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John 67C10 · 09-17-2004, 09:22 PM

i have a 67,i'm trying to strip to get ready for the painter,my dash pad will not come off,I've got all the screws out the bottom but no matter what I do it won't come off. It seems like it's glued on do any of you guys have any suggestions?
Thanks for any input,
John

Tx Firefighter · 09-17-2004, 09:31 PM

There's nuts underneath. You have to take the glove box and instrument cluster out to get to them easily.

69 Short Fleet · 09-17-2004, 11:30 PM

Like TX said there are 5 or 6 nuts that you must take off from the backside of the dash (I think the stock ones are speed nuts) Getting at them is sort of a PITA. I don't understand what you mean by "screws" though, Doug

ACES · 09-18-2004, 05:21 AM

Like the above guys wrote, there are screws in the front that are visible.
Inside the dash are about 5 or 6 nuts. You must take off the dash cluster and the cardboard in the glove box to get at them. I also went through the radio hole to get to mine.

Bleach · 09-18-2004, 08:29 AM

Or you could get really angry and rip the thing off with a sawzall and an angle grinder, and grind the bolts off the old dash pad, assuming you don't want to use it again. When I take mine off (and mine has to be replaced) that is what I am going to do. I think being held on by the visible screws will be plenty. Thoughts?

silvertonguedevil · 09-18-2004, 10:59 AM

I don't know about that. I think the pad might not be secured good enough. If anything, I would probably say that it would be better to use the nuts to secure it than the screws. The nuts are at least in the center of the pad.

Longhorn Man · 09-18-2004, 02:39 PM

The screws alone seem to do fine. I hae mine like that at one point...and at another point I had only the nuts..
Whenit is just the nuts, the pad will sag, and while I did like the lower horizon of the dash, it looked like it would end up damagine the pad.
But I did go about 2 years with no nuts holding the pad on and there was absolutly no damage done.

hotrodtroy · 09-18-2004, 02:46 PM

Not to hijack this thread but, has anybody just filled in the holes and gone without the dash pad? Any pics? Sorry and thanks

Longhorn Man · 09-18-2004, 03:00 PM

some one did...there was a thread with a pic posted a week ago or so.

Joe67 · 09-18-2004, 04:01 PM

yep - those damn studs/nuts under the dash are overkill. Good thing someone thought of clips over the past 30+ years

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Originally Posted by hotrodtroy

Not to hijack this thread but, has anybody just filled in the holes and gone without the dash pad? Any pics? Sorry and thanks

Here is the thread you are looking for

silvertonguedevil · 09-18-2004, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

But I did go about 2 years with no nuts

What??

Sorry, it was immature and silly but I just couldn't resist.

Inspector722 · 09-18-2004, 04:39 PM

Smooth dash pic. They frenched in a home made dash.

Longhorn Man · 09-18-2004, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by silvertonguedevil

What??

Sorry, it was immature and silly but I just couldn't resist.

LOL...I wondered who was gonna get me on that.

It's OK...I am immature and silly too!

LonghornJeff · 09-18-2004, 10:39 PM

Andy..I thought they were still in a jar on a shelf at your old house! :p

I am immature and silly too!

Longhorn Man · 09-18-2004, 10:54 PM

naaa, she threw that in the box with my greasey t-shirts.
I use the jar for pens and markers now.

LonghornJeff · 09-18-2004, 11:02 PM

if i were you i would keep em in the Lincoln trunk.
That way the POR will keep them from rusting (We all know you dont use them!)

Longhorn Man · 09-18-2004, 11:19 PM

maaaannn, that is 2 POR in the trunk references I have gotten tonight.

Greg72c20 · 09-20-2004, 03:57 PM

so there are 7 nuts on the bottom side of the dash... take out the glove box and inst. cluster and use a 3/8 nutdriver... easy as that. you'll have to use a wrench on the the one above the radio (if the radio is still in it) and take out the head light switch to get to that one, but it's not hard and if you're getting ready to paint you should do that stuff anyhow. it'll take you about half of an hour and you'll save your pad..... good luck

Bleach · 09-21-2004, 03:53 AM

So this post turned into a twenty post twig and berries joke. I love it, but I did learn that someone named Andy had some greasy shirts and magic markers and that my suspicions were right, it's fine to go without nuts........bada bing!

72c10step · 09-21-2004, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

LOL...I wondered who was gonna get me on that.

It's OK...I am immature and silly too!

If you wanna be really immature and silly, how about this?

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Originally Posted by John 72C10

i'm trying to strip to get ready for the painter

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Originally Posted by Tx Firefighter

There's nuts underneath.

09-17-2004, 09:22 PM	#1
John 67C10 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2	dash pad removal i have a 67,i'm trying to strip to get ready for the painter,my dash pad will not come off,I've got all the screws out the bottom but no matter what I do it won't come off. It seems like it's glued on do any of you guys have any suggestions? Thanks for any input, John

09-17-2004, 09:31 PM	#2
Tx Firefighter Watch out for your cornhole ! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Azle, Texas Posts: 14,162	There's nuts underneath. You have to take the glove box and instrument cluster out to get to them easily. __________________ I'm on the Instagram- @Gearhead_Kevin

09-18-2004, 05:21 AM	#4
ACES Life is a gamble Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lee's Summit, MO Posts: 796	Like the above guys wrote, there are screws in the front that are visible. Inside the dash are about 5 or 6 nuts. You must take off the dash cluster and the cardboard in the glove box to get at them. I also went through the radio hole to get to mine. __________________ 1970 Orange CST C-10 w/350, posi, Longbed The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

09-18-2004, 08:29 AM	#5
Bleach this guy Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Southwest VA Posts: 122	Or you could get really angry and rip the thing off with a sawzall and an angle grinder, and grind the bolts off the old dash pad, assuming you don't want to use it again. When I take mine off (and mine has to be replaced) that is what I am going to do. I think being held on by the visible screws will be plenty. Thoughts? __________________ Duct tape is like The Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.

