coin dropped through dash vents?!

martandem · May 4, 2009

Hi all, to cut a long story short a coin dropped down there earlier! I'm worried it will cause some damage and/or make another annoing rattle, is it possible to get it out? Any tips? Do the vents just lift out?
Would appreciate some advice from eperienced vent removers!!...

T. 12 E E D. · May 4, 2009

Not good new someone dropped a small screw in the dash and the only thing you can do is either put up with the rattle or strip the dash down (many hours work)

Inferno · May 4, 2009

Go fishing - http://www.drapertools-online.com/b2c/b2citmdsp.pgm?pp_skmno=39669

Luke. · May 4, 2009

i dropped a t20 torx bit down the dash of my old car and it moved everytime you went round a corner! was ghey! but then eventually it stopped i think!

iimushroomzii · May 4, 2009

Pick the car upside down and give it a good shake.

Nick_P · May 4, 2009

Take the dash off, all of it...

SBV116 · May 4, 2009

ha ha, we had a customer who had a funny noise in her megane, when you went around a corner it clunked!!! took ages to find, turned out to be a marble in the heater box!!!!!

Tigger · May 4, 2009

^ Proves that some people have just lost their marbles :rasp:

BIFCAIDS · May 4, 2009

ive got 5p in mine when ever i do a little broad blash (not that my car is quick) but when i do it moves around lol

Tucker · May 4, 2009

i had gravel behind my door cards??

martandem · May 4, 2009

Not the answers I was looking for!
F**k! Can't put up with the ridiculous noise every time I go round a corner! I am a fan of shaking the car upside down, but I think I'll be boring and buy some kind of magnetic fishing rod.....

24Seven · May 4, 2009

martandem said:
Not the answers I was looking for!
F**k! Can't put up with the ridiculous noise every time I go round a corner! I am a fan of shaking the car upside down, but I think I'll be boring and buy some kind of magnetic fishing rod.....

get the dash top off and have a butchers, only takes 15 minutes to get it out!

martandem · May 4, 2009

Inferno said:
Go fishing - http://www.drapertools-online.com/b2c/b2citmdsp.pgm?pp_skmno=39669

Hummmmm.... looks good, but not sure it will fit in the vent space, its so narrow, and god knows if its dropped down any further into different recesses... Anybody know what the design is under the top cover?

martandem · May 4, 2009

24Seven said:
get the dash top off and have a butchers, only takes 15 minutes to get it out!

15 mins!? Meh, you have no idea how practical a human being I am! Where do you even start? I know there are screws in either side of the vents so they'll just lift out, but where do you go after that?...

bmh.01 · May 4, 2009

Can't exactly remember cos its been a while but if you remove the centre console you might be able to fish it out of the footwell vents if its dropped into the bottom of the heater box.

martandem · May 4, 2009

LOL, it turns out silver coins aren't magnetic and I'm almost certain its a 10p, if I'd listened in physics I would have known!
Bollo**s. Looks like I'll have to get used to a sliding coin on every corner <sob>

martandem · May 4, 2009

bmh.01 said:
Can't exactly remember cos its been a while but if you remove the centre console you might be able to fish it out of the footwell vents if its dropped into the bottom of the heater box.

Judging by the sliding and noise when I go round a corner, it seems to be just under the dash!...

b1lly · May 4, 2009

squeeze a couple of tubes of glue down there :rasp:

martandem · May 4, 2009

b1lly said:
squeeze a couple of tubes of glue down there :rasp:

That's not a bad idea! Assuming that u can't do any harm by squeezing half a tube of bostik down a vent, does make me a tad aprehensive :-(

Tigger · May 5, 2009

Dash-off and have a hoke around

Firas · May 5, 2009

lucky it was a coin you dropped. mikey123 dropped a cigarette through the dash vents last year and it almost caught fire on a hot day. pm him and he will tell you how he managed to get it out after

martandem · May 5, 2009

Firas said:
lucky it was a coin you dropped. mikey123 dropped a cigarette through the dash vents last year and it almost caught fire on a hot day. pm him and he will tell you how he managed to get it out after

