Kenneth Carr Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 I started with a plan to replace my instrument panel with a nicer one. That led to removing the radio and ashtray & buying a new speedometer cable. An entire wire harness may follow. But before I get to all that I am now looking at the fresh air vent for which I have a new gasket but never installed it. I am having trouble figuring out how to remove the spring steel lock that prevents the linkage to the vent opening handle from slipping off. I did remove the four adjusting screws from the brackets but that does not loosen the vent enough for me to remove it and properly install a new gasket. I'm trying to get this off without breaking it. Any suggestions? Photo below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Engle Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 The portion wrapped around the rod at the top of your picture is help onto the rod by spring pressure. With a small screw driver, put pressure on the right two pieces and it should pop off the rod and swing down. The hook part of the rod can be moved to the right out of the vent . Spring clip can then be pulled off the vent. Bob Engle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth Carr Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 Bob ... Thanks ... I will give it a try. I had poked it with a screw driver before but was afraid to break it. I'll put more effort into it now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 The clip operates on the same principle as the throttle linkage clips that were used up into the 60's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth Carr Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 Tinindian ... that make sense about throttle clips. Possibly a source of replacement parts? I think my '41 uses through holes and cotter pins ... but I'm not sure. I do know that it was very easy to pull apart and replace when I swapped out my front carburetor. Thanks for the hint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth Carr Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 (edited) Thanks to the help received here the vent is out! I'll clean things up and replace the gasket tomorrow. While doing this I noticed that the hose to my wipers had fallen off. I guess that means I will be installing a new wiper vacuum hose. Maybe the wipers will work better? Edited July 11, 2018 by Roadmaster71 add photo (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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