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Cisco   
Wed Feb 08 2017, 07:24pm
Joined: Sep 10 2013
Member No: #1429
Location: Glasgow
 Hi Guys,

Replaced the passenger side paddle today following Jim's excellent tutorial and have included a photo of the completed repair. The dots are tippex showing the cut line.

I also had an issue with controlling the ac temperature separately by the passenger control and was going to replace the humidity sensor as Diagbox was telling me it was faulty, gave it a brief shake and it's cooking on gas again
Cisco   
Wed Feb 08 2017, 07:47pm
Joined: Sep 10 2013
Member No: #1429
Location: Glasgow
 Try again..
gmerry   
Thu Feb 09 2017, 12:42pm
Joined: Dec 11 2009
Member No: #21
Location: Scotland
 Cisco, what type of glue did you use to secure the cutout section of plastic?

thanks
Cisco   
Thu Feb 09 2017, 04:29pm
Joined: Sep 10 2013
Member No: #1429
Location: Glasgow
 Hi Gordon,

Unibond plastic epoxy from B&Q @ £6.00 a pop.

ATB

Frank
cruiserphil   
Thu Feb 09 2017, 04:35pm

Joined: Jan 24 2010
Member No: #38
Location: Celbridge
 A job to look forward to Steve (Trainman). Looks like it's a good test of your physical flexibility!!

Best of luck,

Phil C.
JimC   
Thu Feb 09 2017, 09:05pm
Joined: Sep 07 2010
Member No: #229
Location: Scotland
 Here's an overview of where I'd cut-out on the driver's side if I was facing it again...


e3steve   
Fri Feb 10 2017, 04:52pm
Joined: Jan 21 2013
Member No: #1163
Location: Warsash, Hants & Palma de Mallorca, Spain
JimC wrote ...

Here's an overview of where I'd cut-out on the driver's side if I was facing it again...



I did exactly that, Jim, from your tutorial!
JimC   
Sat Feb 11 2017, 09:35am
Joined: Sep 07 2010
Member No: #229
Location: Scotland
 I noticed that Lidl had a consignment of the cutting tools in stock... powered via cable but a lot cheaper than some other brands.
e3steve   
Tue Feb 14 2017, 02:08pm
Joined: Jan 21 2013
Member No: #1163
Location: Warsash, Hants & Palma de Mallorca, Spain
 A vibra-saw does the job a treat!

Regarding the repairing of the flaps themselves: I beefed mine up, along the spindle axis, using JB Weld epoxy and after binding the spindle back together with 2.4mm Ty-wraps.

The manufacturing is flawed, as when the "flaps" are in the upper position (thus providing warmer temperature air-mix) the weight of the complex flaps' moulding is directly loading force onto the slender spindles, twisting them whilst they're in the flow of hot air. The plastic softens, twists and eventually gives way to the torsion.

Under-engineered! New ones will eventually go the same way, although it does seem to take over 100k miles / 160k kms for most to actually fail in this way...
eke   
Wed Feb 15 2017, 05:37pm
Joined: Sep 16 2011
Member No: #624
Location: Oulu
 I have used resistors to control electric power to the motors of flaps so that they do not turn the flaps too strongly. There is discussion and how-to guide in finnish Citroen-foorumi, I followed the discussion and guide in this link: - Click Here -. With Google translator it can be readable in English. The car is Citroen C5 model II, but the wires were same in my C6.

I did it around two years ago and everything is still working. Diagbox Global test shows two errors conserning electrical circuits (if I remember correctly) in climate control test, that is the only negative thing.

So this might be alternative for cutting holes and replacing flaps, if you do it before the axels break.
JimC   
Thu Mar 09 2017, 11:23am
Joined: Sep 07 2010
Member No: #229
Location: Scotland
JimC wrote ...

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 )

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.


As an update... and after fitting a new radio display; I'm now the ex-owner of my C6 (sob). Bye all (for now).

Cheers, Jim
gmerry   
Thu Mar 09 2017, 12:15pm
Joined: Dec 11 2009
Member No: #21
Location: Scotland
 Hi Jim, that will be no more waving at Bridge of Dee, from me to you.

Best Regards
cruiserphil   
Thu Mar 09 2017, 04:57pm

Joined: Jan 24 2010
Member No: #38
Location: Celbridge
 JimC,

You might come back some day. Never say never!!

Best regards,

Phil C.
JimC   
Thu Mar 09 2017, 05:12pm
Joined: Sep 07 2010
Member No: #229
Location: Scotland
gmerry wrote ...

Hi Jim, that will be no more waving at Bridge of Dee, from me to you.

Best Regards

Watch out for me in a Xsara Picasso!!
e3steve   
Fri Mar 10 2017, 08:38am
Joined: Jan 21 2013
Member No: #1163
Location: Warsash, Hants & Palma de Mallorca, Spain
JimC wrote ...

gmerry wrote ...

Hi Jim, that will be no more waving at Bridge of Dee, from me to you.

Best Regards

Watch out for me in a Xsara Picasso!!
Great car!

I take it that your C6 was the one I keep getting Gumtree emails about, Jim?
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