F**k a duck, that is not good.. I'm not sure it is worth removing the dash to be honest. I'm nowhere near competent enough to do it myself, and can't stomach shelling out for garage to do it! Plus I imagine once its taken apart, it will never be quite the same and will probably have even more rattles!
I am so vexed, can't believe what a schoolboy error it was!
Will definitely PM Mikey and hopefully he can offer me a non-dash removing miracle...

martandem · May 5, 2009

There are 3 screws on the vent cover on the dash. I have removed them but the cover appears to not want to lift out particularly easily?! Does this actually come out yeah? So that you are left with just the vent showing? I don't want to apply to much force incase i break a clip and/or f**k up the dash. <rage>

mattjk · May 5, 2009

Firas said:
lucky it was a coin you dropped. mikey123 dropped a cigarette through the dash vents last year and it almost caught fire on a hot day. pm him and he will tell you how he managed to get it out after

I remember that argument, tell me though how did a cigarette "almost" ignite on a hot day? Better not leave your fags inside your cars anymore boys just incase they spontaneously combust

LOL

pete_clio · May 5, 2009

Tigger said:
Dash-off and have a hoke around

if trev can do it, so can you. its dead easy 13 odd screws and it just lifts off!

Struggler · May 5, 2009

ive got a cigarette lighter down one of my airvents,
never bothered getting it out,
and i have no idea how i would go about it,
doesnt ratte or anything, infact id completely forgotten bout it until now.

go for a drive, if it doesnt rattle, id just leave it,
add a couple of pennys to the value of the car.

martandem · May 5, 2009

clio142 said:
ive got a cigarette lighter down one of my airvents,
never bothered getting it out,
and i have no idea how i would go about it,
doesnt ratte or anything, infact id completely forgotten bout it until now.

go for a drive, if it doesnt rattle, id just leave it,
add a couple of pennys to the value of the car.

It's less of a rattle and more of a slide from one end to the other whenever you go round a corner!...

So far the 'pouring glue down the vent and swinging round a corner to stick it' solution is winning me over most.....

PS sorry for reminding you!

WillyB · May 5, 2009

Thats a s**t! turn the radio up!

martandem · May 5, 2009

WillyB said:
Thats a s**t! turn the radio up!

Thanks for that!

Tigger · May 5, 2009

pete_clio said:
if trev can do it, so can you. its dead easy 13 odd screws and it just lifts off!

The Clio King speaks the truth lol

martandem · May 5, 2009

I'm not convinced by the "just lifts off" part!... I know i'll fu*k it up, break clips or do something equally incompetent that will financially rape me...

Keano · May 5, 2009

haha ive got the entire contents of my gf's purse down there. slowly driving me insane

caister · May 6, 2009

mattjk said:
I remember that argument, tell me though how did a cigarette "almost" ignite on a hot day? Better not leave your fags inside your cars anymore boys just incase they spontaneously combust LOL

Yeah that thread was classic CS!! I'd still love to know how folk in hotter countries stop there cigarettes from spontaneously igniting....

JD · May 6, 2009

As Trev said, dash off. Not that difficult at all.

JD · May 6, 2009

WillyB said:
Thats a s**t! turn the radio up!

That's what Renault stereos are for. Loved the fact the the test driver who took the R26R out said that the lack of radio meant you couldn't turn it up a notch over time a new rattle occured!! Pissed myself at that!

fUbAr · May 6, 2009

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=394322

Willy · May 6, 2009

haha glue sounds awesome idea.

you may not want to try it though

Vicky. · May 6, 2009

It sounds awkward but it didn't take long at all...I dropped one of the tax disc screws down there and it was doing my head in sliding from one end to another when I went round a corner, tried the whole magnetic stick thing and no joy so ended up taking the dash off. Its a few screws and snap off bits. Job done

Hope you get it out lol!

martandem · May 6, 2009

fUbAr said:
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=394322

Awesome guides there Fubar, will be printing them out as soon as i buy more printer ink, they are worth their weight in gold

martandem · May 6, 2009

Vickyx said:
It sounds awkward but it didn't take long at all...I dropped one of the tax disc screws down there and it was doing my head in sliding from one end to another when I went round a corner, tried the whole magnetic stick thing and no joy so ended up taking the dash off. Its a few screws and snap off bits. Job done Hope you get it out lol!

Thanks Vicky!... so when the dash is removed, what do you actually see in terms of the ventilation etc?... :S

coin dropped through dash vents?!

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Willy

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