OK, here's some flame bait for y'all.  Sympton: Fried front blower motor and other ducting problems in 83.5 van.  Problem: Have neither the time nor patience to remove all the dash & stuff to replace it properly.  Radical idea:  Cut an "access panel" right in the top of the aluminum surface of the dash board, basically right where the ash tray and factory speaker live. Con-fab a way to open and close this panel, thus giving me easy access to ALL the stuff that is hiding below the dash.  I guess the first question is: With such an opening, would it even be possible to get to the blower motor from above? Putting all aesthetics out of mind (I can hide the panel with a creative dash covering), what do you guys think about this hare-brained scheme?  Let the flames begin...

Peace, JB
'66 Split Window Camper
'83 H20 Vanagon

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