Urgent... How to remove entire dash assembly? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Billy Porter · 04-24-2002, 04:37 PM

Since my truck was vandalized and the assembly was banged up, how difficult is it to replace the entire thing.... I noticed that the steering wheel and stuff have to be droppped. And ther are 3 bolts on each side in the corners.... what else is holding it in place? the speaker bracket etc or what

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**fine69** · 04-24-2002, 04:53 PM

Ok. The "proper" way to remove it would be to remove the windsheild,drill the spotwelds out,hack,beat,cuss,throw stuff. And hope it comes out.
Now to reality. I just removed a complete dash assy. to put it into my 70 panel. Which was hacked to hell. I took all the side bolts out. Took the dashpad off, used a sawzall to cut the dash under where the pad is. It gets a little tricky near the corners. But i used a sharpened putty knife as a chisel at the corners. It worked out ok. You can put it in, match up the cut lines, tach weld it back. You will need to do a little bodywork at the corners. But it aint too bad. A little work at the top corners will not be near as hard to make look good as work in the center of the dash.
A plazma cutter would work good also if you have one.

SCOTI · 04-24-2002, 04:54 PM

Although I've personally never removed one, the spot welds all the way across the lower windshield/dash lip have to be drilled out before it can be removed from what I can tell on the stripped cab in my driveway.

[This message has been edited by SCOTI (edited April 24, 2002).]

GMT830 · 04-24-2002, 05:54 PM

Depending on how bad the damage was you might try stripping all the gages bezels and trim from it and having a body man work out the damage. It might save you a lot of frustration.

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Longhorn Man · 04-24-2002, 08:26 PM

The cool thing about fine69's way, id the dash pad will cover all traces of the work being done. Many have done it this way.

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'69 G.M.C. 350/350. Trying to clean up the left over damage from the Dope-Smokin-Old-Man
I've been dubbed the Longhorn Freak/Fanatic/Expert, I just hope I can live up to it.
FINALLY got the HORNIAC...a '70 one ton Longhorn with a Pontiac 350/350 and lots of 'personality'. Check out The Longhorn Webite.
If you need a pic posted, E-mail me at longhornmail@yahoo.com
Andy, in Columbus Ohio

JoetheMobster · 04-24-2002, 09:05 PM

Kind of makes you wonder what the hell the people that made these trucks were thinking when they decided to WELD in the dashes!! On my little piece of crap car, I can take the complete dash out in no time! (and NO not with a BFH!!)

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Longhorn Man · 04-24-2002, 09:11 PM

Joe, you shouldn't call your 70 GMC a little piece of crap!!!

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'69 G.M.C. 350/350. Trying to clean up the left over damage from the Dope-Smokin-Old-Man
I've been dubbed the Longhorn Freak/Fanatic/Expert, I just hope I can live up to it.
FINALLY got the HORNIAC...a '70 one ton Longhorn with a Pontiac 350/350 and lots of 'personality'. Check out The Longhorn Webite.
If you need a pic posted, E-mail me at longhornmail@yahoo.com
Andy, in Columbus Ohio

04-24-2002, 04:37 PM	#1
Billy Porter Registered User Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Petersburg, Virginia Posts: 178	Urgent... How to remove entire dash assembly? Since my truck was vandalized and the assembly was banged up, how difficult is it to replace the entire thing.... I noticed that the steering wheel and stuff have to be droppped. And ther are 3 bolts on each side in the corners.... what else is holding it in place? the speaker bracket etc or what ------------------ 71 GMC Stepside 250/350 Turbo better known as "Fred Sanford 77 240 Mercedes Benz 92 300E Mercedes Benz 85 600 Ninja 71 Chevelle __________________ 71 GMC Stepside 250/350 Turbo better known as "Fred Sanford 77 240 Mercedes Benz 92 300E Mercedes Benz 70 Firebird 400 85 600 Ninja

04-24-2002, 04:53 PM	#2
fine69 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Urbana,Ohio,USA Posts: 4,618	Ok. The "proper" way to remove it would be to remove the windsheild,drill the spotwelds out,hack,beat,cuss,throw stuff. And hope it comes out. Now to reality. I just removed a complete dash assy. to put it into my 70 panel. Which was hacked to hell. I took all the side bolts out. Took the dashpad off, used a sawzall to cut the dash under where the pad is. It gets a little tricky near the corners. But i used a sharpened putty knife as a chisel at the corners. It worked out ok. You can put it in, match up the cut lines, tach weld it back. You will need to do a little bodywork at the corners. But it aint too bad. A little work at the top corners will not be near as hard to make look good as work in the center of the dash. A plazma cutter would work good also if you have one. __________________ 2008 Chevy HHR 1/2 panel. 1949 Chevy Panel truck(just sittin, waiting) Board member #6

04-24-2002, 04:54 PM	#3
SCOTI Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: DALLAS,TX Posts: 22,064	Although I've personally never removed one, the spot welds all the way across the lower windshield/dash lip have to be drilled out before it can be removed from what I can tell on the stripped cab in my driveway. [This message has been edited by SCOTI (edited April 24, 2002).] __________________ 67SWB-B.B.RetroRod 64SWB-Recycle 89CCDually-Driver/Tow Truck 99CCSWB Driver All Fleetsides @rattlecankustoms in IG Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive. It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar..... *Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol.*

04-24-2002, 05:54 PM	#4
GMT830 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ft. Worth TX Posts: 10	Depending on how bad the damage was you might try stripping all the gages bezels and trim from it and having a body man work out the damage. It might save you a lot of frustration. ------------------ The puppy barks but the truck rolls along __________________ The puppy barks but the truck rolls along

04-24-2002, 09:05 PM	#6
JoetheMobster Listening since '86 Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 1,799	Kind of makes you wonder what the hell the people that made these trucks were thinking when they decided to WELD in the dashes!! On my little piece of crap car, I can take the complete dash out in no time! (and NO not with a BFH!!) ------------------ 1970 GMC 1500, 350ci, 3 in a tree http://members.tripod.com/~Jungleman_2/1970GMC.html Vancouver, B.C. __________________ 2007 Saturn Aura - hey it WAS a GM product

04-24-2002, 08:26 PM	#5
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	The cool thing about fine69's way, id the dash pad will cover all traces of the work being done. Many have done it this way. ------------------ '69 G.M.C. 350/350. Trying to clean up the left over damage from the Dope-Smokin-Old-Man I've been dubbed the Longhorn Freak/Fanatic/Expert, I just hope I can live up to it. FINALLY got the HORNIAC...a '70 one ton Longhorn with a Pontiac 350/350 and lots of 'personality'. Check out The Longhorn Webite. If you need a pic posted, E-mail me at longhornmail@yahoo.com Andy, in Columbus Ohio

04-24-2002, 09:11 PM	#7
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Joe, you shouldn't call your 70 GMC a little piece of crap!!! ------------------ '69 G.M.C. 350/350. Trying to clean up the left over damage from the Dope-Smokin-Old-Man I've been dubbed the Longhorn Freak/Fanatic/Expert, I just hope I can live up to it. FINALLY got the HORNIAC...a '70 one ton Longhorn with a Pontiac 350/350 and lots of 'personality'. Check out The Longhorn Webite. If you need a pic posted, E-mail me at longhornmail@yahoo.com Andy, in Columbus Ohio



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