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Old 06-22-2002, 12:47 AM
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Removing dash air vents

I want to remove the dash vents on my 88 Firebird to clean them out, but I can't figure out how to get the pass. side and driver's side vent directors out. I have done a little looking, and it appears that I will need to pull back the whole dash in order to remove these directors.

If anyone knows of another way to do this, please let me know soon because I will be trying this tomorrow hopefully.

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Old 06-22-2002, 02:14 PM
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You will need to take the whole dash out (you mean the ones on the far corners right?)
they are held in from behind with two 7mm screws each
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That's what I was afraid of. I guess I will have to do that, or else fish something in through the directors, or else go in through the center vent. I think removing the whole dash is a lot of work for this little of a problem. I'll try my way, and if that doesn't work, I might have to do a little dash work.

Thanks for the help.
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Have you tried blowing them out with a can of compressed air?

When my vents get dirty, I just blow them out with a can of Blow-Off and if the dust was too thick I've cleaned them out with a detailer's brush.

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Well, I think whoever had the car last didn't like taking the time to actually clean things. So they sprayed in there with the armoral or something. Because it is not a dry dust. It's kind of gooy and stuck to everything in there. I don't know if compressed air would work. I'd probably just use an air compressor to do it though. Has a lot more flow and dust removal abilities than a can. Anyway, thanks for the help. I figure, the air, a rag, along with a toothbrush and some WD-40 should pretty much take care of anything in there.
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