Center console removal necessary
03-03-2005, 02:37 PM
#1
Racer
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Center console removal necessary
Hi everyone,
First post here. Wanted to say hey. Been looking at Rennlis for sometime now. I bought my 86.5 928s back in 1989. Now is the time for some upgrades and minor repair and facelifts to be done. My question is do I have to remove the center console in order to remove the dash? Or can I loosen it and pull it back to get the dash off?
Thanks,
Bill
First post here. Wanted to say hey. Been looking at Rennlis for sometime now. I bought my 86.5 928s back in 1989. Now is the time for some upgrades and minor repair and facelifts to be done. My question is do I have to remove the center console in order to remove the dash? Or can I loosen it and pull it back to get the dash off?
Thanks,
Bill
03-03-2005, 02:57 PM
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Welcome to the 928 club.
I have never gone as far as removing the dash.
However if you loosen the center console you might as well remove it - it is not difficult.
Good luck
I have never gone as far as removing the dash.
However if you loosen the center console you might as well remove it - it is not difficult.
Good luck
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Does it have the "Do It Yourself" manual transmission, or the superior "Fully Equipped by Porsche" Automatic Transmission?
George Layton March 2014928 Owners are ".....a secret sect of quietly assured Porsche pragmatists who in near anonymity appreciate the prodigious, easy going prowess of the 928."
03-03-2005, 03:02 PM
#3
Three Wheelin'
I just had everything out last weekend for a dash/pod/console/glove box upgrade. While you *might* be able to get out the dash without taking out the console, I am not very optimistic that it's doable. I don't believe you would be able to rotate the dash in order to get it to clear the console, and I don't think you'd be able to get it out without rotating it.
My dash came out with only three points of connection--horizontally, one on the left and right side of the car below the A-pillar, and one vertical screw to the left of the pod.
My dash came out with only three points of connection--horizontally, one on the left and right side of the car below the A-pillar, and one vertical screw to the left of the pod.
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03-04-2005, 01:26 AM
#9
Three Wheelin'
All the flaps (defroster, footwell, recirc, comb) that direct airflow are controlled by vacuum (pods). The pods have a rubber gasket that cracks, rendering them inoperable because they're no longer air tight and creating vacuum leaks. The climate control system uses electric signals to operate solenoids connected to a vacuum manifold behind the center console to determine which pods receive vacuum, causing the respective flap to close (in the case of the footwell, defroster, or recirculation flap) or lift (in the case of the comb flap in the center vent).
A bunch of interior parts need to come out to access these pods, so if you have the dash apart, it's a good time to replace aging pods, since they're going to go at some point if they haven't already. They're not cheap--the set is somewhere around $150, but it's really aggravating to have a sophisticated-for-its-time climate control system that doesn't work right.
A bunch of interior parts need to come out to access these pods, so if you have the dash apart, it's a good time to replace aging pods, since they're going to go at some point if they haven't already. They're not cheap--the set is somewhere around $150, but it's really aggravating to have a sophisticated-for-its-time climate control system that doesn't work right.