hey all,

I took off the plastic surround that goes around the air vents in the centre consol in my TJ, as standard for putting in the head unit. but evidently I did it wrong and now I cant get it back on.

some how I just pulled the plastic off causing the air vent 'grill' adjuster things to fall out. And I also now cannot turn the plastic knob to change the air flow up or down on the right hand side.
So I cant put it back in because if I line up the grill in the plastic surround it just falls out again when I tilt it down to push it back in. so I took it down to the dealers and they said that I snapped some clips on it anyway and if I ever managed to get it back on it would simply just fall out again.

So any idea's on how I can fix it?

I realise that my description pretty poor so I'll try to post up some pictures tonight

The rotation of the airflow control could well be that you have pulled the cable off. Check down near the drivers footwell up behind the centre console and there will be 2 cables coming from that control unit. Make sure that they are still attached to something.

...so I took it down to the dealers and they said that I snapped some clips on it anyway and if I ever managed to get it back on it would simply just fall out again.

So any idea's on how I can fix it?
Sounds like you might have to get a replacement from a wrecker - maybe the whole vent - and fit that. Clips break all the time.

agreed- replace the whole thing, whole lot easier that way and not that expensive.

yeah i enquired about a replacment and they gave me a price of around $500-570. from a dealer and a wreckers. i was hoping to avoid that!

it couldn't be that expensive from a wreckers.....

just called Eddy Wreckers in Adelaide (where I live) and they said $100 for the whole vent assembley.

Try some more wreckers.

Thanks for that, I'll make some more calls :)

does anyone have any preferred wreckers in VIC?

Thanks for that, I'll make some more calls :)

does anyone have any preferred wreckers in VIC?

try a few and if you cant find it cheaper than what you said, just pay me, I'll buy it for you and post it back...

i glued mine back together with super glue after some idiot pulled dash apart without knowing what hes doing
Just make sure you line up the side ways swivel control when gluing
Get some loctite superglue

Thanks for that, I'll make some more calls :)

does anyone have any preferred wreckers in VIC?

Imlachs every time. Good quality, excellent service. And they know Magnas.

Ol' Fart posted a link to some wrecker he uses in Melbourne..http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/showthread.php?p=745144&highlight=wrecker#post745144

Modding magnas is a pain in the ass, hey?:rant:

Modding magnas is a pain in the ass, hey?:rant:

Yes it is, only if you dont know what your doing :)