VW T3: Dash Removal for Heater Core Replacement 

Still dreading removing the heater blower but your video makes me feel I'm not alone. Very informative, thanks.

4:54 says "4 Phillips screws hold the housing against the body"... it's actually supposed to be 6. One was missing and one was broken / rusted off. Those missing ones were between #1 & #4 and #2 & #3. I'm sure you will find them when it comes time to do your own Heater Box Removal. :-)

we are doing this work in these days. i hope that everything goes wells. thank you for your video man from italy

that's a bigger shop than I thought! sounds like you have a great place to work. I hope I can find a place like that

Thank you much for all of your videos by the way!!

I'm going to have to do this soon so thanks for the info on how much work it is.

I am also doing this cool upgrade to the fan speed controller switch... I will let you know how it goes

Anyway this video was good to know where to look as my first time ripping one out. It was much harder because i forgot alot of steps now it would be easier based on the model doing.

gotta love the sunflower haha

Nice plant 🌱

Nice demonstration on what it takes to remove dash on this model. I have been thinking other then evaporator , heater core , or vent door/blend door issues. Is there any other time when one would ever need to completely remove the dash in repairing a vehicle. I get removing instrument panels ,radio , hvac controls , ...etc components on the dashboard are pretty common. But removing the whole dash seems only necessary if your fixing a hvac unit under dash i don't see many other times when it would occur other then this situation.

There it is haha. That one seems a bit less complicated than some though. I have to do mine in an A3 jetta, dreading it.

Thanks for the information and sharing.. Best regards from the netherlands.

Great video. Thanks! Does the blend door have to be foamed?

So scared of doing this, but the heating isn't working well, the fan makes terrible noise, interior lighting isn't wired up and the seat heating is also gone. Someone at some point switched the steering column from right to left and I have no idea what I'll find. Should it be possible to check everything with original wiring diagrams? Also, the stereo is gone and I would like to fit in a new one. It's my first time doing something like this. I hope I can somehow figure out how to solve all those problems.

Is there enough room in the blower box to fit an Air conditioning "radiator" (not sure what it is called) to get AC in the FRONT of the bus ? my 85 as the coil way in the back...

Your gas tank vid was also helpful....

in a 91 there are at least 6 two come out at the inside top phillips two come out by taking off the plastic grille in front and remove from outside front the other 2 are nuts that are inside at the bottom. anyone know if there are more

Great vid mate. thanks :) I'm halfway thru this job myself, last thing I've got to remove is the heater matrix hoses. Did you drain any coolant off before starting the job? Expected more fluid to come out.

How did you remove the safety bolts (rounded on steering column)?? The hardest part missed :(

is there a reason why you did not disconnect the control cables directly from the heater blower unit?

Do you think it's possible to flush the heater core without taking it all out?

What was that short loose black wire coming out the back of the main connector?

Я понял, вещь нужная, желательно оставить на месте, а я хотел Ее выкинуть, чтобы не замедляла поток воздуха. Спасибо, с меня лайк и подписка.

May I ask what year that bus is?

Wow, that wiring is a cobbled mess. It's a wonder any of it works...

Не пойму, зачем под радиатором жестянка с дырками?

looks a pig of a job. my heater bearings are whining is there any way to oil them without taking the whole dash out?

As you can see the "T3 instrument panel" is not designed, it is - Darwinistic- evolated in VW design shop, in time by several teams, not working together. I can't distinguish separate functional units which can be changed quickly by loosing some steel clips and connectors. I see no design strategy for quick placement of the dashboard. I don't see a well supported wire loom with branches. It is an entangled mess.. meine Herren! Bitte! VW- engineering did not learn a lot in time; the T5 has still electrical problems caused by copper-fatigue in the wire-bundels to the doors, this causes the most erratic problems. For instance: you close the door (key is in, engine off) to walk around and unload baby in the rear: car lockes all doors instantly. Car locked, key inside, baby inside... See Wiki over this topic. Good engineers can be found, but "offenbar" you stumble over managers without ears at VW.

Thanks for the info... Im installing Front, In dash A/C in mine and this is my first step and so I am researching all that I can find before beginning As a side not, ... Im just realizing that i am logged into RU-vid as a friend of mine, on his account... Ooh well... Anyway, Heres the link to the thread that I started on TheSamba: www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7162205&highlight=#7162205

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messy wiring!!! and bad master brake?