Thread: How do I remove this County dash?

Great minds think alike, I'm removing mine to fix stereo at present and its a PITA.Basically the top pad has to come off before you can get to anything else.You may not have to pull it off completely just shove it out the way of the area your working in.There are 3 screws along the inner edge of the windscreen that hold it in as well as various along the front face.Start by removing the ends of the dash assembly at the drivers side near the heater controls and get the instruments out of the way, then just work your way along as you find attachment points.The screws are several different sizes and types and its just trial and error as you put it back together, I normally have a few left over.Absolute bastard of a set up.

I took mine off to paint it and fix the air vent flap seals and fix the heater control - but that was a few years ago. What I can tell you is to photograph/sketch the heater/air control valve block vacuum line connections. Do not omit this step! Ask me how I know.

I might still have the sketch I made when reassembling (trial and error testing) but I doubt it.

Check the light fitting in the heater control. Mine was melted owing to someone having fitted a 5 watt bulb and overheating it. Don't fit anything bigger than a 3 watt bulb.

While the dash is off, replace the foam seals on the vacuum operated flaps so they seal once more. I bought 3mm closed cell foam from, I think, Clark Rubber (Para Rubber in NZ). If you can't get any, I've still got some left.

a couple each end and inside the air vents, just flick the vents out, screw it up top. heater and air controls, just undo the 4 holding the panel in, rotate and poke it back in.

easy once you have done it a couple of dozen times

County must be a hell of a lot simpler than Defender.I just replaced a fuse on the back of the stereo and must have removed close to 20 screws to do so.No way you can access the top mounting screws for the centre fascia without getting the top pad out the way, only one is accessible via the ash tray.

What I really would like to have is the Workshop Manual instructions. My manual does not cover the dash, but the dealers must have had something more formal.

Originally Posted by Carslil Jim

What I really would like to have is the Workshop Manual instructions. My manual does not cover the dash, but the dealers must have had something more formal.

What are you actually trying to do??

Good advice, while you are in there put a relay on the fan speed switch, only on the bottom 2 wires " brown" these wire also feed the condenser fans up front, 30 amp fuse on that lot. Bloody hard to get a switch now days and i haven’t found a strait swap out replacement because of the brown wires.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I took mine off to paint it and fix the air vent flap seals and fix the heater control - but that was a few years ago. What I can tell you is to photograph/sketch the heater/air control valve block vacuum line connections. Do not omit this step! Ask me how I know.

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Mate, why didnt you post that 5 months ago

Actually, I did take pics but I hadn't noticed the exposure selection knob had been moved (my Konica FinePix S5500 is a pain in that regard - it happens quite often, there isn't enough friction/detent in the control).

The pics were all out of focus.