So this morning I finally got around to doing the fan... big shout to Steve for sorting this out...
Was anticipating a fight but in all honesty it was far easier than I thought it would be... I didn't even need to remove the air bag..
The replacement fan...
Weapon of choice for attacking the more awkward screws...
The flexible shaft makes it much easier to feed into the 'secret' hole...
It also makes undoing the other screws easier... note you will need to address the cable tie holding the loom onto the fan housing (circled red)
There is another cable tie to deal with before the fan assembly can be removed..
Pull the fans power plug (which is a little awkward... needs pinching both sides to release the latch) and a little gentle wrestling it all comes out...
Fitting is the reverse of the above... I used a little blutack on the screws to help get them back in..
I did do a quick test after fitting the bottom two screws just as a precaution... no reflection on Steve I must add but have been in situations before with awkward to fit parts only to find after the hassle of fitting them they don't work... its just something I do
All was good... the fan fired up straight away and noticeably quieter than the old one so was a very happy chappy
I cable tied the looms back to the posts on the fan housing and for the time being cable tied the glove box light cable out the way until I get a chance to fixing the 'switch'
Glove box back in and all ready for going away next week...
Once again thanks to Steve for sorting out the fan and both Pinky and Steve for the heads up on the 'secret' access hole
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