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Old Jan 2, 2025 | 03:22 PM
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In the process of removing the fresh air vent flaps in order to replace the gaskets. I’m having a hard time getting the spring pin to pull in order to remove them from the housing. Has anyone replaced these before? Any tricks?
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I don't know if you tried this but I used a small flat blade screwdriver inserted between spring coils to press up or down, depending on the side, which worked well. On one side I had to use needle nose pliers to pull the pin with the spring away from the hole. The biggest problem was getting both hands and the tools into the small space.

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Thanks. Tried vice grips and a screwdriver but I can’t get it to budge. Just not a lot of room. I may take the seat out to get more room to work.
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I am unclear on what vents you're working on... Are you asking about the Astrovents behind the seats? (I'm no help here because my car has A/C and these vents were disabled.)
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