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gmerry Scotland

Sun Apr 05 2015, 09:40pm

Joined: Dec 11 2009

Member No: #21

Location: Scotland

Jim, great write up. Fantastic job.

Regards
G

Curious why you decided to repair the old flap when you had a spare in hand

JimC

Mon Apr 06 2015, 10:27am

Joined: Sep 07 2010

Member No: #229

Location: Scotland

Thanks F, P & G.

Gerry: so I could sell it to you at 80% of cost price when you need it

Cisco

Thu Dec 22 2016, 11:19am

Joined: Sep 10 2013

Member No: #1429

Location: Glasgow

I had forgotten that I commented on this thread

is that the definition of irony?

I just drove 1000 miles in 2 days with the car performing great except that the passenger started complaining of being cold!

Heater flap shaft has broken. Car is at 120k miles.

Good news is that it's the passenger side. I wont be doing this repair until the weather heats up but thanks again for the write up Jim C.

Cisco

Thu Dec 22 2016, 11:36am

Joined: Sep 10 2013

Member No: #1429

Location: Glasgow

BTW Jim, if you are still with us, I'll buy the fresh passenger side flap off of you if you still have it. Just pm me

All the best and Seasons Greetings to long suffering C6 members

Frank

JimC

Fri Dec 23 2016, 12:18pm

Joined: Sep 07 2010

Member No: #229

Location: Scotland

Hi Cisco,
My passenger side has just gone the same way so I'll be getting my cutter out again.
Providing I can fix my existing flap, I should have a spare (if you can just remind me where the 'safe place' is that I put it

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PPS: I'm also putting my car on the market (once I fix the heater)... 2008 Black C6 Lignage, 99400 miles with 4 spare alloy wheels (one in need of repair) and two winter tyres. MOTd to 15th August with new 'bits' just about everywhere except the radio display.

Cisco

Fri Dec 23 2016, 03:37pm

Joined: Sep 10 2013

Member No: #1429

Location: Glasgow

Hi Jim,

Sorry your selling the Six but good luck with the sale.

Let me know re. the flap when you can.

Now that you have some serious experience of this job it would be great if you could draw up a template for the best cutout size if you have the time.

ATB Frank

JimC

Fri Jan 27 2017, 04:05pm

Joined: Sep 07 2010

Member No: #229

Location: Scotland

Hi Cisco, Sorry for the delay in getting back to you ... I've been busy getting laid-off!
I did end up using my spare passenger side flap but can do a repair to the broken one I took out if you're wish to go that route. Alternatively, you could go to the same place I did (Pug 407) as that was a fairly painless exercise to get new flaps sent north north.
The passenger side looked like it was going to be a nightmare due to extra (cooling?) pipes running alongside the heater box. However on closer inspection it was easy to get to the part I needed (higher-up above the pipes) and the whole 'cut - replace old for new - glue back' job took about an hour in total!
Let me know if you need pictures & script from that exercise.
Cheers, Jim

Cisco

Fri Jan 27 2017, 05:23pm

Joined: Sep 10 2013

Member No: #1429

Location: Glasgow

Hi Jim,

Any pictures you have will be great

ATB Frank

JimC

Fri Jan 27 2017, 06:05pm

Joined: Sep 07 2010

Member No: #229

Location: Scotland

This should help...

JimC

Fri Jan 27 2017, 06:08pm

Joined: Sep 07 2010

Member No: #229

Location: Scotland

Hmmm... how do I attach a 760KB pdf???

JimC

Sat Jan 28 2017, 01:20pm

Joined: Sep 07 2010

Member No: #229

Location: Scotland

If anyone else wants my home-made instruction manual... send me instructions on how to upload to the "Member Supplied Tutorials and other Downloads" section

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