David,

Thanks for the additional tips. There were no missing or loose pieces of
the hinge holders.

I'm still a bit puzzled as to why the flap-flipping axle is not
restrained from sliding back and forth (right to left) because this
allowed one of the flaps to drag against the inside of its vent, wearing
a groove into it and eventually getting a tip hung up in the gap in the
plastic where fore and aft parts snap together, causing the control
cable to bend into a "u" behind the lever panel.

I'll be pulling the dash and working on the heater box and other bits
and am gonna see what can be done to restrain the axle's side-to-side
freedom.

One thing that surprised me was that there does not seem to be any dash
disassembly info in Bentleys. I'd not have posted the question about the
heater panel cover if there had been. All I found was on page 80.12
where it shows the heater cover plate is glued to the air distributor, a
part that does not exist in my 1984 automatic transmission Westy.

--
Rocky J Squirrel

On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 08:52 -0400, David Milo wrote:

> Rocky,
>
>
>
> As Chris replied, the cover slides straight aft, but it may take a
> good yank to get it moving, watch the dash lip as he says. Once the
> cover is off, watch that the plastic bits that hold the flap(s) hinge
> in the box don't fall out (if you find a strange piece or pieces of
> black plastic on the floor after pulling the cover, that is probably
> what they are; quantity 4, one at each end of the flaps). The heater
> cover normally holds these in place. Once the cover is off, you will
> see the horizontal channels in the cover, and the corresponding edges
> on the heater box.
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
>
> Dave
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>         ".......Can the heater cover plate be removed without removing
>         the dash?"
>
>         --
>         Rocky J Squirrel
>         '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>         '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano,
>         Calif.)
>         Bend, OR
>         KG6RCR
>
>
>