Windscreen Air Vent Removal / Help

[RobSco]

Hi

Hopefully someone can help me in some way with some information that I require.

I am at present changing my CD Player in my car and one of my allen keys has accidentally slid down the air windscreen air vent and I am trying to get this out.

I know that if I get a long enough flexible magnetic tool I should be able to fish this out hopefully, I do feel that if I could remove the the windscreen air vent would give me better access to get this out as it has two screws at either end but don’t know if it has any other forms of being held in place by clips and where they are as I don’t want to waste any part of the trim in doing so.

Can anyone help me with some information on this or would there be an easier way to retrieve this as I have still not put back what I removed to install CD Player.

Hope you can help in some way...

[stoney]

looks like the dash is one bit have a look here http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=RA32&mospid=48013&btnr=51_4350&hg=51&fg=30

[RobSco]

looks like the dash is one bit have a look here http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=RA32&mospid=48013&btnr=51_4350&hg=51&fg=30

Hi

Thanks for the link supplied, this I have bookmarked as it will be very useful.

I have had a look at the section Heater and Air Conditioning / Housing Parts and gives be a better idea where it might be sitting but won't make it any easier to fish allen key out, but will try my best to remove it...

I take it the parts and numbers they show will be the same here as this would be very useful when looking for a part even though the prices are in $...

Cheers

[stoney]

yep part nums are the same :thumbs up: