Sorry, I sit corrected. I don't think one can remove the heater unit from an S3 Spider without removing the dash. But I could be wrong about that, too.
One point I do want to make is that removing the Spider dash is NOT such a daunting task. Remove the instrument's connections (wires &/or cables), the defroster hoses & a few screws (a couple of them in our S3 Spider are wing nuts so Alfa must have assumed the dash would be coming out occasionally) then dash comes out. I did once remove the lower half of the heater unit to access the blower motor. Do-able but not an easy job. I am not sure if it was easier than removing the dash or not - probably an equal on the 'difficulty/length of time' scale. http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/spider-1966-up/132059-s3-heater-fan-r-r-drain -holes.html Eric Russell Mebane, NC http://home.mebtel.net/~ejrussell ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Shorey To: Eric J Russell ; [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 7:14 PM Subject: Re: [alfa] Speaking of heater cores >To replace the heater core the unit will need to be removed. The dash does indeed need to be removed in >order to do that. You don't need to remove the dash to remove the heater box on a '78 Spider. I've done the job more than once. If you're looking for an excuse to yank the dash, then it will make access easier, but it's not terribly difficult to pull the heater box with the dash in place. bs -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
