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Starting to look like a completed dashboard but I'll bet you noticed the big hole where the clock is supposed to go and wondered why. Well, I rebuilt the electric clock mechanism but could not get it too keep correct time so I pulled it out and ordered a new quartz mechanism from autoinstruments.com. I installed it myself in about ˝ hour and the job is not hard just take you time and read the instructions and it works great. |
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Just about done and all that is left out front is to polish it up and tighten up the screws. |
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The best part about doing this out of the car is it sure is easier to tackle the wiring here instead of lying on your back in the car. I scored a used clean harness for $50.00 a few years ago and cleaned the contacts and rewrapped it then started dropping it in. Follow a wiring diagram and make sure the contacts on the harness and cluster are clean and start plugging it in. I wired the cluster up to a 12-volt source and it lets me test the circuits to ensure they work before put it in the car. |
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All buttoned up and ready to bolt in the car. Make sure you install your heater cables with the little cable clips as the dash goes in or it is a royal pain in the butt to do it later. You can attach them to the heater box and feed them through the controls hole or hook them up to the controls and attach them to the box as the dash goes in. |
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There are six hex-headed bolts that attach the front edge of the dash to the car that need to be tightened down through the windshield hole so make sure you got the dash in before the glass. I used soft towels to protect the paint from a dropped wrench or something so should you….trust me on this one! |
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Make sure to install the pedals, air vent box, E-Brake and heater before bolting in the dash. Anything you can get back there now is a lot easier than trying to work upside down and under your newly installed dash. |
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Here my youngest daughter lends a hand tightening down the dash side bolts under the watchful eyes of Mom. Both my girls and my wife pitch in all the time on this project and it sure makes it better. |
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Since I am 6'1" tall it its great to have helpers in various sizes to accomplish the jobs that I don't fit well into. Kinda like having different size wrenches but don't tell them I said that. |
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Since the dash is in we bolted the completed steering column in and finished out the under dash pedal issues and laid down the carpet. Make sure you install the dimmer switch and the gas pedal bolts as you line up the carpet so it will lay down nice and tight. |
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Now that the dash is in we can install the steering column. Get two people and take your time and you can get it in without any scratches to the column, the dash or your hands. Dont forget to hook up the brake light wiring. |
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Nothing left to do here but pop in your restored steering wheel. |
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