Jeff,

what you really need right now is a friend to come over and help with the dash. Turn the chore into a lark, have a few beer, make it fun.

I found the welded heater box tabs to be a pain, I did as David suggested and hacksawed them off.

Lubricate what you can while the dash is off, pedal assembly, wiper linkage. 

don't despair

alistair

On 2011-12-29, at 8:25 AM, J Stewart wrote:

> Just the other day my 18 yr old daughter was pleading with me, "Don't sell the Vanagon, everyone thinks its so cool. You know you'll regret it." So, now my Vanagon sits in the garage with the dash completely ripped out and I'm trying to figure out how to pry this stinkin' case apart to access the locked up blower motor. Right now I hate this van more than anything on earth! I just watched Bryan's video, and he's right-it may just be better to sell the van! I wished I'd watched it before I began this job....
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