Dash Disassembly Question

[Lugnutt]

Hello and thanks in advance for your advice,

I'm pulling a bunch of stuff off of and out of my 72 chevy dash to replace with new and I'm having trouble figuring out how to remove the top center AC vent and the ash tray mechanism. I searched for a thread about this but was unable to find one. Does anybody have photos, descriptions, or know of a thread that could help with this?

Thanks again

[gcburdic]

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[KEL]

I think Andy said you have to pull the radio to get to the center a/c vent.

[cdowns]

ashtray you just push the center tounge thingy down to remove ashtray


radio out helps and there are two stods with tin speednuts on them

[Lugnutt]

Originally Posted by cdowns

ashtray you just push the center tounge thingy down to remove ashtray


radio out helps and there are two stods with tin speednuts on them

I got the ashtray itself out ok, that was easy. I'll try removing radio and looking for those speed nuts to get the mechanism out, thanks.

[sameyrasmea72]

Originally Posted by Lugnutt

I got the ashtray itself out ok, that was easy. I'll try removing radio and looking for those speed nuts to get the mechanism out, thanks.

I think he was telling you how to get the ashtray and the center vent out. The ashtray itself is the only thing that is removable. The other part(ashtray holder) is welded or rivited in I think.

[Lugnutt]

Originally Posted by KEL

I think Andy said you have to pull the radio to get to the center a/c vent.

I'll try pulling the radio first then, thanks. I just didn't want to mess-up the paint on the dash guessing on some of this stuff.

[rsavage]

Some ashtray housings are welded in. The center ac vent has two nuts on the back of it. The front will then pull out and the back of it will drop down behind the dash.