Mk 6 to Mk 7 dash conversion... Help!!?

[transitmonkey]

Doing a mk 6 to mk 7 dash conversion... having a problem!!..
Have stripped out old mk 6 dash, however.. mk 7 dash does not seem to fit??!! ... seems, because (??) my mk 6 has air con heating unit, dash will not straddle over this and fit, also, none of the heater plastic pipes for vents are anywhere near where they should be??!... can anyone helkp / advise.. please??!!.... thank you
:O)

[Punto443]

You need a mk7 dash with aircon, or atleast the aircon ducts from a mk7.

[tony&kasia]

As punto says you def need mk7 ducts and also you need to trim a bit of the heater housing. You will def get it in cause i had the same prob.
If i remember rightly all you do is cut off 2 lugs at the bottom of the housing. That's the only place where the dash gets caught.
Paul2012 has recently bought the mk7 aircon ducts, He may be able to help you with part no's.
Good Luck

[transitmonkey]

Thank you for help and advice :O)....
Yes i have a Mk 7 dash, Mk 7 plastic duct pipes , Mk 7 complete heater matrix/system ... but, it is a standard Mk 7 Non-Air Con , heater matrix/system..
The Mk 7 Ducts do not fit (either end on all of em) and are the wrong shape/size for my Mk 6 heater matrix/system.
When i got the Mk 7 dash , i made a point of also getting the complete Mk 7 heater and heater duct pipes etc... not realising it was not a air con version! Doh!

So... ?
1) I did contemplate completely stripping out / and doing away with the air con mk 6 system (then i could just drop my Mk7 heater unit in.. but this looks like a very bad idea, as Far Too much involved!!
OR
2) ??? Stuck!! do not know which way to head with this?!.. Get another Non Air con mk 6 and start again??

Thank you again... any advice is highly appreciated... Very Frustrating..

[paul2012]

Or see my project thread here regarding A/C ducts etc

viewtopic.php?f=27&t=150664&start=585#p1367633

[transitmonkey]

Will check this thread now, Thank you :O) .......

[transitmonkey]

Thank you...
Have just seen your thread, thanks..
Sorry to sound a bit slow on the uptake ..... but, does this mean, if i obtain Mk7 Air Con Ducts, this will work??
Thank you

[paul2012]

Thank you...
Have just seen your thread, thanks..
Sorry to sound a bit slow on the uptake ..... but, does this mean, if i obtain Mk7 Air Con Ducts, this will work??
Thank you

Yes. They will fit mk6 heater / A/C assembly & mk7 dash.

As they have in mine

[transitmonkey]

Excellent!!!! ... ...been looooosing me little ( ) mind with this one!!..
Do you have a contact/know where i can get said mk 7 air con ducts?
( i still cannot believe this!.. was starting to think i would have to abandon mk 7 dash idea!!) ..
Hope the mk 7 ducts line ok with the mk 6 air con box?!
Thank you again

[paul2012]

Excellent!!!! ... ...been looooosing me little ( ) mind with this one!!..
Do you have a contact/know where i can get said mk 7 air con ducts?
( i still cannot believe this!.. was starting to think i would have to abandon mk 7 dash idea!!) ..
Hope the mk 7 ducts line ok with the mk 6 air con box?!
Thank you again

Any Ford dealer should have them or can order them in.

I got mine from Ford & were cheap too. Ford Part numbers are somewhere on my thread.

& they line up with mk6 heater/ A/C assembly

[transitmonkey]

Thank you mate..
:O) have tried a few scrappys, but no luck as yet. will call ford tomorrow.

[tony&kasia]

Thank you mate..
:O) have tried a few scrappys, but no luck as yet. will call ford tomorrow.

You will be very lucky to find them in scrap yards. I would go to fords and job done. If anything scrappys will be more expensive and may want to sell the whole dash.

[transitmonkey]

Will call ford today .. hope they are not too £ ! ...
I thought i was ahead of the situ when i got all the mk 7 ducts with the mk 7 dash!... will have to sell these to try and recoup a little £


Mk 7 air ducts (Non Air Con Version!) going for sale! :O)