I have a 2005 Beaver Monterey Laguna IV with Cat C9 400
I have had the camper for three years now and have done a ton of work on it. I noticed at first that there was no dash heat and the fan would only operate on high speed.
I thought at first that there wasn't any dash air conditioning but figured out it just need to be serviced and charged.
I checked all of the controls for the vents and they are operating correctly.
I read a couple of different posts on here as well as IRV2. About the fan rheostat being defective and should be replaced. I have looked under the dash, pulled the drawer in the console and even pulled back the panel next to the stairs, but could not find the rheostat. Someone said it may be up between the firewall and front cap. I poked my head up there and decided to retackle at a later date. Its time.
I crawled up in between the front cap and firewall. (Man is tight, not much room to move) See the pictures attached. This is what I found. Someone, maybe the previous owner has clamped off the heater hose. I can only guess at this point as to why. The camper lived in Florida the majority of its life. So did they clamp it off because it was blowing hot air all the time?
Or is there a leak? The pliers are out of my reach. I tried stretching up in there but no go. I started wondering if the may be an access panel in the top of the dash to come down from the top. If you look at the upper left side of the picture it almost looks like something sealed up.
So I did get part of the dashboard off on the top. But not the part along the windshield. It appears to be held down on the two outside corners. I tried pulling back the vinyl trim next to the windshield, but it did not reveal anything. i thought maybe a clip or something, or is the windshield gasket holding it? If there is an access panel it is under this piece and I don't want to break or damage it. I am also guessing that I may find access to the rheostat.
So this is where I ask if anyone has gotten to this point and been successful?
