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Old 04-02-2008, 08:18 AM   #1
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Guage panel and grommet thingy

Any body know if this is the way this cover should fit over the column grommet? I seem to remember that it should ride up higher by where the dashed line is. Why the gap? The holes line up
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Old 04-02-2008, 09:11 AM   #2
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Re: Guage panel and grommet thingy

The rubber goes on top of the bracket.
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Old 04-02-2008, 10:39 AM   #3
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Re: Guage panel and grommet thingy

No, it doesn't.
Somethings not right with yours nyncompute. I'd say bend it, but I can't tell if that'll help.
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Old 04-02-2008, 11:17 AM   #4
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Re: Guage panel and grommet thingy

Did you change out the bezel for that vacuum guage?
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Old 04-02-2008, 02:33 PM   #5
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Re: Guage panel and grommet thingy

it upside down i think. I just removed all of this for my re-wire hope you figure it out before I have to!! lol Try it
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Old 04-02-2008, 04:52 PM   #6
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Re: Guage panel and grommet thingy

The column looks to be on too steep of an angle you didn't change the bracket under the hood did you.
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Old 04-02-2008, 05:31 PM   #7
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Re: Guage panel and grommet thingy

I changed everything. The bezel, the column,the grommet.. you name it. Was a standard column, now it's a tilt.
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I changed everything. The bezel, the column,the grommet.. you name it. Was a standard column, now it's a tilt.
Do you have the band on the bracket on the firewall under the hood
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Old 04-02-2008, 06:51 PM   #9
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Do you have the band on the bracket on the firewall under the hood
Something is up. It looks in your pic that the top of the rubber is squished. The column is too high up in the dash.
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Re: Guage panel and grommet thingy

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Column is either too high at the top (my guess) or too low at the bottom. If you have the bracket installed where the column comes through the firewall (engine side) then you may have something put together wrong under the dash..... The cover fits like you have it but the curve should fit up against the curve in the rubber (at least real close)

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Old 04-02-2008, 06:41 PM   #11
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Re: Guage panel and grommet thingy

Hey, your temp needle is missing!!!

Just filler-up with (black) caulk!
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Old 04-02-2008, 07:42 PM   #12
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Hey, your temp needle is missing!!!
stay on task here mister..one issue at a time! I'll look at the firewall and its mounting tomorrow.. On duty today. Thanks for the thoughts
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Old 04-03-2008, 03:06 AM   #13
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Found another!
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Old 04-03-2008, 07:54 AM   #14
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Re: Guage panel and grommet thingy

this seems to be a common problem, you've tightened the column mount under the dash too much.
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Old 04-03-2008, 08:23 AM   #15
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Probably should look more like this -
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