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[GMCnet] Like to replace dash area that's at right of interment panel. 78 [message #321881]

Thu, 10 August 2017 08:52

BobDunahugh

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PO had bolted a CB radio there. So what's the simples way to get that dash area out. It's the only part I didn't take out during my rebuild. Bob Dunahugh 78 Royale
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Re: [GMCnet] Like to replace dash area that's at right of interment panel. 78 [message #321882 is a reply to message #321881]

Thu, 10 August 2017 09:02

Justin Brady

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Do yo have a photo?
The dash is one piece. The instrument panel and the top piece come off, but the rest of it from driver mirror to passenger mirror are all one piece and not easy to remove. Lots of hard to reach rivets under the windshield.

Justin Brady http://www.thegmcrv.com/ 1976 Palm Beach 455

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Re: [GMCnet] Like to replace dash area that's at right of interment panel. 78 [message #321888 is a reply to message #321881]

Thu, 10 August 2017 10:08

BobDunahugh

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I've seen the pop rivets. GM put them there. I need to revers that proses. Bob Dunahugh

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PO had bolted a CB radio there. So what's the simples way to get that dash area out. It's the only part I didn't take out during my rebuild. Bob Dunahugh 78 Royale
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Re: [GMCnet] Like to replace dash area that's at right of interment panel. 78 [message #321893 is a reply to message #321888]

Thu, 10 August 2017 11:13

Adrien G.

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Bob,
My dash has screws, but to get to them I had to remove the windshields. No combination of tools would work.
the side panels will also need to be removed, the center dash comes out horizontally nor vertically.
You will be able to get at all what is under the dash, wiring, insulate the firewall, seal air leaks, and "?",my 2 piece air
duct had lots of air leaks, the opening from the HVAC box (through the firewall) will need to have new seals.
Sorry for that hard answer, but some of these jobs are only for the tough minded persons.

BobDunahugh wrote on Thu, 10 August 2017 08:08

I've seen the pop rivets. GM put them there. I need to revers that proses. Bob Dunahugh

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Subject: Like to replace dash area that's at right of interment panel. 78

PO had bolted a CB radio there. So what's the simples way to get that dash area out. It's the only part I didn't take out during my rebuild. Bob Dunahugh 78 Royale
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Re: [GMCnet] Like to replace dash area that's at right of interment panel. 78 [message #321898 is a reply to message #321888]

Thu, 10 August 2017 12:28

Justin Brady

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This is one piece.
Granted this is a 76.
You can test it down further from here, but not without removing it first.

http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1-35.jpg

BobDunahugh wrote on Thu, 10 August 2017 10:08

I've seen the pop rivets. GM put them there. I need to revers that proses. Bob Dunahugh

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Subject: Like to replace dash area that's at right of interment panel. 78

PO had bolted a CB radio there. So what's the simples way to get that dash area out. It's the only part I didn't take out during my rebuild. Bob Dunahugh 78 Royale
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Re: [GMCnet] Like to replace dash area that's at right of interment panel. 78 [message #321899 is a reply to message #321898]

Thu, 10 August 2017 12:31

Justin Brady

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To get to that point you have to remove both side (door) panels, the dash face, the top dash cover, the steering wheel, and the windshields. It can come out without removing the windshield but you'll break the plastic up front in the process.

Justin Brady http://www.thegmcrv.com/ 1976 Palm Beach 455

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Re: [GMCnet] Like to replace dash area that's at right of interment panel. 78 [message #321900 is a reply to message #321881]

Thu, 10 August 2017 12:48

Larry

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Bob,
IMO, unless the dash is totally trash and has to be replaced, don't remove it. The plastics are brittle from 40+ years of exposure to the elements. I took mine out at the request of the person doing the recovering. It was difficult to take out and finally came out in about 50 pieces. Every time I would bend it a little to to clear something or bump something, PLINK...CRACK. I tried glassing it back together, but then some other piece would break off. I finally had to give up on it and buy a reproduction. The repro was very difficult to fit. IMO (In My STRONG Opinion). don't do it. Work with what you got. Again...JMHO.

Larry

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Menomonie, WI.

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Re: [GMCnet] Like to replace dash area that's at right of interment panel. 78 [message #321915 is a reply to message #321900]

Thu, 10 August 2017 18:06

Ken Henderson

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I know, I sound like a broken record, but I still say it's easier to start
over, start over, start over,...

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/g4899-new-dash-panel.html

Ken H.

On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Larry wrote:

> Bob,
> IMO, unless the dash is totally trash and has to be replaced, don't remove
> it. The plastics are brittle from 40+ years of exposure to the elements. I
> took mine out at the request of the person doing the recovering. It was
> difficult to take out and finally came out in about 50 pieces. Every time I
> would bend it a little to to clear something or bump something,
> PLINK...CRACK. I tried glassing it back together, but then some other piece
> would
> break off. I finally had to give up on it and buy a reproduction. The
> repro was very difficult to fit. IMO (In My STRONG Opinion). don't do it.
> Work
> with what you got. Again...JMHO.
> --
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