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[omega3000]

Hi omega people , cant see any guide for facia removal on the P/F only F/L ? I want to remove all the walnut looking panel and ashtray inc the bit under the handbrake . Had a quick look and opened the ashtray and cant see any screws  some kind of hudini fitment 

[RobG]

Any good http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90571.0

[Andy H]

On my old CD (poverty spec) pre-facelift the fixing screws were revealed by pulling all the knobs off.

The ashtray is held in by a single screw. Hold down the spring loaded flap and use a long Pozidrive screwdriver to reach in to undo it. I think the trim clips onto the front of the ashtray but I wouldn't try to remove it with the ashtray in place because I don't think the mechanism is robust enough to cope.

I never tried to remove the tray under the handbrake. On my automatic facelift the gear lever surround is held in by two spring clips at the rear. With that popped out the screws holding the fake wood are easy to remove. My guess is that the pre-facelift was the same

[omega3000]

On my old CD (poverty spec) pre-facelift the fixing screws were revealed by pulling all the knobs off.

The ashtray is held in by a single screw. Hold down the spring loaded flap and use a long Pozidrive screwdriver to reach in to undo it. I think the trim clips onto the front of the ashtray but I wouldn't try to remove it with the ashtray in place because I don't think the mechanism is robust enough to cope.

I never tried to remove the tray under the handbrake. On my automatic facelift the gear lever surround is held in by two spring clips at the rear. With that popped out the screws holding the fake wood are easy to remove. My guess is that the pre-facelift was the same

I have managed to remove the tray under the handbrake without hack sawing off the gear lever "auto"  I think that was the easy bit  Ill have a look at the guide rob posted 

[omega3000]

Arrrgh ! I got the radio out and all the buttons , the bottom of the surround is loose but it wont budge ...seems like something is holding it in the middle 

Help help !

[omega3000]

So reading back there is a release bar ? I cant get to it as i im stumped how the radio cage is fixed in ?

[Murph]

Is it the one with the climate control like this?


If so you need to reach up behind through the stereo aperture and feel for a flat aluminium bar about 6-7 inches long. This needs to be pulled downwards. It's quite hard to get it moving - I used a screwdriver to *carefully* lever it downwards at one end them worked across to the other end.
Once the bar is moved down the facia virtually falls out.

Sometimes the cage has a small nut or bolt in the back - you should be able to see it if you look into the aperture.

[omega3000]

Yes thats the one murph , ill have a better look after dinner but couldnt see anything holding the radio cage ... losing patience with it so having a break  took me 2 hrs to get the radio out using nails as i didnt have the radio removal pins 

[Murph]

Often the best way to remove the cage is to pinch the top and bottom edges in the middle so that it bends away from the surround.  It's easy to bend it back to straight when you refit it.

[omega3000]

Arh what a mess 





Got the bits i needed 




You need to be double jointed to get to that releasing bar 

[omega3000]

check the sampling fan

What does that do then ?

[Andy H]

check the sampling fan

What does that do then ?

Sucks (samples) air from the cabin so the climate control temperature sensor knows how hot/cold you are.

[omega3000]

check the sampling fan

What does that do then ?

Sucks (samples) air from the cabin so the climate control temperature sensor knows how hot/cold you are.

Arr thats ok then , climates been ripped out 

Now do i decide to put the sat nav screen in or not  It dont get used anyway ...time to check the bulbs on the panel . I can only see 3 bulbs , one seems to be hidden behind one of the centre ones and the one that i need to replace 

[Andy B]

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Arr thats ok then , climates been ripped out 
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You mean the air/con has been removed ....  You car's interior still needs a sampling fan otherwise it'll give you all hot or all cold air and won't be able to maintain the temp selected. 

[omega3000]

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Arr thats ok then , climates been ripped out 
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You mean the air/con has been removed ....  You car's interior still needs a sampling fan otherwise it'll give you all hot or all cold air and won't be able to maintain the temp selected. 

Oh i see , i think the unit has to be taken apart and looking at it i cant see how..was working fine before anyhow