1990 190e Climate Control Unit Removal

[cleavster]

Hi Everyone:

What is the best way to remove the Climate Control Unit from the center console? I have done the following...

(1) removed the screws at the bottom of the wood console.
(2) removed the center vents.
(3) removed the screws on the bottom of the center vents. I'm assuming that these screws are holding the wood console in place as well.

When I tried to remove the wood console it gets stuck where the top wood console and the lower center vents meet. I do not want to force anything just because I will break the wood console. I thought I can just pull this out....Am i missing anything here?

Cheers,
Clive