| Time to strip out the dashboard |  |
| Some of the screws that hold the plastic trim can't be reached with a screwdriver without removing the windscreen. The seal has to be prised from the inside. |  |
| All the electrical connections were labeled before removal. |  |
| The heater duct was removed. The wiper arms were removed and the nuts on the spindles removed. Undoing a few screws allowed the wiper assembly to be removed. |
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| The plastic trim at each end was removed along with the sound insulation. |  |
| All the tiny nuts that hold the ventilator on were removed except one which was rusted. This one had to be ground off. |  |
| The construction of the front A post encourages
rust. It is hollow with slots that allow water to enter If the edge of the rubber seal
doesn't touch the body.
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| The side window openings can also rust due to water being trapped behind the seal. It hasn't rained for a couple of weeks (the body is outside at the moment) but there was still water behind the sealwhen I removed them. |  |
