan arm), and disconnect the coolant pipes from the matrix.

5/ Remove the knobby nut thing above the fan.

6/ remove the air duct for the passenger side.

7/ (This is the bit that had me stumped as it doesn't come out without removing this). Remove the triangular steel bracket (3 screws) at the top left hand side of the centre console (just to the right of the glove box)

8/ bit of a heave and the whole box complete with fan arm should come out. Careful not to break the attachments for the fan arm to the box. (it should be possible to remove the fan arm separately but I couldn't get at all the clips)

9/ The rest is easy as the matrix simply lifts out.

Refitting is easier if you remember which screw goes where!

So there you go, matrix replaced in 3 hours. Could definately do it in a couple of hours now having done it before. By Chuck.

Awaiting pictures for this article, if you undertake the job please take some pictures & PM triggermyson.