Driver side kick panel vent and American Autowire fuse box--having trouble

[norcalcap]

Originally Posted by msg

Spoke with AAW and it has come up once before he said about a year ago, and the solution is to modify the arm of the vent. Bending it in an s shape he said. So a bend in one place toward the firewall and another bend in the arm in a different section away from the firewall so the arm can clear the kick panel when opened. Thanks for the pic there 62bagger!



I was hoping also to not have a delete plate on the passenger side. Did you have to drill into the flap part of the panel to have 2 holes on the lower side, or did you flip it inside of the vent housing?



Thanks for the pics racecougar!

OK, figured out the upload issue.....

[msg]

Just getting back to this been away, thanks for the pics norcalcap. Really helps to see that passenger side. Nice kick panel speaker and covering you did on the evaporator!

[MT65]

This was my remedy, fuel tank in rear, electrical behind seats,
Hope pictures show up

[Richard2112]

Originally Posted by MT65

This was my remedy, fuel tank in rear, electrical behind seats,
Hope pictures show up

That looks like a good plan. Moving the location of that fuse panel has long been on my to do list. When I do it, I believe it'll wind up under the hood. Given the option to install new box and wire, I'm not certain why anyone would keep the stock location.

[bigmoe]

My solution was to cut mine off and put a rubber cap on it.

[msg]

All good custom solutions! I opted to customize the vents a bit since the driver side has the American Autowire clearance issue and the Vintage Air evaporator has its clearance issue also. So I started with the passenger side and found that I needed to drop that lever down 62 mm to clear the fan motor. Then I had to relocate the 2 holes for the lever mount and the guide rail mount down 62 mm (center of the original to center of the newly drilled) . That repositions that guide rail down to be about mid way. All clear now on both sides