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Offline houston

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Removing scuttle panel
« on: 05 July 2011, 14:41 »
Ive removed wipers, took rubber seal off, took pollen filter cover off, and i still cant shift the plastic, is there clips on it or is it lookin likely its glued? Need it off cos the wipers have packed in altogether now, been goin slow for a bit and wd40 and silicone was helping, but now either linkage has siezed or motors burnt out
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Re: Removing scuttle panel
« Reply #1 on: 05 July 2011, 17:27 »
never mind, done. linkage has well and truly siezed, even compressed in the vice isnt fixing it! leaving it in a bath of oil overnight which i doubt will work, £50 lighter from vw :angry:

but its a stupid design, theres no form of waterproofing on the linkage and its a water channel! extremely stupid design, surprised at vw
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Re: Removing scuttle panel
« Reply #2 on: 05 July 2011, 20:16 »
How did you get the scuttle off in the end?  Got out the big guns?
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Re: Removing scuttle panel
« Reply #3 on: 05 July 2011, 20:21 »
Quote from: Mr_Orange on 05 July 2011, 20:16
How did you get the scuttle off in the end?  Got out the big guns?

when i watched kevin  :grin: from autoglass do my replacement, he used like a mini crowbar or sumet (special tool) and popped mine off going a long the scuttle
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Re: Removing scuttle panel
« Reply #4 on: 05 July 2011, 20:28 »
Quote from: daz veedub on 05 July 2011, 20:21
Quote from: Mr_Orange on 05 July 2011, 20:16
How did you get the scuttle off in the end?  Got out the big guns?

when i watched kevin  :grin: from autoglass do my replacement, he used like a mini crowbar or sumet (special tool) and popped mine off going a long the scuttle

I adjusted ours (was mis-aligned) the other day and it kinda slid sideways pretty easy.  Guessed it was mounted in some sort of groove?  Small crowbar sounds a bit OTT!
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Re: Removing scuttle panel
« Reply #5 on: 05 July 2011, 20:30 »
Quote from: Mr_Orange on 05 July 2011, 20:28
Quote from: daz veedub on 05 July 2011, 20:21
Quote from: Mr_Orange on 05 July 2011, 20:16
How did you get the scuttle off in the end?  Got out the big guns?

when i watched kevin  :grin: from autoglass do my replacement, he used like a mini crowbar or sumet (special tool) and popped mine off going a long the scuttle

I adjusted ours (was mis-aligned) the other day and it kinda slid sideways pretty easy.  Guessed it was mounted in some sort of groove?  Small crowbar sounds a bit OTT!

 :laugh: crowbar was probaly wrong word to use  :grin:
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Re: Removing scuttle panel
« Reply #6 on: 05 July 2011, 22:17 »
be brave and pop it from the passenger side first, needs to be pulled down and away from the windscreen at the same time, was just a bit worried cos all the crud in there was acting like a glue and i was worried it would pop the screen
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Re: Removing scuttle panel
« Reply #7 on: 06 July 2011, 00:10 »
Quote from: daz veedub on 05 July 2011, 20:30
:laugh: crowbar was probaly wrong word to use  :grin:

"Prybar"  :wink:
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Re: Removing scuttle panel
« Reply #8 on: 06 July 2011, 20:31 »
new linkage fitted adjusted and working fine. however just stupid that wiper was on intermittent, i started working on it and its trned and peeled the skin off my finger. ow isnt the word i used!!!

also ive lost the plastic trim piece that clips onto the wing above the scuttle panel
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