Thread: Dash Refurbishment

Originally Posted by Cerise

Uh, I had a go until it looked like I had to take all the instruments out to get to bolts that hold th black plastic container thingy out, which meant disconnecting everything first.... that’s when I went for an alternative solution. The dash seemed to be attached forward and down, onto the firewall, there’s too much old, amended and now disused wiring below the dash and oozing out from behind the instruments for me want to avoid messing with it unless I really have to.

have I missed something dumb??

Mike

I just moved the instrument panel forward to remove the dash top.

DSCN4914 by Colin Radley, on Flickr


Colin

Originally Posted by Tins

The more pics you post the more jealous I get...

if you could get a forked trim removal tool or similar under the head of the screw and gently lever it while unscrewing it might come. I've even had some success with looping some fishing line around it and unscrewing. Good luck.

Jealousy is a curse haha! Thanks mate I uploaded a few more to the post a pic of your land Rover page check em out

I've tried everything. Mole grips don't really fit in. Needle nose kinda gets a bit of pull but it doesn't feel like it's ever going.
I was thinking I'll just drill it out but then it occurred to me that is going to spin like hell when the bit grabs anyway 😂
Tried yanking the dash out to try and lever it. Cannot get the other side to grip! Must have just tightened it a tad too much. It's such a simple thing but it's really made little jobs so much more difficult atm.

My panel light switch is broken and my fuel gauge isn't working so it's making an easy job a real annoying one ha!