Heater is nearly back in....real PITA to manoeuvre , would be much easier with the steering box out, but thats just too much to tackle. Difficult part was getting it far enough to the off side to get the short control levers through their hole - the articulated lever was set straight initially and it seemed to go in OK. Thinking maybe my home made horizontal seal was too thick, but eventually it fell nearly home. Then I looked at where the articulated lever for the top flap went - the one with a rivetted crank on it - the rod going sideways to the control lever was way out of line, at least an inch away from meeting the hole in the control slide. It was fouling on the ducting moulded in the base bulkhead, and access is very difficult to try to move the short link . eventually I got at it with long handle plier type things (cocky-beaks we call them) through the hole above the radio, and it looks like it will connect now. Now I find that the metal part on the console that carries that slide is loose on the console, and I cant see the screws that hold it try to tighten them - maybe they are gone altogether? The book shows 2 screws with NUTS! I think I need a mirror and a good light in there to see whats what.....
update - no sign of any screw heads on the metal plate , possibly one hole visible that might have had a screw, but it almost looks like its threaded, which would mean a screw came in from the other side...which is impossible to replace without dismantling the whole speaker surround stuff.
Does anybody have a pic of a dismantled console ,showing the RHS where that slide fits please?