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sox

 posted on 31st Oct 03 at 15:38

should the heater illumination come on as soon as i turn the ignition on or have i done something wrong?


Cybermonkey

 posted on 29th Oct 03 at 08:28

quote:
Originally posted by Mo
has anyone done this on a 98 sport cause it's meant to be different. Cobras guide say's he couldn't find where the bulbs went and mine needs replacing. :(


Yes after the 97 facelift, the assembly was built differently, and it is impossible to reach the bulbs without hacking it to pieces. A whole new console is needed if a bulb blows. Bloody rip off if you ask me.


Mo

 posted on 28th Oct 03 at 23:27

has anyone done this on a 98 sport cause it's meant to be different. Cobras guide say's he couldn't find where the bulbs went and mine needs replacing. :(


uprated

 posted on 28th Oct 03 at 22:10

i just did this today, it was a ballache, haynes manual is a necessity


sox

 posted on 28th Oct 03 at 20:33

how do i get the front black housing off? it seems to be clipped in so that it wont come out easily lol! so ill be replacing the bulbs from the front on the panel, rather than from behind?

thanx again!


mav

 posted on 28th Oct 03 at 20:22

Done mine on saturday.
U need to take the front black housing off.
When thats off you will see the 2 bulbs..
Just pull out and replace. A bit of a bugger to get back in but be patient and it goes..

good luck...

ps Mike what u talking about m8...U lost me....?

[Edited on 28-10-2003 by mav]


mike_1.2LS96

 posted on 28th Oct 03 at 19:48

btw, its easier it you take off the air ducts by undoing the torx screws and unclipping it (tricky bugfger to get off tho)


mike_1.2LS96

 posted on 28th Oct 03 at 19:47

If you look carefully you'll see two torx screws (gold colour), its below this and just above the plug/cable for the center. It clips in four places, do the middle two first then the side ones.

I had to do this recently, its no problem once you find it. Look for a long black bar with two metal bars running along it.


sox

 Icon depicting mood of post posted on 28th Oct 03 at 19:22

ok, i have a corsa sri (1.4 M reg).

The bulbs have gone on the heaters/fan speed etc

I have read cobra148's guide to changing them but still cant figure it out!

I have taken the mfd off and placed it to the left and unscrewed everything etc and pulled the panel away from the dash(as said to do in the guide)

I can see the back on the panel, which the lower part consists on white/creamy plastic. from here I cant see where the bulbs are?

when i turn the heater knobs etc i can see pieces moving on the white plastic, but no place to change the bulbs? I can also see a bundle of wires(multicoloured) going into the centre of the white plastic.

someone please help! do i need to remove the front housing maybe and change the bulbs from the front of the panel???

any help would be greatly appreciated!

regards
sox