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Its Topless Season!!!!
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: fort worth, tx
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Old dash pad removal ???
I am having trouble removing the original dash pad on my 69....can someone please tell me what is the easiest way to take it off. I've removed the four front screws but cannot get it to come apart...am I missing something?..are there more screws underneath?thanks
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Howell, MI
Posts: 37
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Re: Old dash pad removal ???
My 68 had a total of 6 screws, usually the 2 on the very ends are missed, they are pretty tough to get to.
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Re: Old dash pad removal ???
...then you have to almost pull the dash cluster and inner glovebox because they have nuts on the underside(3/8 i believe), and I believe there's about 6 of those, too. They are kind of a pain in the butt to change, but once you get all of the outside and inside ones out, it might be kind of hard to move, usually you just have to push up on it and it breaks lose. hope this helps
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Spanaway
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Re: Old dash pad removal ???
I ended up pulling the dash bezel assy and the glove box liner to find the nuts on the ends of the pad, I'm not a skinny guy with long arms so a little extra dissasembally made my job easyer..
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: AL
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Re: Old dash pad removal ???
yes... i also removed the cluster and the glove box liner....
its the only way to get at all the fasteners..
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Its Topless Season!!!!
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: fort worth, tx
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Re: Old dash pad removal ???
I was afraid you guys would tell about the hidden screws.....ohh well..thanks so much
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: NW Ohio
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Re: Old dash pad removal ???
Yep just pulled mine .. there are like 4 or 5 of those studs on the dash with the 7/16 nuts on them.. way easy with guage cluster and glove box out and a deep socket
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Villa Rica Ga
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Re: Old dash pad removal ???
yup there are studs in the pad with a few nuts on em holding you in place. no big dael just take your time with it. good luck.
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Greensboro N.C.
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Re: Old dash pad removal ???
Careful tightening down the new one.If you don't do it evenly it will have "waves" and if you don't get it tight enough it will rattle.
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Re: Old dash pad removal ???
I was able to get the one behind the cluster without pulling it, but the glovebox had to come out for me.
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: VANCOUVER ISLAND, B.C., Canada
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Re: Old dash pad removal ???
As Premium 72 posted take your time and you will get them all out and your dash will still be in tact. It's not easy when you get to the very outer end nuts but slow and steady wins the race.
esll. ![]() I never took the gauge cluster out.
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upgrading to an older model
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Sacramento, KY
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Re: Old dash pad removal ???
I removed the front screws, started working on the studs and when I go tthe first one off I saw that the nut wasn't really a nut. Its a little peice of tin/aluminum shaped like a nut. From there I stuck a screwdriver under the pad and pried up those little tin nuts stripped like bubbles down at the "gentleman's club". I asked about it earlier and a number of people said when they replaced theirs all they did was put the front screws back in and didn't mess with the "nuts".
Probably not the best method but my pad was shot anyway...
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