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Interior! / Re: Reinstalling Eurovan 02 Sliding Door Panl

« on: May 05, 2016, 01:44:19 pm »

I took my panel off about two years ago and haven't put it back together. A bunch of the plastic clips had pulled off, leading to the binding lock pull. I got tired of it and just took the damn thing off. It is ugly, I need to get a permanent fix. Previous owner had tried a sheet metal screw, but that didn't hold.

Industrial velcro sounds like a good option... and I have some. I might try that.

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Interior! / Re: Eurovan Heater Flap repair - quick and dirty method!

« on: May 05, 2016, 01:23:33 pm »

Is there a DIY out there for the slow method of taking apart the dashboard?

Why is it perforated with holes and not solid metal to begin with? I'm a little bit hesitant to tape up that area since I don't know how the system works. With that being said - this would work great for me as the van spews out random pieces of foam.

I took apart my dash about two years ago due to the heater core failing. The heater core is buried behind the flaps, down in the vent's plastic box of hell. While I was in there I covered the flaps, which were still functional. The foam was sticky and disintegrated when I touched it. My thinking is that moisture, especially any moisture with radiator fluid vapor, just kills that foam.

The flaps need to be covered. Why they used foam, I don't know... maybe sound deadening? Aluminum tape works just fine as a replacement. The flaps are there to redirect air, if I remember correctly, from heat to cooling system.

Look in forums for heater core replacement. I seem to recall someone writing up a few ways to tackle it. It wasn't easy, but it was doable with decent tools and some patience. My mechanic would have charged a fortune just for the labor of getting to the heater core... so it was worth a full day of work.

If you pull out your dash to replace the flaps, I highly recommend replacing the heater core at the same time, it is a cheap part that will probably fail, eventually. Also, it's a good time to vacuum the several pounds of dust out and remove all those pencils and crap that fall through the dash cracks.