HVAC Assembly

Seemingly simple jobs that take more than 1 day to do deserve a blog post.

I finally got the cover to this A/C blower assembly back on. The trick is getting it aligned in the back first. Then use vice grips to clamp the thing together while you get the clips back on.






Benefits of taking this off:
1) I was able to clean it out
2) I also replaced some sound insulation inside of it. The old stuff literally turned to dust when I touched it... Like this stuff:





Time for a break.

Ventilation FAIL

I tore into my dashboard trying to find a rattle that occurs around 3000rpm in any gear... But only when the car is moving. I'm not sure I have it nailed yet, but I got plenty of junk out of the ventilation system! The main culprits keeping the air flow flaps from opening and closing were the pencil and mint candy in the photograph below. Next weekend I'll take the car for a short drive and see if the noise is gone.