09-18-2004, 10:59 AM	#6
silvertonguedevil Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Seaside, Oregon Posts: 1,789	I don't know about that. I think the pad might not be secured good enough. If anything, I would probably say that it would be better to use the nuts to secure it than the screws. The nuts are at least in the center of the pad. __________________ -Greg My Chevy trucks, past and present: 1962 C10 SB Fleetside 1964 C10 LB Fleetside BBW 1966 C10 SB Fleetside 1966 C10 SB Fleetside BBW 1968 C10 SB Fleetside 1971 C10 LB Fleetside 1971 C10 SB Fleetside 1972 C10 SB Fleetside Cheyenne 1972 C10 SB Fleetside Cheyenne Super 1972 C10 LB Fleetside Cheyenne Super 1974 C20 Cheyenne 1979 K5 Blazer Cheyenne 1982 K10 SB Fleetside Custom Deluxe 1982 K10 SB Fleetside Scottsdale 1986 C10 SB Fleetside Silverado 2008 Silverado 1500 4x4

09-17-2004, 11:30 PM	#3
69 Short Fleet Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Kelowna B.C. Canada Posts: 1,086	Like TX said there are 5 or 6 nuts that you must take off from the backside of the dash (I think the stock ones are speed nuts) Getting at them is sort of a PITA. I don't understand what you mean by "screws" though, Doug

09-18-2004, 02:39 PM	#7
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	The screws alone seem to do fine. I hae mine like that at one point...and at another point I had only the nuts.. Whenit is just the nuts, the pad will sag, and while I did like the lower horizon of the dash, it looked like it would end up damagine the pad. But I did go about 2 years with no nuts holding the pad on and there was absolutly no damage done.

09-18-2004, 02:46 PM	#8
hotrodtroy Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 138	Not to hijack this thread but, has anybody just filled in the holes and gone without the dash pad? Any pics? Sorry and thanks __________________ '72 C-10 w/ '68 Large Journal 327cu.in. "It's o.k. to dream about what you want to do, until you start doing what you are meant to do." Line from "The Rookie"

09-18-2004, 03:00 PM	#9
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	some one did...there was a thread with a pic posted a week ago or so.

09-18-2004, 04:39 PM	#12
Inspector722 Fixing my 67, & loving it Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Bridge City, Texas Posts: 524	Smooth dash Smooth dash pic. They frenched in a home made dash. Attached Images __________________ Email address- inspector722@aol.com Zip Code- 77611 Shipping- DHL & USPS Working on: 67, large back glass, 307 V8, 200 4R, 3.73 rearend, Short Stepside Bed

09-18-2004, 10:39 PM	#14
LonghornJeff EZEKIEL 25:17 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Springfield IL USA Posts: 984	Andy..I thought they were still in a jar on a shelf at your old house! :p I am immature and silly too! __________________ 68 CHEVELLE(HORSESHOE) 69 LONGHORN 396 70 NOVA 454(FOR SALE) 71 SWB 307 71 EL CAMINO 383 72 GMC JIMMY 350 87 BLAZER 350 WIW? http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-r5CJt...9_6Orzim4L5uWM Gun control, the theory that 110lb. women have the "right" to fistfight with 210lb. rapists. The reason animal rights activists are more passionate about fur than leather is because it's safer to harrass rich women than bikers...

09-18-2004, 10:54 PM	#15
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	naaa, she threw that in the box with my greasey t-shirts. I use the jar for pens and markers now.

09-18-2004, 11:02 PM	#16
LonghornJeff EZEKIEL 25:17 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Springfield IL USA Posts: 984	if i were you i would keep em in the Lincoln trunk. That way the POR will keep them from rusting (We all know you dont use them!) __________________ 68 CHEVELLE(HORSESHOE) 69 LONGHORN 396 70 NOVA 454(FOR SALE) 71 SWB 307 71 EL CAMINO 383 72 GMC JIMMY 350 87 BLAZER 350 WIW? http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-r5CJt...9_6Orzim4L5uWM Gun control, the theory that 110lb. women have the "right" to fistfight with 210lb. rapists. The reason animal rights activists are more passionate about fur than leather is because it's safer to harrass rich women than bikers...

09-18-2004, 11:19 PM	#17
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	maaaannn, that is 2 POR in the trunk references I have gotten tonight.

09-20-2004, 03:57 PM	#18
Greg72c20 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oskaloosa, Iowa (southeast of des moines about an hour) Posts: 7	so there are 7 nuts on the bottom side of the dash... take out the glove box and inst. cluster and use a 3/8 nutdriver... easy as that. you'll have to use a wrench on the the one above the radio (if the radio is still in it) and take out the head light switch to get to that one, but it's not hard and if you're getting ready to paint you should do that stuff anyhow. it'll take you about half of an hour and you'll save your pad..... good luck __________________ 72 chevy c20 -slowly a project 83 olds delta88 5 inch drop -daily driver _________________________________ If you didn't scrape pulling in the driveway... Go home!



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09-21-2004, 03:53 AM	#19
Bleach this guy Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Southwest VA Posts: 122	So this post turned into a twenty post twig and berries joke. I love it, but I did learn that someone named Andy had some greasy shirts and magic markers and that my suspicions were right, it's fine to go without nuts........bada bing! __________________ Duct tape is like The Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.

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