So many nuts/bolts/screws involved. I remember looking down at my magnetic tray and it resembling a little volcano made of nuts and bolts Oh and why do they make the interior pieces of our cars so damned sharp?

 

As usual you are a wild man Sir! I sooooooooooo want to replace those controls, but I don't know that I have enough cool resolve to do the job without having to be committed.

How many hours do you have in it?

 

wow.....Ive done this before on my old GSX and it sucks

 

I set aside a day for the project. I knew mine would be a bit more of a pain due to things like a now non removable shift knob and the way I had a few items mounted on my dash Had to use a friend's garage so in between stopping points I would relax in a Recaro pick up random wireless networks and browse the forums. I now want to find a spare oem Recaro and make it a computer desk. $100 and I'll fix your temp control flapper. Funny thing is, the dealership books only bill out 1.7 hours for this job. I may be broke but I am very happy I didn't take the job at Mitsu

 

the line for your heat knob might have a kink in it.

i have the same problem - when i got my new HU installed, my install guy said the line was kinked and that was why it was hard to turn - take that for what its worth