Thread: series III dash boards & instrument panels

Make your own out of light ally (checkerplate?) sheet? Wouldn't be too difficult if you have access to a bender or a couple of jacks and some bits of decent sized angle iron...

Originally Posted by Valleydog

Anyone got an idea for an alternative to those poxy 70's plastic dashes that were never made for the harsh ozzie sun!

You could take it out and put a Series 2 dash in as others have done, I considered it, but have gone down the rebuild route instead. We've just put carpet on our top dash to combat the sun problem.

I have also made some little brackets out of 20mm angle line to hold the instrument panel to it's box as they ae broken on all our Series 3's.

Are the series 3 dash pads available ? Or do you recover it,if you want to keep the original look.

Chris.

i think TJWA got his wife to recover the old one. ask him or check his thread out.

Id be reluctant to make one out of Alloy it will not be nice in an accident.
As for them being cracked well they are 20-30 years old lol
I filled the cracks with epoxy and then covered it with vinyl looks like new cost $15

Hi sorry if this is not following original thread but I have just bought a series 3 and am trying to get a diagram of the dash/instrument layout to confirm operation of (the not obvious switches) swithes and buttons. Thanks.

Originally Posted by stevetd5

Hi sorry if this is not following original thread but I have just bought a series 3 and am trying to get a diagram of the dash/instrument layout to confirm operation of (the not obvious switches) swithes and buttons. Thanks.

The switches on the right side of the steering wheel are:

Lights: park lights first position, all lights second position.

Instrument lights: First position turns on the instrument dashboard lights.

Heater Fan: First position low, second position high.

Windscreen wiper knob: If you have a two speed wiper you push the knob in for the washer motor and turn it clockwise for two wiping speeds.
If you have a single speed wiper you turn it clockwise once to wipe, and a second time to wash and wipe.

My 3 series 3's all have these switches in different positions and orders!

I have found it best to put the main light switch and the wiper washer switch on the very right to make them easier to get to as they are essential.

Speedo is on the Left with Oil pressure, high beam and cold start? indicators in the bottom of the guage.

Fuel, water temp and charge light are in the instrument dial on the right side.

In one of my other series 3 I made a complete custom dash from mdf and ali checker plate.

The only things I kept from the dash was the speedo and wash/wiper.

I just wish I took a pic

Adam