AU S2/S3 DON'T pull the center air vent/clock/heater controls before reading this

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TO BE CONTINUED (when i repair what i broke, trying to fix the clock globe) 

CRUMBOLIUM (is what i'm calling the plastic housing on the back of the heater controls)
* be super careful and only remove if necessary after reading the below. 
it took me looking in every AU at Pick a part,  4 remaining broken ones to piece together another cracked heater control that might work (mine only has a broken cable mount, so i may not even use it yet as it's unknown if it will work on the other parts)


i'll add some more photos in the next week 

now, you probably SHOULDN'T need to remove this cable behind the glovebox normally, but that's only because when new, the cable holder was strong enough to unclip without breaking. 
it's similar to the XF type, but instead of a metal clip that flies off and gets lost, it flips up(quite tightly clipped down, lever with a small screw driver to flip it up from the sides)
the other clip to the right is released by pushing the small screw driver over the cable outer and under the bitey bit of the clip and levering it out until it pushes the cable out. 

(image below was from a helpful facebook group member that took a video of it) 

the facia, which i'll detail a bit further when i go in to fix it again will be able to swing out further without breaking as easily (if not already broken)

DEAR ON EBAY (sold prices below) 

 

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well

i bought one from pick a part that had more cracks in other places, and then realised the dial for the vents was stuff and sus.. so i chose to leave all the spaghetti hoses hooked up and glue it back in situ, afterall, the vacuum stuff worked before this cable holder broke. 

first joined the broken bits back with regular super glue, then basted them with 2 part epoxy araldite stuff(said metal repair, fake JB weld i was hoping.. was given it a while back)

not overly trusting the glues, i decided to strip the plastic of some bag tie wires, and wrap wire around it, then glue it some more..

still tempted to clip the cable onto it and then goop it all with silastic also.. (the cable  is unhooked behind the glovebox now, this is what's needed before removing that center radio/heater control panel. )